In a crisp clean office, Chinese movie producer Xue Xing (Conrad Ricamora) meets Chinese-American playwright DHH (Francis Jue, playing a version of David Henry Hwang) to discuss his idea for a new sitcom based in Shanghai. What Sex and the City did for New York, he exclaims, and so, a debate ensues about whether to leave in Shanghai’s flaws or leave them out. In a matter of minutes, Soft Power has deconstructed every stereotype and cliche about Asia and what it means to be Asian-American.
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