Now, one could see their depiction of African-American culture as racist, or one could see it as I see it: as a problem of dramaturgy.

NEWYORKER: A Man And A Woman

The dramaturgy is crudely repetitive: as Hatsumomo, Gong Li is required to throw so many hissy fits that she seems less a geisha than a Mean Girl.

NEWYORKER: Memoirs of a Geisha