‘Slanted’ Review: If ‘Mean Girls’ Wasn’t So Funny and ‘The Substance’ Was Way More Blunt
Amy Wang's take on body horror transplants the genre into the hellscape of high school, with grim results that feel more sad ...
‘Slanted’ Review: Extreme Makeover Satire Critiques Lopsided Beauty Standards Through Asian Eyes
If high school is a popularity contest — the mistaken-priorities assumption that drives writer-director Amy Wang’s ...
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SXSW Film Festival 2025: Forge, Slanted, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick
It’s clear to her that beauty and acceptance are intimately tied with whiteness. There are other clever moments Wang interlopes to indicate Joan’s shame about her culture, such as her insistence on ...
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‘Slanted’ Review: Satirical Body Horror About Assimilation and Beauty Engages, but Never Gets Under the Skin
Slanted starts in 2015 with a young Joan (Kristen Cui) arriving in America with her family and feeling humiliated on the first day of school. After kids make fun of her eyes and mock her lunch ...
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‘Slanted’ Review: Extreme Makeover Satire Critiques Lopsided Beauty Standards Through Asian Eyes
From the moment 8-year-old Joan arrives in the U.S. (played by Kristen Cui at that point), she’s confronted with signs of what the locals consider to be desirable: billboards with blond ...
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Scientists Warn of Rising Parkinson's Rates—Here Are 8 Early Signs to Know
Experts predict Parkinson's diasesae cases will rise 112% from 2021 to 2050. Learn the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.