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* TwoferTokenMinority: Wil and Vivian, her girlfriend, are Chinese-American lesbians.
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* CelebrityParadox: Gao (played by Joan Chen) watches ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. Joan Chen also had a role in the film.
* DisappearedDad: Wil's dad died when she was very young. Her mother raised her alone afterward, and clearly found it hard, though Wil turned out okay.
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* PlayingGertrude: Joan Chen, who played Gao, was only thirteen years older than Michelle Krusciec, playing Gao's daughter Wil. However, Gao was supposed to be just nineteen when she had Wil and so it's {{downplayed}}.
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* PlayingGertrude: Joan Chen, who played Gao, was only thirteen years older than Michelle Krusciec, playing Gao's daughter Wil. However, Gao was supposed to be just nineteen when she had Wil Wil, and so it's {{downplayed}}.
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* RacistGrandma: Wil's mom displays some typical racism against black people. She purposely uses paper plates for [[TokenBlackFriend Jay]] because she thinks he's dirty.
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* RacistGrandma: Wil's mom displays some typical racism against black people. She purposely uses paper plates for [[TokenBlackFriend Jay]] because she thinks he's dirty. dirty, to Wil's frustration. Later warms up to him though.
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* SecretRelationship: Wil hides her relationship with Vivian from her family and refuses to engage in PDA. Wil's mother refuses to reveal the father of her child.
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* SecretRelationship: Wil hides her relationship with Vivian from her family and refuses to engage in PDA. Wil's mother refuses to reveal the father of her child. In the first case it's due to homophobia, the latter as they aren't married.
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* TokenWhite: Wil's coworker Randi is the only white person in the film, which has an almost entirely East Asian cast, along with one black person (Wil's friend Jay).
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Wil and Vivian, her girlfriend, are Chinese-American lesbians.
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* LipstickLesbian: Lovers Vivian and Wil have long hair. Wil likes to wear masculine clothing, but still isn't butch. Vivian wears feminine clothes and makeup.
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* LipstickLesbian: Lovers Vivian and Wil both have long hair. Wil likes to wear masculine clothing, but still isn't butch.butch overall. Vivian wears feminine clothes and makeup.
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* ForbiddenLove: Wil and Vivian can't be out about having a relationship due to homophobia prevalent in the community.
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* ForbiddenLove: Wil and Vivian can't be out about having a relationship due to homophobia prevalent in the Flushing Chinese-American community.
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* PlayingGertrude: Joan Chen, who played Gao, was only thirteen years older than Michelle Krusciec, playing Gao's daughter Wil.
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* PlayingGertrude: Joan Chen, who played Gao, was only thirteen years older than Michelle Krusciec, playing Gao's daughter Wil. However, Gao was supposed to be just nineteen when she had Wil and so it's {{downplayed}}.
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''Saving Face'' revolves around the 29 year old Chinese-American surgeon Wilhelmina. Wil's life is shaken up when her mother (Creator/JoanChen) moves in with her and it is also revealed that Wil's mother is pregnant by an unknown father. Wil also gets a new love in her life with another Chinese-American girl Vivian. To complicate things, Wil is trying to keep the [[SecretRelationship relationship secret]]. The question is how can Wil handle and balance these new factors in her life?
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''Saving Face'' revolves around the 29 year old Chinese-American surgeon Wilhelmina.Wilhelmina Pang. Wil's life is shaken up when her mother (Creator/JoanChen) moves in with her and it is also revealed that Wil's mother is pregnant by an unknown father. Wil also gets a new love in her life with another Chinese-American girl Vivian. To complicate things, Wil is trying to keep the [[SecretRelationship relationship secret]]. The question is how can Wil handle and balance these new factors in her life?
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* TomboyishName: Wilhelmina Peng Pang goes by "Wil". She's a bit of a tomboy, and also gay.
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This film is a [[LesbianRomance lesbian]] RomanticComedy released in 2004. Directed and written by Alice Wu, the work is a lighthearted take on family and relationships as well as how people present themselves to others.
