THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG

Hello. You shared a thoughtful and insightful starting analysis of THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG in class. Here are clips/links, to reinforce your study of the text, your critique of how gender and race are intertwined, and your consideration of visual pleasure and the possibility of appreciating the star while recognizing (and resisting) the Orientalist frame. Note how race is gendered and gender is raced.

Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHaWW_C3MLs Links to an external site.

Notice the structure of the gaze (privileging that of Robert as well as the camera/Western audience) in the opening of the film; at 23 minutes, you can see Robert's re-encounter with Mee Ling aka Suzie Wong, who does "give looks" but all the while being-looked-at/objectified, so her agency is contained/constrained:  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4zvih1 Links to an external site.

  ~Professor Kim