History Film / TheWeddingBanquet

* TheBeard: Wei-wei for Wai-Tung.

* HasTwoMommies: Well, one mommy and two daddies; Wai-Tung reconciles with Simon by asking him to be the second father of his and Wei-Wei's baby.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: The post-wedding scene in bed, a drunk Wei-Wei all but forces herself on an equally drunk Wai-Tung, provoked by him [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationaliation having an erection]]. After she gets pregnant, she even blames it on him. Simon has the audacity to not only solely blame Wai-Tung for the encounter even after Wei-Wei takes responsibility, but only takes issue with Wei-Wei getting pregnant because he believes Wai-Tung should have practiced safe sex—as if Wai-Tung, who couldn't even be sober enough to resist Wei-Wei's advances, was going to be in the right frame of mind to put on a condom. Many critics pointed out that if it were a groom drunkenly forcing himself on and impregnating a lesbian bride, the film would be roundly denounced instead of a celebrated melodrama.

* MeddlingParents: Wai-Tung's parents are so desperate to see him get married that they fly a potential match over to him without his consent. They later pretty much entirely organize the wedding banquet, which Wai-Tung hadn't wanted but felt guilted into.

* BaitAndSwitchRemark: At the hospital after his father has a stroke, he starts to confess to his mother that he's gay, and his mother wants to know why he didn't tell her. Turns out she thinks he's revealing that Wei-wei is pregnant, which she had already figured out.

* CosmeticCatastrophe: Averted While Wai-tung's father is giving Wei-wei a speech, she begins to cry from all the pressure, and then mother comes in and literally holds her hands to her face to prevent "three hours of make-up" from being destroyed.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: The post-wedding scene in bed, a drunk Wei-Wei all but forces herself on an equally drunk Wai-Tung, provoked by him [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationaliation having an erection]]. After she gets pregnant, she even blames it on him. Simon has the audacity to not only solely blame Wai-Tung for the encounter even after Wei-Wei takes responsibility, but only takes issue with Wei-Wei getting pregnant because he believes Wai-Tung should have practiced safe sex -- as if Wai-Tung, who couldn't even be sober enough to resist Wei-Wei's advances, was going to be in the right frame of mind to put on a condom. Many critics pointed out that if it were a groom drunkenly forcing himself on and impregnating a lesbian bride, the film would be roundly denounced instead of a celebrated melodrama.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Wei-wei decides to keep the baby.

* TheMatchmaker: Wai-Tung's mother has signed him up for Taiwan's classiest matchmaking service in the hope of getting him married off as soon as possible. Wai-Tung tries to frustrate her by putting impossible requirements on the form (an opera singer with two [=PhDs=] who is 5'9" tall - which, Wai-Tung tells Simon, is above average by Chinese standards), but this backfires when he gets matched to a girl who almost meets the requirements (she only has one [=PhD=] and is only 5'8").

* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Wai-tung agrees to go out on a date with a Chinese opera singer to get his parents off his back, all is going well until it turns out Wei-wei is the waitress at the restaurant they go to, and, believing Wai-Tung has been lying about being gay, tells him off and storms away. After Wai-tung and the opera singer leave, she reveals that she has also been lying to her parents - she has a white boyfriend.

* ASimplePlan: To get Wai-Tung's parents to stop pestering him about getting married (especially following Mr. Gao's stroke and his desire to hold a grandchild before he dies) and get Wei-Wei qualified for a greencard, Simon suggests they enter a MarriageOfConvenience, during which Wei-Wei can live in their basement room. Seems simple enough. Then Mr. and Mrs. Gao react to the news by announcing they're getting the next flight over from Taipei for the wedding, forcing Wai-Tung and Simon to hide all evidence of their relationship while making it believable that Wai-Tung really is engaged to Wei-Wei. And then a combination of the Gaos' disappointment at the civil ceremony and a chance encounter with Mr. Gao's former driver from his days as a Nationalist Army officer leads to the organisation of a lavish wedding banquet for hundreds of people. And ''then'' a very drunk Wei-Wei has sex with Wai-Tung after the banquet is over and gets pregnant...

* CosmeticCatastrophe: Averted While Wai-tung's father is giving Wei-wei a speech, she begins to cry from all the pressure, and then mother comes in to prevent "Three hours of make-up" from being destroyed.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: The post-wedding scene in bed, a drunk Wei-wei pretty much forces herself upon an equally drunk but protesting Wai-Tung. On top of that, she ends up blaming ''him'' when she gets pregnant.
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* LoveTriangle: Simon, Wai-tung and Wei-wei.

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* PlatonicKissing: At least from Wai-Tung's perspective any time people expect him and Wei-Wei to kiss.

* TheBeard: Wei-wei for Wai-Tung

* {{Dramedy}}

* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: Two daddies ''and'' a mommy.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Wei-Tong comes out to his mother at the hospital, but not to his father. Then, later, Wei-tung's father reveals to Simon that he knew all along, but asks to keep it from everyone else.
* IWantGrandkids: Wai-Tung's parents.

* MeddlingParents
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Simon can quite understand chinese, but when he speaks it, he can sometimes say the opposite of what he means to say.
* MyOwnPrivateIDo

* TokenMinority: Inverted. Simon is the only non-asian character of the main cast.
* TranslationConvention: Averted. You have mandarin-spoken dialogue in scenes involving Wai-Tung's family, and english-spoken dialogue in scenes involving Simon or other american characters.
* ASimplePlan
* TheMatchmaker: Wai-Tung's mother

* ComingOutStory: Well, zig-zagged. Wai-Tung goes through all the trouble to avoid this, but in the end still comes out to his mother, but not his father. Turns out his father ''knew all along'' because he understood some of English.

* WeddingDay: Played straight.

''The Wedding Banquet'' is a comedy directed by Creator/AngLee and released in 1993. It was Lee's first exploration of the societal acceptance of homosexuality.

* HardWorkMontage: When Wai-Tung hears that his parents

* Dramedy

* MakeoverMontage: When

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: The post-wedding scene in bed, a drunk Wei-wei pretty much forces herself upon an equally drunk but protesting Wai-Tung.

'''''The Wedding Banquet''''' is a comedy directed by Ang Lee (of ''BrokebackMountain'' and ''LustCaution'' fame) and released in 1993. It was Lee's first exploration of the societal acceptance of homosexuality.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: The post-wedding scene in bed, a drunk Wei-wei pretty much forces herself upon an equally drunk and protesting Wai-Tung.

* MenCantKeepHouse: Averted. Wei-wei's place is a mess., while Simon and Wai-Tung's place is quite neat.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Wai-tung's father.