“Different Points of Value”

In all my research for my monthly Shanghai burlesque show “Les Fleurs de Shanghai”, I naturally come across Anna May Wong all the time. For those who don’t know who she was, AMW was the first Chinese-American movie star who starred in over 18 films in her career including both silent and sound films. She starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in “Shanghai Express”, and I think she was the only truly visible Asian-American female figure in the American jazz age. Unfortunately her film roles were heavily criticized for depicting Chinese women as “dragon ladies” or as scheming, conniving seductresses. As if SHE had any decision in how the scripts were written back in the old, white Hollywood days! Read the rest on my blog with lots more pictures! >