Oculus by Sally Wen Mao

Author:Sally Wen Mao [Mao, Sally Wen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-55597-874-7
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2018-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

Anna May Wong Makes Cameos

Romeo Must Die (2000): I’m Aaliyah’s

sassy friend. I give her tough love

and good advice. Kiss Jet Li, I tell her.

The director cuts their kissing scene,

replaces it with a hug,

rendering my scene pointless

so they cut me from the film.

Kill Bill (2003): I’m Gogo Yubari’s

grieving twin sister. In my nightmares,

Chiaki Kuriyama swings her iron balls

over my futon. The noise maddens me.

To avenge her, I lunge with a steak knife

at Uma’s white veil. I die as my bones

crunch under her heels.

The Last Samurai (2003): I’m Tom Cruise’s

love interest’s younger cousin.

So frail I cry at the sound of a twig

cracking. In the end I am sacrificed

so Tom can shed tears—take comfort

in my pretty cousin as my spine goes limp.

“Hollaback Girl” (2004): I’m Gwen Stefani’s

archnemesis: the cute Asian

girl who disses her behind

the school bleachers. Once I was

her backup minion. Now no more—

I’ve gone rogue. Pharrell is the other

cameo. Together we conspire to take

her down. There are claws. There is gore.

In the end, the showdown is cut

to make room for Gwen’s cheerleading routine.

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005): I’m Gong Li’s

evil apprentice geisha. I trip young Sayuri

with my silk sash. I set her kimono on fire.

The rival okiya crackles, burns. As the beams

fall down in ashes, lightning whips the howling

door. Dew drips down my forehead, my jewels.

In the confusion, I perish, of course.

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