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The Wedding Banquet : Over Breakfast

Wei-Wei (May Chin) makes breakfast while Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) wakes Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein) and then his father Mr. Gao (Lung Sihung). Over breakfast, they discuss Wai-Tung's plans to have a simple courthouse wedding to Wei-Wei, prompting protests from Mrs. Gao.

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backlighting, beat, emotion, beat, event, chiaroscuro, close-up, deep focus, dialogue, establishing shot, extreme close-up, eyeline match, high angle, location, long shot, low-key lighting, plot, shallow focus, shot/reverse shot, side lighting, sound bridge, sound effects

Diversity in Media Representation

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

"Over Breakfast" in The Wedding Banquet. Directed by Ang Lee, Ang Lee Productions, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3034

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