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Crazy Rich Asians How to Be The Winner Over A Boyfriend's Mother's Envy?

CRAZY RICH ASIANS
How To Be The Winner
Over A Boyfriend’s Mother’s Envy

September 3, 2018 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Jon Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians is about crazy wealth. But it’s really about so much more. It’s about the clashes between old money and new; privilege and disadvantage; American-born Asians and those calling Asia home; between following passion and giving into duty. Mostly it’s about a boyfriend’s mother’s envy. And, at the film’s center, we …

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How To Be The Winner
Over A Boyfriend’s Mother’s Envy

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