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A 4 page essay that contrasts and compares Maxine Hong Kingston's novel Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book and the film Eat a Bowl of Tea. The writer argues that these works exemplify how Asian Americans, as writers and filmmakers, are changing the ways in which this ethnic group of US citizens are viewed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the stock "Oriental" character, as seen in Hollywood movies from the 1930s and 40s (Benshoff and Griffin 116). Recently, however, presentations of Asians and Asian Americans in both film and
literature have become more realistic, offering viewers and readers insight into Asian American culture and experience. This new realism is due to the fact that many representations of Asian
Americans today are actually written or produced by Asian Americans. Examination of Maxine Hong Kingstons novel Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book and the film Eat a Bowl of Tea exemplifies
how Asian Americans are changing the ways in which this ethnic group of US citizens are viewed. Eat a Bowl of Tea is based on the novel by Louis
Chu, directed by Wayne Wang (Benshoff and Griffin 131). It explores issues of "Chinese and Chinese American culture from within the framework of a closely knit community," New York Citys
Chinatown during the 1940 (131). This film expertly weaves in historical detail that concerns racism and federal discrimination with the human factors that affect the characters lives. For example, during
the decades preceding World War II, the government only allowed male Chinese to immigrate to the US. Men were allowed because the country needed their labor, but women were prohibited
(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclusively male, a community of old men who long
desperately for a family life. Ben Loy (Russell Wong) is convinced by his father to return to China and find a bride, as female immigration is now legal (Benshoff and
Griffin 132). While there, he falls in love with the daughter of his fathers best friend and they marry. On returning to New York, the couple is put under tremendous
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