The story of The Prestige was loosely based on the story of Chung Ling Soo, one of the most famous stage magicians of the 19th century and an utterly shameless race faker (he has a brief cameo in the first act of the movie)https://twitter.com/MarieMyungOkLee/status/1301607543538683910 …
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It inspired The Prestige because it was just such a truly elaborate and offensive scam He and his wife were both in on it and both pretended to be Chinese at all times in public, wearing yellowface makeup and "exotic" clothing, speaking in a thick accent, etc
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Why do I get the feeling that if I saw a picture of them I’d wonder how anyone could’ve ever believed they were really Asian...
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Were people back then just like, REALLY gullible? Like, I don’t think that guy even tried at all!
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Replying to @ThornheartCat
They mostly just rarely ever saw Chinese people in person
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