If the high school is a popular competition-assuming the wrong priority that drives the writer and director Amy Wang, the SXSW “incompatible” assimilation-then the Senior Chinese Americans, Joan Huang (Sherley Chen) can be justified in getting rid of her heritage to get a shot at the dance party. This is the Devil’s deal that Wang’s entertainment in a group of provocative comedy that thinks about the “matter” area when Joan agrees to a very radical racist reform, Wang replaces a different actor (Makina Grace) as her new character for the rest of the movie.
It stares on “difficult identity issues on the face”, “SANTED” derives from Wang education because it determines the social pressures that may drive Joan to go to Michael Jackson’s road. The pop star has never been named, but to a large extent it is the most obvious example of the person who saved himself according to the prevailing beauty standards.
From the moment when Joan, who is 8 years old, the United States (Kristen Koi plays at that stage), has faced signs of what the local population considers desirable: advertising paintings with blond blond models; Norman Rokuel’s art like advertising on the walls of the classroom; And a boule of freckles that make fun of her eyes.
Flash-freeward is nine years old, and Joan (now plays at school age actor) whiten her hair and her personal photos through the Ethnos app (designed to make people with white). It is surprising that we call this self -chasing self -esteem at a time when it is widely changing practices, and it is likely to be controversial that it indicates that what Joan wants is to be white.
When you think about it, this is the largely opposite hypothesis of the Jordanian bibli who floats with “Get Out”, where the wealthy white people who cultivate black excellence who plant their brains in black bodies. But Wang, who also wrote the upcoming “Crazy Rich Asians” supplement, lacks a Pele for the complexity. Its text program for “Slanted” is sometimes very funny, but in the end it is very safe because it is paradoxically that the issue of whether white is better – or easier, at least.
After learning that the most popular girl in her chapter, Olivia (Amili Zilber), would not nominate the queen of the dancer, Joan begins to turn her seriously. But not even the representatives of the ethnos continue to provide Joan by making the permanent “improvements” that “tilted” from the “girls'” comedies. As the ethnos stadium goes, “if you cannot overcome”, be “M”.
Before that, “Slanted” is reformulating a lot of usual things: frustration from being part of the gentle attempts and unimisticated attempts to suit them. In the Joan case, this does not help her mother (Vivian Wu) packed homemade meals (Maitreyi) such as FET, for lunch – selling Joan to Loyly Bestie Bestieii. However, it seems that Joan’s Dye Job gains its points with Olivia, which she invites to Mane Bidis in the Asians -owned nail salon, in the hope that Joan (who speaks at home) can get the opponent of the “local population”.
Such details, which are likely not to happen to the white screenwriter, are a real-based comedy punch-based punch-bound, whatever raising, but they are also defined enough to promote them. The big scenario leap occurs at the moment Joan comes out of the Ethnos procedure, looks like … well, McKenna Grace. Wang could have gone to the “white chicken” path, using make -up to communicate (and perhaps even a satirical simulation), instead, the joke here is that it shows a completely different person, pretending to be a new student named Jo Hunt.
It is a risky maneuver, and he walks on a tight rope that is not different from “Emilia Beers” last year, as the masses are waiting to see what Wang plans this development. Comfortable, there are no bandages and no time is required. Joan comes out of the clinic, and her life is different immediately: strangers smiled and occupied on the street, and young people turn to verify them.
The scene is still more entertaining when Joan returns home and her parents are not recognized. In the eighties and nineties of the last century, Hollywood was a regular factory for “Be careful about what” Farles “, from” Something Distinguished “to” Big “to countless Swap films. Cringey as these films can be to watch, this type remains uniquely appropriate to explore bias and other identity issues.
The problem with “Slanted” is that the negative side of the procedure is irreversible and has nothing to do with learning that self -acceptance is more important than its peers. Instead, there is a bad side effect, as her new beautiful face begins to peeling and collapsing in the end completely-which up to the condemnation of plastic surgery more than the identity it passes.
Racism is not the only factor that makes cultural adaptation difficult to Joan, although the Wang’s approach that does not gain reduces aspects such as layer and sex. However, it should be noted that Joan’s father (Fang Du) is working as a guard at Clarkasfil Secondary School, in addition to cleaning homes for community members – potential disgrace sources for a person who feels weak compared to her student colleagues. No wonder in the post -surgery atmosphere in the atmosphere calls for his acquaintances such as her films and hosting a big party there.
Grace has the most challenging role here, allowing the public to see the insecure spirit that comes out of this new body. With the film inhaled the big concert conclusion, Wang Springs is some smart surprises on its way to what can be somewhat predicted, if it is far from the end of Pat. Reducing as the result might be, the writer and director remains daring, and the spinning comedy from the Al -Dounian complex and comes out at the forefront.