Shortcomings novel7/7/2023 From an audience's perspective, the hokey dialogue from the parody mixed with the effusive pride the characters have for a movie that might just be Not Good is a clear call out, and Ben makes note of it. When the credits roll, and we watch Ronnie Chieng and Stephanie Hsu get in the elevator of the hotel that they now own after being rejected by the manager moments before, the theater (full of mainly Asian Americans) gets on their feet to applaud. In an example of this, the film opens with a fake movie, one that is a clear parody of the infamously successful Crazy Rich Asians. The film also calls out the movement to diversify films and Ben's own negative opinions about movies that he sees as pandering to a crowd based solely around representation.
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