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The Wedding Banquet : Simon and Wai-Tung Argue About Their Situation

After showering, Wei-Wei (May Chin) retires to her and Wai-Tung’s (Winston Chao) bedroom, but he leaves and falls asleep in Simon’s (Mitchell Lichtenstein). Simon returns late and Wai-Tung accuses him of having an affair. The next morning, they discover that Wei-Wei is pregnant with Simon's child as Wai-Tung's Taiwanese parents (Lung Sihung, Gua Ah-Le), listen in.

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beat, action, beat, emotion, beat, event, brightness, chiaroscuro, cutaway, diegetic sound, flashforward, high angle, interior, location, long take, low-key lighting, medium long shot, medium shot, music, diegetic, pan, rack focus, side lighting, tilt

Diversity in Media Representation

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

"Simon and Wai-Tung Argue About Their Situation" in The Wedding Banquet. Directed by Ang Lee, Ang Lee Productions, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3035

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