Anna May Wong Biopic on the works

[Skylar Kinsley]

Anna May Wong is the very first Asian American  Hollywood Star. Her career started during the dawn of the silent film era. Then she continued acting when films started to incorporate audio. Had her career started today, she would have been a superstar but she was acting during the times Asian Americans are treated like second class citizens. She is an American Citizen but she got treated like a foreigner because she is not Caucasian. She doesnt fit with the Asians from Asia neither because she is too foreign for them.
Anna May Wong’s films are mostly Public domain now so you can watch them online for free.


One of the biggest hurdles of her career is the Hays Code. Its a racist law that disallows interracial relationships on screen.  She got robbed of many roles because  they cast white men with yellow face make up to play Asian roles. That leads to White women getting the Asian female lead...

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[Bulma]

If I have a time machine, I will bring her to August 2018 because that is when Hollywood started respecting Asian Actors. Hollywood have done her her dirty. She could have been a Busy actress if she is in 2022.

 

[SierraCymbal]

She have a popular quote that makes me feel she have resentment with Hollywood.
Every time your picture is taken, you lose a part of your soul.

That is a very haunting statement from someone who fell in love with acting.

 

[Zizi_Hoang]

She is never able to marry and have children because of her dedication to her craft as an actress but Hollywood had always disappointed her in the end. She also got cast in the Flower Drum Song which was the first All Asian cast Hollywood film. I wish she gets to see that one but her liver disease killed her. Imagine how she could have felt if she had seen Crazy Rich Asians, Mulan and Minari.

 

[Chungieboy]

That is why I am happy that Hollywood is more inclusive now. Anna May is an Actress version of Van Gogh, Only got appreciated when she was gone.