sgt1372Rewatched #RogersAndHammerstein's #TheFlowerDrumSong (1961) again yesterday.
Many #AsianAmericans, like me, have a love/hate relationship with this movie because of all of the #Asian & #Chinese stereotypes that it portrays & because most of the actors in the film weren't even Chinese.
The film is also pretty misogynistic & gender limiting too which is consistent with the times.
That said, I remember when how excited my mother & the Chinese community in #SFChinatown were when the movie was released because it was the 1st time that the Chinese were portrayed in the film with anything close to our reality & because it was the 1st & only film (until #TheJoyLuckClub (1993) in which the cast was almost entirely #Asian. . . .
It's nonetheless an important film to watch in terms of understanding how Asians are under represented in American media.
The Wiki synopsis of the film is pretty good & worth reading if you have any interest in the film & Asian American media.
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