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Slaying the Dragon

  • TV Movie
  • 19881988
  • 58m
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6.5/10
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Slaying the Dragon (1988)
  • Documentary
A highly critical documentary about the history of East Asian American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering East Asian American actresses and clips from classic films ... Read allA highly critical documentary about the history of East Asian American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering East Asian American actresses and clips from classic films such as "The Thief of Bagdad", "The Good Earth", and "The World of Suzie Wong", interspers... Read allA highly critical documentary about the history of East Asian American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering East Asian American actresses and clips from classic films such as "The Thief of Bagdad", "The Good Earth", and "The World of Suzie Wong", interspersed with East Asian/feminist sociological commentary.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
46
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  • Director
    • Deborah Gee
  • Stars
    • Herb Wong(voice)
    • Amy Hill
    • Jaime Kibben
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    • Deborah Gee
  • Stars
    • Herb Wong(voice)
    • Amy Hill
    • Jaime Kibben
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Herb Wong
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    Amy Hill
    Amy Hill
    • Self (actress, comedienne)as Self (actress, comedienne)
    Jaime Kibben
    • Self (filmmaker)as Self (filmmaker)
    John Korty
    John Korty
    • Self (director)as Self (director)
    Nancy Kwan
    Nancy Kwan
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    Guy Lee
    • Self (talent agent)as Self (talent agent)
    Nobu McCarthy
    Nobu McCarthy
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    Kim Miyori
    Kim Miyori
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    James Shigeta
    James Shigeta
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    Ben Tong
    Ben Tong
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    • (as Dr. Ben Tong)
    Yeh Tung
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    Wayne Wang
    Wayne Wang
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    Eugene Wong
    • Self (sociologist)as Self (sociologist)
    • (as Dr. Eugene Wong)
    Emerald Yeh
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    Connie Chung
    Connie Chung
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    Saburo Kurusu
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    Zedong Mao
    Zedong Mao
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    Kichisaburo Nomura
    Kichisaburo Nomura
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      • Deborah Gee
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    2/10
    Interesting but somewhat biased documentary
    This is a documentary about the history of Asian actresses in Hollywood. Even today, we still need more positive roles to improve the perception of Asian American women in the media. I liked the montage of images from classic movies such as "The Good Earth" and "Flower Drum Song" that showed the Chinese in a positive light. These images contrast with disturbing clips of movies that portray Asians as evil villains. It was very sad that back then the few good Asian roles out there usually went to non-Asian actresses wearing ridiculous heavy "oriental" makeup. However, rather than celebrating the efforts of pioneering actresses such as Anna May Wong and Nancy Kwan, the documentary would rather run them into the ground. Also, there was no mention of France Nuyen, another popular early Asian actress, which I thought was a bit unfair. In many ways these actresses helped "open the door" for the Asian actresses of today. So in summary, I would say it was in an interesting but, disappointedly, a somewhat biased documentary.
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    • Mar 23, 2002

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    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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