Your write-up makes me want to see it again; having your commentary will be like having you with me as I watch.
I would love to hear what you think of it on rewatch.
Yes: I really loved how it played into the English imagination of what an "Oriental princess" would be like.
It certainly made me want to read more about the reception of the real Princess Caraboo. John Wells appears to have written a book about her, which I would like to get hold of.
And that's **very** interesting about Cates's actual ethnic background.
I am inclined to assume it was a factor in her casting, but since I can find almost no information about this movie online, I don't yet know? I couldn't locate more than a handful of contemporary reviews, either, which I think is a result of the film having been released in the nascent internet age; I would probably need to look at actual newspapers from the autumn of 1994 to see what most critics thought. A lot of reviewers on Amazon.com like it and also wish Phoebe Cates had done more acting and TriStar would give the film a proper widescreen home release.
I see this all the time in present-day life: something with a fairly exact equivalent in mundane life is hugely valorized when it comes from someplace "exotic."
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I would love to hear what you think of it on rewatch.
Yes: I really loved how it played into the English imagination of what an "Oriental princess" would be like.
It certainly made me want to read more about the reception of the real Princess Caraboo. John Wells appears to have written a book about her, which I would like to get hold of.
And that's **very** interesting about Cates's actual ethnic background.
I am inclined to assume it was a factor in her casting, but since I can find almost no information about this movie online, I don't yet know? I couldn't locate more than a handful of contemporary reviews, either, which I think is a result of the film having been released in the nascent internet age; I would probably need to look at actual newspapers from the autumn of 1994 to see what most critics thought. A lot of reviewers on Amazon.com like it and also wish Phoebe Cates had done more acting and TriStar would give the film a proper widescreen home release.
I see this all the time in present-day life: something with a fairly exact equivalent in mundane life is hugely valorized when it comes from someplace "exotic."
"I know, but the way she washes dishes—"