Saying Goodbye to Your Roots in 'The Farewell'

In this essay, we discuss the 2019 film The Farewell and how it appeals to our experiences with loss of family and multiculturalism.

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Articles mentioned:
The Cultural Truth at the Heart of the Lies in ‘The Farewell’ | NYT
╰ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/movies/the-farewell-family-lies.html

To Tell or Not: The Chinese Doctors’ Dilemma on Disclosure of a Cancer Diagnosis to the Patient | NCBI
╰ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6294856/

Disclosure of cancer diagnosis in China… | NCBI
╰ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6061405/

When People of Color are Discouraged from Going Into the Arts | The Atlantic
╰https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/oscars-so-white-academia-stereotypes/471291/

What to Ask Instead of ‘How Are You?’ During a Pandemic
╰https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/04/should-i-still-say-how-are-you-during-a-pandemic/610639/

0:00 Intro
1:43 A Good Lie
10:53 Pitfalls of the American Dream
17:50 Preserving the Pieces of You

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