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The Joy Luck Club : Lina and Ying-Ying's Marital Struggles

Ying-Ying (France Nuyen) hears of her daughter, Lena’s (Lauren St. Clair) marital troubles with her fickle husband, Harold (Michael Paul Chan). Flashbacks of Ying-Ying’s abusive Chinese husband, Lin Xiao (Russell Wong) link mother and daughter.

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accented speech, asynchronicity (narrative), close-up, flashback, high angle, medium close-up, medium shot, music, empathetic, music, nondiegetic, shallow focus, shot/reverse shot, sound, internal diegetic (or semidiegetic)

Diversity in Media Representation

Asian: East Asian, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, Migrant

"Lina and Ying-Ying's Marital Struggles" in The Joy Luck Club. Directed by Wayne Wang, Hollywood Pictures, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2325

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