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A surgery turns you white in the racial satire ‘Slanted’
Amy Wang’s SXSW award winner has its provocative edges sanded down The post A surgery turns you white in the racial satire ...
‘Slanted’ Review: If ‘Mean Girls’ Wasn’t So Funny and ‘The Substance’ Was Way More Blunt
Amy Wang's take on body horror transplants the genre into the hellscape of high school, with grim results that feel more sad ...
‘Slanted’ Review: Extreme Makeover Satire Critiques Lopsided Beauty Standards Through Asian Eyes
A Chinese American high school student undergoes a hypothetical race-changing procedure that allows her to experience life as ...
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SXSW: ‘Slanted’ Hones In On The Pressure To Assimilate
Amy Wang's directorial debut, Slanted (2025) uses genre storytelling to capture a lived experience that resonates deeply. The ...
SXSW 2025: Amy Wang’s ‘Slanted’ & Benjamin Flaherty’s ‘Shuffle’ Win Narrative & Documentary Feature Awards
Amy Wang ‘s Slanted, which the jury called an “unflinching satirical thriller” about identity, won the Narrative Feature ...
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Slanted SXSW Review — Get Out Meets The Substance in Charming Coming-of-Age Satire
Playing like a mix of Get Out and The Substance, Slanted is a smart, funny, and surprisingly emotional satire despite its ...
SXSW Grand Jury Winner Slanted Is The Substance for Prom Season
Exclusive: We speak with Mckenna Grace, Shirley Chen, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and the team behind twisted high school story ...
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‘Slanted’ review: SXSW winner is a teen body horror based on ethnicity
Ostensibly, Joan’s desire to be Jo is prompted by her ambition to be named prom queen — a title the teen struggled to win ...
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‘Slanted’ Review: Extreme Makeover Satire Critiques Lopsided Beauty Standards Through Asian Eyes
If high school is a popularity contest — the mistaken-priorities assumption that drives writer-director Amy Wang’s SXSW-winning assimilation satire “Slanted” — then Chinese American ...