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Finally, in an effort to appease Wai-Tung's parents, Simon suggests Wai-Tung consider marrying a mutual friend, Wei-Wei, played by May Chin as an aspiring artist who desperately needs a green card. Unfortunately Wai-Tung's parents are so ecstatic with the news they decide to fly from Taiwon to meet the young bride and prepare for the wedding. Wai-Tung, Simon and Wei-Wei immediately rush into a frenzy to rearrange their lives and prepare for the parents' arrival. After Wai-Tung's parents settle in New York the plot becomes a little convoluted, ending with...

Author: By Sarah Schmidt, | Title: `Wedding Banquet' a Memorable Feast | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

...actual wedding banquet, the focus and highlight of the movie, contains many of the funniest scenes, as Wai-Tung and Wei-Wei try to successfully survive their prolonged ordeal. Despite Wai-Tung's efforts to keep the wedding as simple as possible, his parents succeed in making it a huge affair with hundreds of guests who sing, dance, gamble, eat and drink into oblivion. The clothing and scenery during the banquet are so exquisite subtitles...

Author: By Sarah Schmidt, | Title: `Wedding Banquet' a Memorable Feast | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

...WEI JINGSHENG...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Sep. 27, 1993 | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

...China's most famous political prisoners has been Wei Jingsheng, who was jailed in 1979 for advocating democracy and opposing Deng Xiaoping. Last week Beijing authorities suddenly saw fit to release him, six months before his sentence was to end -- and just before the International Olympic Committee was to decide on a host city for the 2000 Olympic Games. Beijing is an anxious contender. For good measure, the government also released Wu Xuecan, an imprisoned newspaper editor who had supported the 1989 pro-democracy movement, and Zhai Weimin, a student leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest September 12-18 | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

...home -- the General (Sihung Lung) and Mrs. Gao (Ah-leh Gua) -- urgently want a grandchild. How do you arrange a marriage if your son is gay? Not so hard, if he doesn't tell you. Easier still, if he arranges it himself, after Simon suggests that Wai-tung wed Wei-wei (May Chin), a pretty artist who's behind in her rent. Wei-wei doesn't mind: "It's my fate. I always fall for handsome gay men." Then -- oops! -- the parents arrive in New York, expecting a bedroom in Wai-tung's home, a big banquet and an immediate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All in The Families | 9/13/1993 | See Source »

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