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Letter in the Guardian Charlotte Raven writes of Ang Lee's movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, "Because they were oriental, everyone presumed this was Understatement, rather than woodenness" (Crashing bore, wooden drama, G2 16 January). Only in Britain are pundits commenting on oriental "inscrutability". American critics have preferred to engage with the Story on an emotional and cinematic level. "In Chinese, delivered inscrutably, it seemed to contain multitudes." Well, to this "inscrutable" oriental (thanks for the 19th century Stereotyping, by the way) it did just that. This story, set in a Country and an age in which the gender war was a life-and-death Struggle, touched on the King Lear premise: great man gives up his Power and women learn what they are up against when thay try to use It. Michelle Yeoh's beautifully subtle performance exuded warmth, power, Maturity and intelligence, expressed primarily through her "immobile" Face. No prizes for guessing why Raven missed that. Hint: it's in the Eyes. Click here to read other letters in the Guardian about Charlotte Raven's
review: http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4119599,00.html |
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