Problematic

 

These representations of Asian Americans are problematic because the audience receives negative information and it limits the roles in films for Asian Americans.  Normally these representations cause a stereotype over Asian Americans because we tend to have certain expectation over them. For instance in an article Geisha raises fears of stereotypicalmovie roles by Jae-Ha Kim mentions, “In both the book Memoirs of a Geisha and its film adaptation, women fall into two categories: sexy geisha and conniving dragon ladies, two stereotypes about Asian women that linger today” (Kim 1). This explains how this can affect Asian Americans in a negative way because of how the media portrays them.  These representations can cause for them to have trouble in succeeding in Hollywood. Whenever they appear in films they play the same role, it seems as they have fallen into a cycle in where it is difficult to break. Asian Americans should not be judged based on how they are represented but in who they really are.