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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 8598465" data-attributes="member: 59816">I really liked the movie. I'm not Chinese myself, but I am Canadian and went to school where as much as 80% of the other students were immigrants, or children of immigrants, (or children of children of immigrants). The largest group was Chinese (much larger than the number of &quot;white&quot; people). What I'm trying to say is, I have had many friends who had similar childhoods to the movie's authors.From that perspective, it was very authentic. I think the reason that it may have seemed &quot;dated&quot; is that the screenwriters were very specifically trying to tell a story that spoke to them (and people with similar experiences). I think because of this, they were very much not trying to say that all Chinese childhoods would be like that. Some were.Personally, I felt that watching a show that told a female Chinese story was absolutely worth any problems it might have had. We certainly get enough white male stories. I'm not saying it's above criticism, but I think there might be a danger in giving it too much flack - we want MORE of these kinds of stories. Not less.Also, I very much liked it. It was fun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 8598465, member: 59816"] I really liked the movie. I'm not Chinese myself, but I am Canadian and went to school where as much as 80% of the other students were immigrants, or children of immigrants, (or children of children of immigrants). The largest group was Chinese (much larger than the number of "white" people). What I'm trying to say is, I have had many friends who had similar childhoods to the movie's authors. From that perspective, it was very authentic. I think the reason that it may have seemed "dated" is that the screenwriters were very specifically trying to tell a story that spoke to [I]them[/I] (and people with similar experiences). I think because of this, they were very much [I]not[/I] trying to say that all Chinese childhoods would be like that. Some were. Personally, I felt that watching a show that told a female Chinese story was absolutely worth any problems it might have had. We certainly get enough white male stories. I'm not saying it's above criticism, but I think there might be a danger in giving it too much flack - we want MORE of these kinds of stories. Not less. Also, I very much liked it. It was fun. [/QUOTE]

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