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Grace Fang (Sharon Iwai), Leo's wife, lives a stereotypically Chinese-American life, doing aerobics at the health club and coming home to make noodle lo mein. Mrs. Chao, on the other hand, enjoys a close rapport with her daughter Lili (Li QinQin) and status as the wife of a high-ranking party official...
Their children are equally diametrical. Paul Fang (Kelvin Han Yee) devotes his time to football and a Caucasian girlfriend. Lili spends her time in dutiful pursuits, studying English for the college entrance exams and giggling with her girlfriend...
Most parents understandably want their children to stand out in the crowd of youngsters who are flocking into schools these days. And for some mothers and fathers, money is no object. Lili Gross, 32, makes a monthly expedition to Fred Segal, a Los Angeles clothing shop, where she spends up to $300 on surfer shorts, Japanese print shirts and other exotic duds for her five-year-old son Brandon. Joel Stillman, 38, and his wife Renee, 38, of suburban Detroit spent $800 on smart-looking ski outfits and equipment for their son Jonathon, 11, and daughter Sara, 8. Karen Topalian...
Scott must have thought the story of Legend was immensely rich and complicated; the film begins with a 168-word crawling preface. Yet it is as simple as a bedtime tale, and may have the same effect: putting the kiddies right to sleep. Lili (Mia Sara) is a fairyland princess, all coquettish glances and sweet mischief. Her beau, Jack o' the Green (Tom Cruise), is a swain of the woodland working class. When Lili touches one of the magic white unicorns--can't have your bucolic fantasy without some unicorns--the Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) begins to work...
...more majestic maleficence. Sprawling in the lubricious gloom of his lair, he looks like a huge Naugahyde goat demon who has been flayed and candied, then served sweet- and-sour at a Chinese restaurant in Middle-Earth. "I require the solace of shadows," he purrs to the benighted Lili. "Neath the skin, we are already one." And he leads her into a dance that black magically turns this virgin into Salome, fit for a satyr king. The film has grown up now; this is a bedtime story peopled with creatures of enticement and desire. Though Jack comes to the rescue...