Asian Women Stereotypes

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In the society, movies often try to hide the stereotypes which are portrayed in the modern films. People tend to ignore the deep meaning of what a movie is trying to portray. Stereotypes in the society put labels on how a person should act or live according to their gender, race, and personality. The article, “Asian Women in Film: No Joy, No Luck,” by Jessica Hagedorn, a screenwriter, explores the stereotype portrayals of Asian women in films which may not seem offensives. Hagedorn discusses how movie view Asian women in films as, “Whore,” while, “The Offensive Movie Cliche That Won’t Die,” by Matt Zoller Seitz, a freelance critic, argues that the “magical negro,” is the motif where a (black) character is designed to exist for the benefit of a (white) character in a movie. Hagedorn and Zoller-Seitz reveal the offensive nature of these innocuous film cliches by using the history of films, and how it connects to politics in today’s society to illustrate that those movies which appear inoffensive are actually offensive towards race and gender. To begin, Matt Zoller-Seitz’s article illustrates how stereotypes in seemingly innocuous film are offensive towards certain groups by …show more content…

Seitz article gave an example of films where the African- American help the Caucasian with their task. He then went further to solidify his argument by bringing in the Obama presidency as an example. On the other hand, Hagedorn analyzes the offensive and demeaning of these seemingly innocuous film cliches by uses examples from The World of Suzie Wong (1960). This shows that in the world today, even if it does not seem that people are been stereotyped, it still occurs without people

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