“Taking Woodstock” hit the screen of Whittenberger Auditorium at the IMU last weekend and I decided to check the movie out primarily because of the film’s director Taiwanese-American Ang Lee.
In an interview with Stephen Colbert for the Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, Lee shared how he tried to promote Asian culture through the film. That nugget of information really fired me up to want to see the film. Initially, I had been a little hesitant to spend about 2 hours on what might be a film about getting high, sex, drugs, and rock’n'roll.
However, with assurance from Lee, I went to watch the film with eager anticipation trying to spot how he brought in Asian culture to this very American cultural event. I was disppointed to say the least when the only thing Asian presented was merely just references to Mao, traditional Indian dance, and the Korean war.
This being a Hollywood film about an important American cultural event, I probably should not have expected much…
