Drawing on the film Slaying the Dragon

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Drawing on the film Slaying the Dragon, discuss how 2 specific global events were linked to specific representations of Asian American women in Hollywood film industry. Describe how the women were depicted, and why/how these are problematic representations.

Also, in a few lines discuss two of the other short articles for this week on Asian Americans in popular culture today. Why do these representations matter? (ALL MY ARTICLES FOR THIS WEEK ARE BELOW)

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Running Head: SLAYING THE DRAGON

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Slaying the Dragon
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SLAYING THE DRAGON
Part One
The film slaying the Dragon presents the negative stereotypes that surrounded AsianAmerican women as well as media effects and the society’s perception of them. This film
explores the reasons that are attributed to typecasting of Hollywood’s Asian American actresses
since the silent era film.

Based on this film, there are several specific global events that have been linked to the
presentation of Asian American women in Hollywood’s film industry. First, the film presents the
underrepresentation of Asians and the Asian culture in the United States media. It indicates that
in the Hollywood film industry, all roles that were granted to Asian American actresses usually
had stereotyped characters...


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