Rosalind Chao has suggested that the Joy Luck Club sequel is still in the works. The sequel was announced in 2022 but has seen few developments since.
Chao, who recently appeared in the Netflix series “3 Body Problem,” discussed the potential sequel on the red carpet at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night.
“The girls are all having a quick Zoom Tuesday night to discuss,” Chao said, according to Deadline. “There’s a script.”
Joy Luck Club is based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Amy Tan. Chao starred in the 1993 film alongside Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita and Lisa Lu.
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One critique of The Joy Luck Club is its repeated negative portrayals of Asian men, contrasted with the white boyfriend, who is depicted as a much more favorable heroic character. This dynamic caters to racist stereotypes. It would be interesting to see Amy Tan explore the reverse in Joy Luck Club 2 —portraying Asian men in a more positive light and the white guys as the villains for a change. But this will never happen based on her established writing style which seems calculated to appease a white audience and her white husband. Its unfortunate that the most well known Asian American author panders to racist stereotypes about other Asians.