This documentary is about the history of Chinese men in movies. It starts off with Sessue Hayakawa and how for a long time he was the only Chinese guy in the big screen and when he was a leading actor he was one to actually get the girl. It would be a long time until another Chinese actor would make it to the big screen again like Sessue did. For some reason after this Chinese men were de-sexualized and when they got roles they never got the girl and a lot of times were portrayed as villains. When Bruce Lee came on the screen he was the super fit karate Chinese that every other Chinese wanted to be like and people started to think every Chinese was like that. The documentary goes into how in order to change the lack of Chinese leading roles it is necessary to change the mentality of people in the industry, starting with the producers.
There are a lot of Chinese people here in the U.S but there are a lot more representation for Black and Latinos and not as much as Chinese. Once a Chinese was put in a leading role that got the girl and the audience did not give a good feedback and was changed. Also, they go into the importance of knowing that Chinese men are not eunuchs and that this misconception can be due to a lot of reason or that it is almost laughable when Chinese men try to go for a girl and get turned down and its ok with people as well as it is for them to be villains or only use their kung-fu super powers.
No comments:
Post a Comment