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This film is a [[LesbianRomance [[QueerRomance lesbian]] RomanticComedy released in 2004. Directed and written by Alice Wu, the work is a lighthearted take on family and relationships as well as how people present themselves to others.
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* BilingualDialogue: Around 40% of the film is in Mandarin.
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* BilingualDialogue: Around 40% of the film is in Mandarin. Often Wil speaks to her mom in English, who answers her with Mandarin.
* ComingOutStory: Wil comes out to her mother. While her mom already [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime caught her with another woman]] a few years ago, they never acknowledged or discussed it. Her mom isn't happy at first, but later accepts this.
* ComingOutStory: Wil comes out to her mother. While her mom already [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime caught her with another woman]] a few years ago, they never acknowledged or discussed it. Her mom isn't happy at first, but later accepts this.
* ForbiddenLove: Wil and Vivian can't be out about having a relationship due to homophobia prevalent in the community.
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* LesbianRomance: The primary plot has to do with family drama, changing attitudes in the Chinese community of Flushing, and coping with family pressures with regard to one's ForbiddenRomance. One of the stories deals with Wil trying to conceal her relationship from her mother ... while her mother is living with her.
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* LipstickLesbian: Both girls Lovers Vivian and Wil have long hair, and hair. Wil likes to wear masculine clothing, but still isn't butch. Vivian wears feminine clothes and makeup.
* QueerRomance: The primary plot has to do with family drama, changing attitudes in the close-knit Chinese-American community of Flushing, NYC, and coping with family pressures with regard to protagonist Wil's [[ForbiddenLove forbidden romance with another Chinese-American woman, Vivian]]. One of the stories deals with Wil trying to conceal her relationship from her mother ... while her mother is living with her.
* PlayingGertrude: Joan Chen, who played Gao, was only thirteen years older than Michelle Krusciec, playing Gao's daughter Wil.
* PlayingGertrude: Joan Chen, who played Gao, was only thirteen years older than Michelle Krusciec, playing Gao's daughter Wil.
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** Wil's mother disapproves of her lesbianism, and is in denial about it because she thinks it reflects badly on her parenting. (She eventually comes around.)
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** Wil's mother disapproves of her lesbianism, and is in denial about it because she thinks it reflects badly on her parenting. (She parenting (she eventually comes around.)around).
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* RacistGrandma: Wil's mom displays some typical racism against black people. She purposely uses paper plates for [[BlackBestFriend Jay]] because she thinks he's dirty.
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* RacistGrandma: Wil's mom displays some typical racism against black people. She purposely uses paper plates for [[BlackBestFriend [[TokenBlackFriend Jay]] because she thinks he's dirty.
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* DisposableFiance: Cho is the Bland Perfection sub-type of this. He's rich, devoted, and left at the altar with absolutely no consequences.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Cho has pined for Wil's mom for 15 years. He's willing to accept the baby as his own, no questions asked. But her heart belongs to another.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Cho has pined for Wil's mom for 15 years. He's willing to accept the baby as his own, no questions asked. But her heart belongs to another.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Cho has pined for Wil's mom for 15 years. He's willing to accept the baby as his own, no questions asked. But her heart belongs to another.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Cho has pined for FreezeFrameBonus: While Wil's mom mother is browsing in the video store, she walks past the empty spot for 15 years. He's willing to accept the baby as his own, no questions asked. But her heart belongs to another.''Film/TheJoyLuckClub'', another movie about a Chinese-American mother and daughter.
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* HomageShot: Wil and her mother sitting at the back of the bus after running from the wedding is a nod to ''Film/TheGraduate''.
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** Wil's grandfather disapproves of his daughter's pregnancy out of wedlock, telling her she's [[IHaveNoSon no longer part of the family]] until she finds a husband to raise her child.
** Wil's mother disapproves of her lesbianism, and is in denial about it because she thinks it reflects badly on her parenting. (She eventually comes around.)
