The history of blood and tears of Asian actress in "Kill Eve" Sandra Wu won the "Golden Globe Award"

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Hollywood has never been a paradise, but a melting pot. In this melting pot, some people eventually ascend, and some people remain unknown for life. The difference is that Hollywood will not shut out any vulnerable group, but Hollywood is actually indifferent to vulnerable groups. Although it will not be turned away in name, in essence, it is still different.

At the just-concluded Golden Globe Awards ceremony of the United States Film and Television, Asian movie star Sandra Wu won the "Post-Vision" honor for "Kill Eve." This is one of the few times Hollywood has awarded a heavyweight award to Asians.

Wu Sandro's parents are both Korean, but she was born in Ottawa, Canada and learned ballet since she was a child. In 1981, she began performing on stage. In 2000, she won the Best Actress Award at the Milan International Tourism Exhibition for her "Pole Dancer". In 2018, she finally won the reputation of being a celebrity at the Golden Globe Awards.

At this time, Sandro Wu was already 48 years old. She was definitely old among the movie queen and TV queen in Hollywood.

Sandra Wu once said,"You don't have to care what others think. People always tell you what they think all the time, and it's difficult for you to do this. We are a vulnerable group, and we are denied 90% of the time, so we must be strong. You have to figure out for yourself what's important."

These words seem very powerful. As an Asian queen who has successfully gained a place in Hollywood, such encouragement is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for all Asians working in Hollywood. Yes, indeed, in Hollywood, as long as you give, you will definitely get something back, but it's not up to you to say how much you will get back.

Throughout Hollywood's history, we can see stars shining, but among these shining stars, there are few Asians. On the Walk of Stars in Hollywood, there is a star that looks very inconspicuous. Even China people don't know its name. Her name is Anna May Wong, and her Chinese name is Huang Liushuang.

Huang Liushuang left her name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She was born in Chinatown, Los Angeles in 1905. In 1921, she finally got the opportunity to star opposite Lang Chaney, a big-name Hollywood male star at the time. Huang Liushuang entered the Hollywood stage as a Chinese citizen. Americans were amazed at the beauty of her typical China doll image with a curious eye.

In Hollywood, which discriminated against Chinese at that time, some people compared Huang Liushuang's appearance to a "Yellow Peril". Although it carried a sour taste, it was enough to show the Americans 'love and hate attitude towards Huang Liushuang. This rejection was only because of her yellow skin.

Huang Liushuang

was very distressed because of the stereotype of yellow people by Americans at that time, the images of China women in the movies were always numb and submissive, which made Huang Liushuang very distressed. This image even affected her reputation in China, where the works she starred in were repeatedly banned.

In 1936, when "Grand Hotel", in which Huang Liushuang served as the second female lead, was released in Shanghai, her name was even completely erased from the poster. Although she once said,"That was not my choice," Chinese people still associate her with the word "insulting China."

Neither China nor Hollywood recognizes it. Huang Liushuang represents the embarrassing situation of that generation of Asian actresses.

Also known to us is Lu Yan, who grew up in Shanghai, graduated from St. John's University in Shanghai, and was once a simultaneous interpreter in Shanghai theaters. In 1956, she officially enrolled in the Performing Arts Department of the Academy of Drama in Pasadena, California, and began studying acting. But during her stay in Hollywood in the United States, she did not receive much attention.

Lu Yan

returned to Hong Kong in 1967 and starred in "Madam Dong". Three years later, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress. Since then, she has been working hard in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Hollywood. Although her acting skills have been recognized by the Golden Horse Awards and the Academy Awards, she has not improved much in Hollywood. She once said,"The biggest regret in my life is that I don't have any works in Hollywood." It is indeed a pity.

At the same time, Guan Nanshi, an Asian actress from Kuala Lumpur, had a significantly better fate than Lu Yan. The image of China female Su Sihuang created in "Su Sihuang's World" is by far the most well-known Asian image in Hollywood.

The character of Su Sihuang has an oriental mysterious temperament and exotic appeal, attracting the attention of American audiences. But at the same time, Su Sihuang's image of a prostitute has also formed a stereotype in Americans 'minds-Oriental women are mysterious sexy creatures.

Under the strong stereotypes of Hollywood in "Susie Wong's World" starring Kwan Nanshi

, Asian actresses have been unable to escape this dilemma for a long time. It is either defined or ignored.

But this dilemma was finally broken in the 1990s.

In 1997,"007 Tomorrow's Empire" was officially released, and Michelle Yeoh's image of beating a girl in it attracted much attention. In one fell swoop, the previous image of Asian women in Hollywood was washed away. Around 2000, the movie "Charlie's Angels" starring Liu Yuling and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee were released one after another. The image of Asian women can be regarded as a disgrace.

But since then, Asian actresses have entered another strange circle in Hollywood. Looking at Asian characters after the 21st century, except for "Memoirs of a Geisha" tailored for Asians, all the names that can be called are beating women, just as Asian actresses don't know anything other than fighting.

Even South Korean actor Baedouna and Japanese actor Rinko Kikuji, who later traveled in Hollywood, could not get rid of the image of beating girls. Although Rinko Kikuchi's image in Hero Chen's "Forest of Norway" is very rich and changeable, she still relies on "kung fu" to get along in Hollywood, which shows Hollywood's serious stereotypes of Asian actresses.

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has gone from "Su Si Huang" to "sexy beating a girl". Asian female characters in Hollywood films always give people the misunderstanding that Asian women are like this. This misunderstanding deepens the stereotype of Asian women. Even Hollywood, which is now so open, cannot deny that there is still a side that is not open and unaccommodating.

Fortunately, Hollywood has always adhered to the diversity of culture, race and world, otherwise we still can't see the style of Asia.

The character played by Sandra Wu in "Kill Eve" is one of the few characters in Hollywood with rich emotions and personality. Such Asian characters have been unique in the past ten years, and they are very rare even if you look at Hollywood's century-old history.

The significance of her award is that there is finally an Asian, not because she is "sexy" or "fierce", but because she is recognized by Hollywood because of her excellent acting skills. This recognition is not easy. From Huang Liushuang to Wu Shanzhuo, we Asians have been waiting for nearly a hundred years.

So we say that behind Sandra Wu's success is the blood, tears and sweat of all Asian actresses '100 years of struggle. But this is not the end. After all, Sandra Wu is still a special case at present, and Asian actresses still have a long way to go in Hollywood.

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