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The Joy Luck Club (film)

 * ... that the Amy Tan novel, The Joy Luck Club, and its film adaptation was criticized for its negative portrayal on male characters?
 * ALT1:... that the Amy Tan novel, The Joy Luck Club and its film adaptation center on stories of immigrated Chinese mothers and their American daughters?
 * Reviewed: Fish soup bee hoon
 * Comment: Is there a nearby relevant Asian celebration? If so, can you reserve it for that date? Almost forgot: I'm still expanding. I will add more hooks if interesting.

5x expanded by George Ho (talk). Self nominated at 07:00, 20 May 2013 (UTC).


 * Crediting Bede735 for expanding awards and nominations, although I added reliable references. --George Ho (talk) 08:43, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

More hooks below: --George Ho (talk) 06:28, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
 * ALT2: ... that before teaming up for the film adaptation of the novel The Joy Luck Club, Wayne Wang criticized Oliver Stone's (pictured) film Year of the Dragon for portraying Asian Americans as criminals?
 * ALT2a: ... that before teaming up for the film adaptation of the novel The Joy Luck Club, Wayne Wang criticized Oliver Stone's (pictured) film Year of the Dragon for portraying Chinese Americans as criminals?
 * ALT3: ... that before teaming up for the film adaptation of the novel The Joy Luck Club, Oliver Stone (pictured) called Wayne Wang's film Dim Sum "boring"?


 * ALT2b: ... that before teaming up for the film adaptation of the novel The Joy Luck Club, Wayne Wang (pictured) criticized Oliver Stone's film Year of the Dragon for portraying Chinese Americans as criminals?
 * ALT2c: ... that before teaming up for the film adaptation of the novel The Joy Luck Club, Wayne Wang (pictured) criticized Oliver Stone's film Year of the Dragon for portraying Asian Americans as criminals?
 * ALT3a: ... that before teaming up for the film adaptation of the novel The Joy Luck Club, Oliver Stone called Wayne Wang's (pictured) film Dim Sum "boring"?

The x5 expansion and size seem ok; the article seems reasonably accurate and compliant with policy; and the copyvio detector doesn't light up. Choosing the hook is the only remaining issue. The alt hooks about Stone/Wang don't quite work for me because they are too much about other movies, not this one. The first hook about the treatment of male characters is promising but it seems to need more support in the article. To use this hook, please develop this aspect a bit more, perhaps using a source such as Banana Bending: "This criticism was raised recently, and often repeated, about the film version of The Joy Luck Club..." Warden (talk) 10:44, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. However, many of the sources are about the criticism of the book, and I could not find a single valuable information about male characters in the film. --George Ho (talk) 15:38, 11 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I prefer Hook0 by far, as it is the most "interesting" and has the lowest link density. --  Ohc  ¡digame!¿que pasa? 17:16, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm unenthralled by the original hook, too, as it's more about the book than the movie. Here's another idea:
 * ALT4 ... that several of Amy Tan's family members had roles in the film adaptation of her novel The Joy Luck Club, but she did not take part in choosing the cast? --Orlady (talk) 04:22, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg I think that Orlady's ALT4 hook is a good suggestion; it's more positive and makes me curious about the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk • contribs)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Unsigned reviews are not acceptable; further, hook review gives no signs of having checked for proper source citations placed per DYK rules, much as I would expect them to have been checked by Orlady ahead of time. Full review of hook needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:03, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Further to BlueMoonset's comment, I don't pretend to have done a full review. (Colonel Warden did a partial review earlier, and he signed it.) I did check the sourcing for the hook I suggested, but I'm not eligible to review it because it's a whole new hook that I suggested. --Orlady (talk) 14:38, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT4 does seem quite engaging and is well-supported by a source so let's go with that. Warden (talk) 16:32, 30 June 2013 (UTC)