** Wil's grandfather disapproves of his daughter's pregnancy out of wedlock, telling her she's [[IHaveNoSon no longer part of the family]] until she finds a husband to raise her child.
** Wil's mother disapproves of her lesbianism, and is in denial about it because she thinks it reflects badly on her parenting. (She eventually comes around.)
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* DancesAndBalls: The community frequently gathers for formal dances at Planet China, where parents gossip and try to set their children up with each other.
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* SoapWithinAShow: Wil's mother watches a lot of soap operas and [[RunningGag repeatedly]] [[ExplainingTheSoap explains what's going on]].
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer reveals that Wil's mother is pregnant and also shows climactic moments from late in the movie, including Vivian walking away from Wil in the airport and Wil interrupting her mother's wedding.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer reveals that Wil's mother is pregnant and also shows climactic moments from late in the movie, including Vivian walking away from Wil in the airport and Wil interrupting her mother's wedding.
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* BlackBestFriend: Jay, the next door neighbor, though he's not a particularly important character.
* ComingOutStory: Wil's. Vivian is already out. Its a little more complicated since her mom did catch her with another woman a few years ago but refuses to acknowledge or talk about it.
* BlackBestFriend: Jay, the next door neighbor, though he's not a particularly important character.
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* {{Gayngst}}: A little bit of it; goes hand in hand with the fact of Wil's traditional family.
* GossipyHens: Pretty much Wil's entire immediate and extended family - women and men alike.
* HappyEnding/LastMinuteHookup: Although it's sort of tacked on, [[spoiler: three months after their breakup Wil and Vivian get back together]].
* GossipyHens: Pretty much Wil's entire immediate and extended family - women and men alike.
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*HappyEnding/LastMinuteHookup: HappyEnding: Although it's sort of tacked on, [[spoiler: three months after their breakup Wil and Vivian get back together]].
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* LesbianRomance: The primary plot has to do with family drama, [[GenerationGap changing attitudes]] attitudes in the Chinese community of Flushing, and coping with family pressures with regard to one's ForbiddenRomance. One of the stories deals with Wil trying to conceal her relationship from her mother ... while her mother is living with her.
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* SecretRelationship: Wil and Vivian, though that's only to Wil's family. Vivian's seems to be more understanding. [[spoiler: Wil's mom and Little Yu before the events of the film]].
* SmokingHotSex: Vivian, though Wil does smoke on her roof. [[FridgeLogic Despite being a surgeon]].
* SecretRelationship: Wil and Vivian, though that's only to Wil's family. Vivian's seems to be more understanding. [[spoiler: Wil's mom and Little Yu before the events of the film]].
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* ActorAllusion: When Wil's mom browses Chinese films, the first video she comes across is TheLastEmperor.
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* ActorAllusion: When Wil's mom browses Chinese films, the first video she comes across is TheLastEmperor.''Film/TheLastEmperor''.
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''Saving Face'' revolves around the 29 year old Chinese-American surgeon Wilhelmina. Wil's life is shaken up when her mother (Creator/JoanChen) moves in with her and it is also revealed that Wil's mother is pregnant by an unknown father. Wil also gets a new love in her life with another Chinese-American girl Vivian. To complicate things, Wil is trying to keep the [[SecretRelationship relationship secret]]. The question is how can Wil handle and balance these new factors in her life? [[spoiler:The answer is, not at all. She screws up everything, especially her own relationship with Vivian.]]
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Cho has pined for Wil's mom for 15 years. He's willing to accept the baby as his own, no questions asked. But her heart belongs to another.
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* EasyEvangelism: A mild case. Wil's mom transforms the local Chinatown disapproval on [[MayDecemberRomance her]] and [[QueerRomance Wil's romance]] in about 3 months so much that [[spoiler: Wil and Vivian can kiss in public]] though there still are some people who aren't happy about it and leave.
* EasyEvangelism: A mild case. Wil's mom transforms the local Chinatown disapproval on [[MayDecemberRomance her]] and [[QueerRomance Wil's romance]] in about 3 months so much that [[spoiler: Wil and Vivian can kiss in public]] though there still are some people who aren't happy about it and leave.
