Joy Luck Club is a famous novel written by Amy Tan, that also got a chance in becoming a film which was directed by Wayne Wang in 1993. Amy Tan's novel was argued that her audience is for Americans and not for an Asian audience, along with the film. The film did not attract many Asian/ Asian American audience because of how the women played stereotypical roles, despite that the Chinese culture was represented throughout the movie it was still filled with many misconception. Joy Luck Club is a club that the mothers have created to form a support group that plays Mah Jong. The four mothers are: Suyuan, Lindo, Ying-Ying, and An-Mei which represent the East (China). The four daughters are: June, Waverly, Lena, and Rose which represent the West (America). The Chinese/Chinese-American women are represented unfairly as well. All four mothers and four daughters are or were at some point of time China doll and Lotus blossom to their lovers. The majority of the women are portrayed as insecure, weak, indecisive, and submissive.
An example of this would be Rose and Ted's marriage, after trying to reconcile their marriage Ted begged Rose to have an opinion and to fight for herself, who also blames her for the affair , and in the end reconciles his marriage with Rose as the good guy. Rose shows a typical stereotype that Asian Americans carry, a submissive and obiedient wife to her husband by agreeing to everything he said to her. In her mind, making no decision at all is better than making a bad decision. In this clip it will show the stereotype of a Lotus Blossom because Rose caters to her white husband, Ted and how persistent she is to fulfill his needs and even lying at the end about her happiness in the marriage.
Lena is another daughter who also struggles within her marriage. She and her husband owe each other money, keep track of what they spend, and split everything half and half, she even has to split money on ice cream in which she hates and doesn't eat it. The reason that lead Lena to be so passive in her awful marriage is because she felt like she is getting what she deserves after wishing someone death which eventually came true.
Throughout the movie the mothers and daughters were always suffering and dealing with painful situations. They never seem happy, always conflicted upon their problems in their previous or current marriages.
An example of this would be Rose and Ted's marriage, after trying to reconcile their marriage Ted begged Rose to have an opinion and to fight for herself, who also blames her for the affair , and in the end reconciles his marriage with Rose as the good guy. Rose shows a typical stereotype that Asian Americans carry, a submissive and obiedient wife to her husband by agreeing to everything he said to her. In her mind, making no decision at all is better than making a bad decision. In this clip it will show the stereotype of a Lotus Blossom because Rose caters to her white husband, Ted and how persistent she is to fulfill his needs and even lying at the end about her happiness in the marriage.
Lena is another daughter who also struggles within her marriage. She and her husband owe each other money, keep track of what they spend, and split everything half and half, she even has to split money on ice cream in which she hates and doesn't eat it. The reason that lead Lena to be so passive in her awful marriage is because she felt like she is getting what she deserves after wishing someone death which eventually came true.
Throughout the movie the mothers and daughters were always suffering and dealing with painful situations. They never seem happy, always conflicted upon their problems in their previous or current marriages.
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| The mothers and daughters take a group family picture |
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