Griffith’s stereotyped tolerance.
This week in one of my film studies classes, we’ve been discussing D.W. Griffith’s Broken Blossoms, a silent-era film about a Chinese immigrant who falls tragically in love with an abused London waif. I’d never seen the film before, and while I stand by my rating and review as posted yesterday to Filmikaze, I’ve also had to complete a critical analysis of the depiction of race, gender and class within the film, and feel it’s fair to offer that here as a sort of companion piece to the review.
