Sex workers in the American West and tigers in China

Marcelino 2022-03-15 09:01:03

The comedy "One Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014) is set in 1882, the year the Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted. At this time, there were already many Chinese in Arizona. After they built the railway, they began to infiltrate the western states and opened laundry rooms and Chinese restaurants. There were also very few people who entered the sex industry with the spirit of start-up entrepreneurs, but they were rarely shown in the movies.

The only scene about the Chinese is still out of stereotypes. The protagonist Albert is timid and unwilling to participate in the street duel. The other party accuses him of "why is he yellow?" The two Chinese who appeared in front of the camera raised their middle fingers.

From the spiritual point of view, another role is more in line with the image of some Chinese people. Ruth is an excellent sex worker in the west, and she can successfully complete more than 10 transactions on the worst day of business, but when she is dating her boyfriend, she insists on keeping herself like a jade, always holding a Bible and emphasizing that she will be the first time The sacred meaning of marriage. Each provincial tiger killed has a similar ability to perfectly integrate two very different roles.

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  • Trisha 2022-03-22 09:01:33

    SNP, but there are a lot of cameos haha

  • Erica 2022-04-23 07:01:38

    what do you want to do

A Million Ways to Die in the West quotes

  • Albert: You know, there are a million ways to die in the west, Clinch. There's, uh, famine, disease, gunfights... And, uh, wild animals. You know, like snakes. And, you know, the funny thing is, you don't even have to get bitten. All you need is a little bit of the venom introduced into your bloodstream and you're pretty much screwed. For example, if you drain a certain amount of venom from the fangs of a diamondback rattler into a hollow-tip bullet, you really only need one shot. Now, I knew my aim wasn't good enough to hit you anywhere important. But if I caught you by surprise... Well, Anna taught me just enough to get me in the ballpark. And just a small amount of venom in an open wound is enough to kill a man if he's...

    Ruth: Albert! He's dead. You did it.

    Albert: Oh.

    Ruth: Yeah.

    Albert: Did he hear all that smart stuff I did?

    Edward: Uh... No. No, I don't think so.

    Albert: Oh. Well, it was still good though.

    Edward: Yeah, it was great!

    Ruth: I thought it was really good.

  • [first lines]

    Narrator: Some people are born into the wrong time and place. This was the American frontier in 1882, a hard land for hard folk. Food was scarce, disease was rampant, and life was a daily struggle for survival. Hell, this was Miss America in 1880.

    [picture of a leathery middle-aged woman]

    Narrator: Holy shit. To build a home and a life in this harsh, unforgiving country required that a man be bold, fearless, and tough as iron. The men who were courageous and resilient were the men who prospered. But some men were just big giant pussies.

    [Stark comes running around the corner and falls and his face]