Word: joys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Joy Luck Club...
...Joy Luck Club," the new film based on the bestselling novel by Amy Tan, is a stirring film that celebrates the mother-daughter bond, and is a rarity among American films for its almost exclusively Asian cast. So why, then, after seeing this beautiful and emotionally potent film, did I feel so ashamed for being an Asian-American...
...Asian men in "The Joy Luck Club," then, are either domineering and misogynist in the worst imaginable way, or they're just clueless and aloof. The fathers are almost a non-presence, which would leave you to think that they had nothing to do with their daughters' upbringing. (Asian fathers care. A lot. Trust me on this--I know from experience...
...saying that "The Joy Luck Club" should be boycotted. I don't believe that a movie shouldn't be seen because it slights or offends someone or some group. And by the end of the movie I was sniffling pretty hard along with the rest of the crowded house. I'd have to be an insensitive lout not to feel for these mothers and daughters, played extremely well. But there were larger issues raised, issues I noticed once the pathos had worn...
...some yellow-power fanatic, either. What I am is an Asian-American male who is tired of being told that he is less than a man or that he enjoys oppressing women. Don't let me stop you from seeing "The Joy Luck Club." Just keep in mind that there are Asians not on the screen who are hurting, too, and who have yet to be told they are accepted...