Summary
In this 1922 Christie Comedy, the narrative pivot hinges on a sophisticated American protagonist who, having recently returned from the Orient, weaponizes her cultural fluency to orchestrate a labyrinthine social rescue. The scenario ignites when she adopts the guise of a Chinese maiden to extricate a friend from a precarious social entanglement. However, the artifice triggers a domino effect of performative deception; soon, the entire ensemble—driven by a cocktail of panic, opportunism, and sheer farce—recedes behind layers of Orientalist masquerade. What begins as a singular act of altruistic mimicry devolves into a kinetic, kaleidoscopic collision of identities where the boundaries between the authentic self and the staged persona are obliterated by the frantic pace of silent-era slapstick.
Synopsis
An American girl, who has been to China, masquerades as a Chinese girl to help out a girl friend. For various reasons nearly everybody in the cast disguise themselves as Chinese and all kinds of complications result.
Director
Dorothy Devore, Katherine Lewis, Lincoln Plumer, George Stewart
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