----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >> (3) And certainly the portrait of Pilipina women was not politically >> correct under any definition. >Bravo! I was hoping someone would bring this point up. I was sitting The point being. . . >here, biting my tongue because of my recent unpopular stance on Quentin >Tarantino's use of racist language. Don't let unpopularity stay your tongue - or your fingers, for that matter. >I, too, found that particular sequence to be tasteless -- and needlessly >so, just like Tarantino & PF. It marred an otherwise wonderful film. It I didn't find it tasteless - I thought her dance-ping-pong bit was a riot - but I would have to agree that it wasn't neccessary . . .but then many scenes in any given film aren't. >is particularly hard to understand in this case because *Priscilla* was >otherwise so understanding in its depiction of people who live outside the >established "norms" of contemporary society. I think she was less a comment on society and more comic relief - but that's just my opinion. J Roberson