Please feel free to watch FLOWER DRUM SONG in its entirety ~ it is not required, but it is recommended. (It is available streaming through McHenry Library.) And you can (re)watch this (in)famous performance of "I Enjoy Being A Girl," that we viewed in class and which literary critic Professor Anne Cheng analyzes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQBrShqgls

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-The main plot is a romantic plot
-The subplot is about immigration
Here are some questions you can explore and think about:

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~Professor Kim