Inserted in between these rub it in your face wealth scenes are what appears to be tourism ads. When some of these Asian actors demand that they want to be represented in Hollywood, how about bringing something fresh to the table that will make people sit up and listen?
Instead the opening scene is the race card being played in such a cringeworthy bogus way that paves for an unbelievable plot right to the end. Another incredible bombshell is that Rachel, the fermale protagonist (Constance Wu) has no idea that her boyfriend Nick (Henry Golding) comes from a super rich and famous family. It’s 2018, she’s a cool professor – go feminism but she’s has never googled his family – surely a take down on her intelligence. Wu is in superb form in her comedy sitcom but here, she’s a stunned deer who gets shoved around.
Then there’s how Singaporeans are depicted. The women are all preened and dripping with brand labels. When they are not eyeing the commoner Rachel up and down and gossiping, they are shopping or having crazy parties. Continue reading „This movie is so bad it is embarassing and I am Chinese“