2006-10-23 02:52:47 · 5 answers · asked by Stan K 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I'm not sure that caricature is the right word. I'm not even sure I would call these 'companion' movies, just because they were produced at about the same time.
Flower Drum Song (1961) is a musical comedy which takes place in San Francisco and is based on a Broadway play. There are a lot of wonderful cultural notes in this movie that many americans may not have ever been aware of. The rigid rules of the Chinese culture in San Francisco and how the new generation of Chinese Americans were handling old and new together. Yes, this just skimmed the surface, it was a MUSICAL COMEDY - HELLO!
The World of Suzie Wong (1960) is a drama that takes place in Hong Kong and was more about Suzie (a good girl fallen into prostitution) and Robert (the transplanted american artist). How would their love survive across their cultural differences. How would the choices in their pasts affect their feelings for each other - for pete's sake, she could have been Australian and he Irish. Hong Kong was just the setting. The story was about LOVE. Culture, location, war etc. that was all set dressing - Lancelot and Guinevere, Tristan and Isolde, Romeo and Juliet.
If you want a movie seeking greater insight on Asian women, try The Joy Luck Club, or Memoir's of a Geisha.
Jen
2006-10-23 06:25:35 · answer #1 · answered by InstructNut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know who Suzie Wong was either, but I know that a lot of Asian-American women don't like her.
2006-10-23 12:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by ZenPenguin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it showed chinese women as aloof, naive and not very smart.
2006-10-23 02:54:45 · answer #3 · answered by ginger13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmmm i dont know anything about any of this stuff except that my parents called me suzie wong as a child......i dont even know who that was..............
2006-10-23 02:55:23 · answer #4 · answered by Mintjulip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...And? What exactly is your question?
2006-10-23 03:04:45 · answer #5 · answered by NolaD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