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Arthur Dong (writer)
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2 May 2008 (USA)
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Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience...
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(Credited cast) | Turhan Bey | ... | Himself |
 | Joan Chen | ... | Herself |
| Tsai Chin | ... | Herself |
| Stephen Gong | ... | Himself |
 | James Hong | ... | Himself |
| David Henry Hwang | ... | Himself |
| Nancy Kwan | ... | Herself |
 | Ang Lee | ... | Himself |
 | Christopher Lee | ... | Himself |
 | Justin Lin | ... | Himself |
| Lisa Lu | ... | Herself |
| Luise Rainer | ... | Herself |
| James Shigeta | ... | Himself |
| Amy Tan | ... | Herself |
| Wayne Wang | ... | Himself |
| B.D. Wong | ... | Himself |
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References The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
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This film, at it's heart, is an expose on America itself and how it both exploits and rewards minorities, ever so slowly adding them to the mix of the American experience. The pay-off's come at the end with frank testimonies from Joan Chen, B.D. Wong, and the amazing Ang Lee. The final topper comes when the multi-faceted (and talented) Justin Lin laughs that once he broke through the Hollywood "ceiling" he couldn't get his films released in Asia because they weren't about white people.
Loads of archival footage surround the interviews (none expressing much bitterness) with Nancy Kwan's beauty ever-shining, she is surprisingly self-aware and candid about the negative stereotypes she was accused of perpetuating. But this is less about the Chinese in Hollywood than America itself: "...as long as you make money" is the creed, no matter how damaging or ridiculous the job.