Sexual minority film analysis

The traditional culture of China is one of the world's oldest and most complex cultures. Its intricate system of moral, social, and political philosophy derives from two social values: Confucianism and Taoism. Both worldviews emphasize government rule and social order. Rituals and customs, set as the base of social "norms," are codified as a primary goal to promote a contented, healthy, happy society. Within this fantasized, Utopian realm, relationships are highly valued and believed to promote social harmony. Despite its optimistic and focused mutuality intended to nurture human interpersonal relations, lesbianism is deemed unrecognizable, though, to some cultural researchers, covert in practice. One such observer of Asian homosexuality is film Director Alice Wu, who highlighted the lesbian struggle for equal rights and social acceptance in the 2004 romantic comedy, "Saving Face."