I have a new essay about the invisible Filipino maids of Crazy Rich Asians up on SBS Life! I'm so glad that this essay did well online (thanks to Filipinos who shared it), since it's an essay I'm quite proud of.
What bothered me, however, was how the Filipino maids in the movie merely served to signify their masters’ outrageous (and oftentimes celebrated) wealth with their quiet, unobtrusive presence, and were otherwise rendered invisible, both by the camera and by the script.
You can read the piece in its entirety here.
What bothered me, however, was how the Filipino maids in the movie merely served to signify their masters’ outrageous (and oftentimes celebrated) wealth with their quiet, unobtrusive presence, and were otherwise rendered invisible, both by the camera and by the script.
You can read the piece in its entirety here.
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