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“Storyboard”—Recipe for Asian Dolls: A Video Reproduction of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s “Recipe” and the Destabilized Asian Body Images 1. Title Screen “Recipe for Asian Dolls: A Video Reproduction of ‘Recipe’ and the Destabilized Asian Body” (The title will be superimposed onto the picture.) 2. Identifying desired Asianness and femininity in popular Asian look “home and abroad” by juxtaposing and exemplifying images acquired in both cultural contexts. (Also considering using an open source song that portrays Western ideal of Asian females as background music if there is any available.) (Chinese American/Westernized Version) (Chinese Version) 3. Introducing the Asian desire of the white look

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“Storyboard”—Recipe  for  Asian  Dolls:  A  Video  Reproduction  of  Theresa  Hak  Kyung  Cha’s  “Recipe”  and  the  Destabilized  Asian  Body  Images    1. Title  Screen  

“Recipe  for  Asian  Dolls:  A  Video  Reproduction  of  ‘Recipe’  and  the  Destabilized  Asian  Body”  

   (The  title  will  be  superimposed  onto  the  picture.)  

 2. Identifying  desired  Asianness  and  femininity  in  popular  Asian  look  “home  and  

abroad”  by  juxtaposing  and  exemplifying  images  acquired  in  both  cultural  contexts.  (Also  considering  using  an  open  source  song  that  portrays  Western  ideal  of  Asian  females  as  background  music  if  there  is  any  available.)  

                   (Chinese  American/Westernized  Version)  

           (Chinese  Version)    

3. Introducing  the  Asian  desire  of  the  white  look    

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         (The  last  image  on  the  right  serves  as  a  transition  between  representations  of  image  and  desire.    The  first  image  that  is  going  to  be  show  in  the  next  sequence  implies  the  same  function.)    

4. Illustrating  the  Asian  Asian  beauty—the  widely  accepted  doll-­‐look  in  many  Asian  countries  as  the  standard  of  female  attraction.  Emphasizing  the  non-­‐Asian  elements  in  those  body  images,  including  blond  hair,  big  eyes,  and  upright  nose  bridge.  1)  Comparison  and  contrast:  reality  and  desire.    

                     

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2)  “The  Asian  dolls”    

       

   5. Text  screen:    

“Recipe—Round  Eyes”  (which  is  the  opening  of  the  poem)    

6. Text  screen:    “Ingredients:  scissors,  Scotch  magic  transparent  tape,  eyeliner—water  based,                

black.                                                        Optional:  false  eyelashes.”  (the  first  section  of  the  poem.)  

 8. As  the  text  screen  fade  out,  illustration  enters  after  each  section  

     

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       9. Text  screen:  

“Cleanse  face  thoroughly.    For  best  results,  powder  entire  face,  including  eyelids.                  (lighter  shades  suited  to  total  effect  desired)”  

     

   

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10. Text  screen:  “  With  scissors,  cut  magic  tape  1/16”  wide,  ¾”-­‐1/2”  long—depending  on  length  of  eyelid.    Stick  firmly  onto  mid-­‐upper  eyelid  area                          (looking  down  in  to  handmirror  facilitates  finding  adequate  surface)”  

   

11. Insert  video  clips  to  illustrate  the  process.    

12.  Text  screen:  “If  using  false  eyelashes,  affix  fist  on  lid,  folding  any  excess  lid  over  the  base  of  eyelash  with  glue.”  

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13. Insert  the  second  video  clips  to  illustrate  this  part  of  the  process.    

14. Text  screen:  “Paint  black  eyeliner  on  tape  and  entire  lid.”    

15. Insert  the  video  clip  for  eye-­‐lining.    

16. More  illustrations  of  the  finishing  stage  of  the  makeup.  

                                       17.  Text  screen:  “Do  not  cry.                                      1987”    Edit  the  text  to  strengthen  the          

visual  effect.                      18.  A  collection  of  finished  look  

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   18.  Verbal  comments  or  quotations  show  in  a  string,  discussing  the  destabilized  female  body  images  and  its  implications  in  the  postcolonial  and  post-­‐ethnic  studies.    

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19.    A  brief  slide  show  of  other  images  to  enhance  a  visual  argument  of  a  variety  of  cultural  experiences  of  destabilization  in  terms  of  body,  body  images,  and  female  identities.      20.  Conclude  the  video  with  several  final  lines.    21.  Credits  page.      Summary:  Beginning  with  a  brief  review  of  the  popular  conception  of  attractive  Asian  female  look  in  America,  the  video  goes  on  to  provide  “the  big  picture”  on  the  other  side  of  the  Pacific,  introducing  the  Asian  “Asian  belle”  which  contradicts  to  a  certain  extent  with  that  of  the  Western  popularity  and  fashion  standards.  Based  on  this  prelude,  I  hope  to  introduce  first  a  dualism  of  Westernized  criteria  of  beauty  imposed  on  both  Asian  and  Asian  American  women.    Then  I  will  use  Cha’s  poem  to  usher  further  exploration  that  looks  specifically  at  the  biggest  deviation  in  beautifying  the  Asian  look—the  eye  makeup.  The  poem  will  be  divided  into  several  parts,  and  videos  clips,  still  images  as  well  as  caption  will  be  used  to  demonstrate  each  part  of  it.  I  am  also  expecting  suitable  open  source  music  or  audio  narration  (which  can  be  conducted  by  myself)  that  may  assist  my  critique  in  the  video.  However,  the  use  of  verbal  illustration  in  the  video  should  be  condensed  and  concrete,  not  exceeding  about  20%  to  30%  of  all  the  components.  The  goal  of  this  video  is  to  articulate  the  relation  between  Cha’s  portrayal  of  the  making  of  round  eyes  for  Asian  women  and  bodily  experiences  of  destabilization  and  othering  internalized  by  Asian  and  even  Asian  American  female.        Additional  plans:  Create  a  website  in  which  the  video  and  more  textual  critiques  and  analysis  regarding  the  topic  can  be  embedded.  Build  the  website  as  a  more  comprehensive  and  multimodal  site  of  data  for  the  study  of  this  branch  of  cultural  criticism.