aircompass wrote:
I still hold her "Aunt Mei" performance in Dumplings in high regard though, because it was a good film, and she filled out that role very well.

yeah same here, personally i've never really heard of or knew about her before dumplings so from 'does a really good job in this film' to finding out about her reputation etc, it was quite a shock. it won't effect how i will her acting abilities but it is very intriguing.

also if you have the dvd of dumplings, in the interviews and snippets i recall her coming across as quite intelligent and 'arty', certainly not this eccentric, full blown ho image kinda thang..