Review of The World of Suzie Wong (1960) by Iftekhar S — 17 Mar 2009

I suppose I really need to take this film in consideration of the time it was made in...There is are a few scenes sprinkled in that openly confront Asian stereotypes of the period...They're really hidden, but they're there.

Unfortunately, the rest of the film falls into those aforementioned stereotypes. Suzie Wong is the fulfillment of every horny white boy's image of the subservient, sexually starved, materialistic, exotic Oriental princess that lesser minds believe all Chinese girls to be--who are all, of course, longing to be saved by their White Knight.

Oh yeah, and who think it's an honor to have their men beat them. I guess I do appreciate that there were Asians represented in a commercially successful film in that period, but what I can't appreciate is how little our image has progressed since then.

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