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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Golden confirmed that"Madonna has taken an interest in the movie. Myworry is that she identifies too much withHatsumomo -- I think that tells us what we want toknow!" Though Madonna will not be making a cameoin the upcoming movie, the roster does include aJapanese dancer, the screenwriter of The JoyLuck Club and the costume designer of TheLast Emperor and Dangerous Liasions...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, | Title: THE BOOK: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...this is no feminist treatise. It's a bigOliver Stone blockbuster hellbent on reducing itsaudience to tears. The soundtrack soars (well, theJanus theater had a few problems with it, but itwould have soared...) as characters cry, hug orglow with confidence. My only qualm with "The JoyLuck Club" was a moment of silence near the end.The entire audience could be heard snifflingduring this brief break, and I couldn't help butthink that Wang and Stone had engineered it justso that we could all report to our friends,"Everybody cried...you must...

Author: By Katherine C. Raff, | Title: Mother Knows Best | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

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