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ESCAPE FROM HOLLYWOOD
“Hollywood—all the girls look at white men as if they are gods.”—Lisa Lu, Actor
Success for female Chinese actors in Hollywood demands perseverance to confront not only sexism, but also racialized exotification. For two such women—Lisa Lu and Joan Chen—paths away from Hollywood were key to artistic fulfillment.
THE ARCH, 1968
HOLLYWOOD CHINESE
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