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The Wedding Banquet : Staging a Deception

After hearing of their tenant Wei-Wei (May Chin)'s immigration troubles, Wai-Tung Gao (Winston Chao) and his partner Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein) decide to stage a marriage to solve her immigration problems and satisfy Wai-Tung's parents. They re-decorate Simon and Wai-Tung's apartment to appease Mr. and Mrs. Gao, removing signs of their relationship.

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character, chiaroscuro, crosscutting, deep focus, dialogue, expressive mise-en-scene, extreme close-up, extreme long shot, flashforward, high angle, insert, interior, location, long take, low-key lighting, musical montage, pan, plot, prop, rack focus, tilt, tracking shot, two-shot, zoom-out

Diversity in Media Representation

Asian: East Asian, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Gay Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, LGBTQ: Straight passing, Migrant, White: White American

"Staging a Deception" in The Wedding Banquet. Directed by Ang Lee, Ang Lee Productions, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3033

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user George Elkind

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