DEADWOOD Character: Mr. Wu

Mr. Wu Profile

From Wikipedia: Mr. Wu (Keone Young) is the official or unofficial leader of Deadwood’s substantial but mostly unseen Chinese (“Celestials”) population, the Asian counterpart to Swearengen. He routinely interacts with Swearengen and other Caucasians over a few matters of business, such as the opium trade, and the seemingly daily efficient disposal of numerous human remains, through the route of his pigs. He knows almost no English beyond the words “San Francisco,” “cocksucker,” and “Hearst.” He however communicates effectively with Swearengen (whom he refers to as “Swedgin!”) with the aid of charcoal drawings and hand signals. Nonetheless, Swearengen considers his shaking hand signals and lack of eye contact to be disturbing… Read More


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