Film is big here. This past week I went to the premier of a documentary on the life of Nancy Kwan. She was on of the first Asian actresses to actually portray an Asian lead lead in a Hollywood movie. Prior to her first film, "The World of Suzie Wong," such roles were played by westerners--think of the Charlie Chan movies! Another early movie with Nancy Kwan was "To Whom it May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey." Both of these film show complexity and depth in an Asian character--something that was very unusual in the 1950s and early 1960s. I recommend them! Nancy Kwan was at the premier of the documentary.
It must have been film week because when I took my two daughters to The Peninsula Hotel to experience high tea, we sat at a table next to actor, Chow Yun Fat. He appeared in "Anna and the King," "Bullet-proof Monk," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
These two experiences framed the week :)
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