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''Saving Face'' revolves around the 29 year old Chinese-American surgeon Wilhelmina. Wil's life is shaken up when her mother (JoanChen) (Creator/JoanChen) moves in with her and it is also revealed that Wil's mother is pregnant by an unknown father. Wil also gets a new love in her life with another Chinese-American girl Vivian. To complicate things, Wil is trying to keep the [[SecretRelationship relationship secret]]. The question is how can Wil handle and balance these new factors in her life? [[spoiler:The answer is, not at all. She screws up everything, especially her own relationship with Vivian.]]
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''Saving Face'' revolves around the 29 year old Chinese-American surgeon Wilhelmina. Wil's life is shaken up when her mother (JoanChen) moves in with her and it is also revealed that Wil's mother is pregnant by an unknown father. Wil also gets a new love in her life with another Chinese-American girl Vivian. To complicate things, Wil is trying to keep the [[SecretRelationship relationship secret]]. The question is how can Wil handle and balance these new factors in her life? [[spoiler:The answer is, not at all. She screws up everything, especially her own relationship with Vivian.]]
This film is a [[LesbianRomance lesbian]] RomanticComedy released in 2004. Directed and written by Alice Wu, the work is a lighthearted take on family and relationships as well as how people present themselves to others.
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!!''Saving Face'' provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: When Wil's mom browses Chinese films, the first video she comes across is TheLastEmperor.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Wil, at the end, although Vivian is too far away to hear her.]]
* BilingualDialogue: Around 40% of the film is in Mandarin.
* BlackBestFriend: Jay.
* ComingOutStory
* {{Gayngst}}: A little bit of it; goes hand in hand with the fact of Wil's traditional family.
* GossipyHens: Pretty much Wil's entire immediate and extended family - women and men alike.
* HappyEnding
* LastMinuteHookup
* LawOfInverseFertility
* LesbianRomance
* LikesOlderWomen: [[spoiler: Little Yu.]]
* LipstickLesbian
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Wil's mom's dating montage.
* MayDecemberRomance
* PrecisionFStrike
* RaceForYourLove
* RomanticComedy
* RunawayBride: [[spoiler: Wil's mom, at the very end]]
* SecretRelationship
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''Saving Face'' revolves around the 29 year old Chinese-American surgeon Wilhelmina. Wil's life is shaken up when her mother (JoanChen) moves in with her and it is also revealed that Wil's mother is pregnant by an unknown father. Wil also gets a new love in her life with another Chinese-American girl Vivian. To complicate things, Wil is trying to keep the [[SecretRelationship relationship secret]]. The question is how can Wil handle and balance these new factors in her life? [[spoiler:The answer is, not at all. She screws up everything, especially her own relationship with Vivian.]]
This film is a [[LesbianRomance lesbian]] RomanticComedy released in 2004. Directed and written by Alice Wu, the work is a lighthearted take on family and relationships as well as how people present themselves to others.
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!!''Saving Face'' provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: When Wil's mom browses Chinese films, the first video she comes across is TheLastEmperor.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Wil, at the end, although Vivian is too far away to hear her.]]
* BilingualDialogue: Around 40% of the film is in Mandarin.
* BlackBestFriend: Jay.
* ComingOutStory
* {{Gayngst}}: A little bit of it; goes hand in hand with the fact of Wil's traditional family.
* GossipyHens: Pretty much Wil's entire immediate and extended family - women and men alike.
* HappyEnding
* LastMinuteHookup
* LawOfInverseFertility
* LesbianRomance
* LikesOlderWomen: [[spoiler: Little Yu.]]
* LipstickLesbian
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Wil's mom's dating montage.
* MayDecemberRomance
* PrecisionFStrike
* RaceForYourLove
* RomanticComedy
* RunawayBride: [[spoiler: Wil's mom, at the very end]]
* SecretRelationship
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