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<\/a> <\/p>\nPart of it is because he\u2019s one of the early superheroes I remember from my Chinese youth. Much like young American children were excited about Superman or Batman\u2019s next adventure, I still have a graphic novel of the monkey king from my youth, even though it\u2019s entirely in Chinese and I can\u2019t read any of it anymore. Imagine if instead of the Marvel and DC universe, your pantheon of superheroes was limited to essentially one major character.<\/p>\n
I dressed as the monkey king one year for Halloween, even though I had to explain it to everyone I ran into.<\/p>\n
I went and saw the mediocre children\u2019s movie The Forbidden Kingdom last year because it had the monkey king as part of its main storyline.<\/p>\n
I bought the relatively good graphic novel American Born Chinese after flipping through the first few pages and seeing references to the monkey king.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s one of the few Chinese childhood things that I distinctly remember. There\u2019s one especially vivid memory I have of riding in the back of my parents car, reading a monkey king comic. I started feeling extremely nauseous and eventually barfed on my book. I was very upset and loved the book so much that I didn\u2019t want to throw it away, despite the fact (or perhaps my childhood mind couldn\u2019t process) that the book was soaked and would always smell a bit like vomit.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the power the monkey king had (and still has) over me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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