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A review by bibliorey
Making a Scene by Constance Wu
4.0
3.5 stars
i have been quite the fan of constance wu ever since fresh off the boat and would watch about anything that she’s in. though i’m not a FAN fan, when i found out that constance was coming out with a book of personal essays, i was still instantly thrilled to immediately get my hands on it.
making a scene gives us a glimpse into wu’s childhood and the trauma that she have dealt with when it comes to relationships and her growing career. it gives us an insight into who she was behind the camera and it’s such an interesting read indeed of someone who has been deemed controversial by the media for her past actions which was explained in this collection.
after reading this, it’s a no surprise to me that she managed to embodied her character’s fierceness in hustle so effortlessly. this woman has gone through A LOT. not just as an established actress but also throughout her time growing up and in theatre. i am currently rewatching fresh off the boat and having not knowing anything of the things happening behind the scenes back then, knowing it now makes me terribly angry and sad for her. angry that the unnamed producer ever had the audacity. sad that she played her character so well while hiding the hideous truth from the world. it’s so nauseating and sickening to me that producers or anybody behind the scenes be it of a show or even general workplace thinks that they can use their power to their advantage and harrass women however they like. it’s truly disgusting.
her roller coaster love life too were so interesting to read and i somehow felt connected to her when she expressed her confusion about being sexually harrassed without her consent. the constant thoughts of “was it even rape? i didn’t consent to it but i didn’t stop it either” going through our minds. not that i’ve ever been sexually harrassed that way but a part of me felt the emotions lifting itself off the pages. the confusion and the hurt that she was going through as she realised what had happened. wow. i truly applaud women who has the bravery to use their voice to speak up about their trauma. even if it took them a really long time to do so.
constance wu is a great writer no doubt and her teacher who had accused her of plagiarising her essay should be embarassed right now. though her writing really was captivating, it bothers me that the timeline of her essay is somewhat jumbled randomly. one moment we’re in the present past and suddenly we’re back into her teenage, theatre years. i don’t know whose idea it is to arrange these essays that way but that’s alright now i guess. i would easily read anything else she has for us in store in the future and i have a feeling that she will be a much more improved author in the years to come with the writing ability that she has. the fact that she even included SCRIPTS as a part to show the conversation that went down in certain essays i think was so genius. i had loved reading those actually and having it manifest itself into a play in my head. whew! what an experience.
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i have been quite the fan of constance wu ever since fresh off the boat and would watch about anything that she’s in. though i’m not a FAN fan, when i found out that constance was coming out with a book of personal essays, i was still instantly thrilled to immediately get my hands on it.
making a scene gives us a glimpse into wu’s childhood and the trauma that she have dealt with when it comes to relationships and her growing career. it gives us an insight into who she was behind the camera and it’s such an interesting read indeed of someone who has been deemed controversial by the media for her past actions which was explained in this collection.
after reading this, it’s a no surprise to me that she managed to embodied her character’s fierceness in hustle so effortlessly. this woman has gone through A LOT. not just as an established actress but also throughout her time growing up and in theatre. i am currently rewatching fresh off the boat and having not knowing anything of the things happening behind the scenes back then, knowing it now makes me terribly angry and sad for her. angry that the unnamed producer ever had the audacity. sad that she played her character so well while hiding the hideous truth from the world. it’s so nauseating and sickening to me that producers or anybody behind the scenes be it of a show or even general workplace thinks that they can use their power to their advantage and harrass women however they like. it’s truly disgusting.
her roller coaster love life too were so interesting to read and i somehow felt connected to her when she expressed her confusion about being sexually harrassed without her consent. the constant thoughts of “was it even rape? i didn’t consent to it but i didn’t stop it either” going through our minds. not that i’ve ever been sexually harrassed that way but a part of me felt the emotions lifting itself off the pages. the confusion and the hurt that she was going through as she realised what had happened. wow. i truly applaud women who has the bravery to use their voice to speak up about their trauma. even if it took them a really long time to do so.
constance wu is a great writer no doubt and her teacher who had accused her of plagiarising her essay should be embarassed right now. though her writing really was captivating, it bothers me that the timeline of her essay is somewhat jumbled randomly. one moment we’re in the present past and suddenly we’re back into her teenage, theatre years. i don’t know whose idea it is to arrange these essays that way but that’s alright now i guess. i would easily read anything else she has for us in store in the future and i have a feeling that she will be a much more improved author in the years to come with the writing ability that she has. the fact that she even included SCRIPTS as a part to show the conversation that went down in certain essays i think was so genius. i had loved reading those actually and having it manifest itself into a play in my head. whew! what an experience.
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