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Posted on 10 Feb 202110 Feb 2021 by 一

Saving Face | The Guardian

For the Guardian’s Stream Team column, I wrote about the 2004 romcom, Saving Face. Smash Valentine’s Day and the Year of the Ox with this gaysian classic that celebrates mothers and daughters pushing back on patriarchy, shame and prejudice.

Michelle Krusiec as Wil and Joan Chen as Hwei-Lan in Saving Face. Photograph: AF archive/Alamy
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CategoriesPublications TagsAlice Wu, Chinese American, cinema, criticism, diaspora, film, gaysian, Joan Chen, lesbian, Lynn Chen, Mandarin, Michelle Krusiec, movies, queer, Saving Face

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