I believe that the reason that prevents the success of 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors is because Americans cannot really relate to them. In Asians in America: Millennial Approaches to Asian Pacific American Performance by Karen Shimakawa, she discusses that the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors admits that their humor sometimes “ride the fine line of reality, offensiveness, and absurdity.” In the film, 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, Harold Byun also states that the problem of their show is that other people cannot stand what they do. The reason is that they represent the stereotypes among Asian Americans in their comedy skits. Rather than breaking these stereotypes, other see it as more reinforcement. Another factor to consider is the lack
