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Other Tongue (2006)
Short | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Other Tongue (2006)

Short | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Criticized by her mother for "spending too much time sketching and not enough time learning Chinese," Vera Szeto takes a Mandarin class to prove she can successfully do both. There, she meets Corgan Long, a Caucasian American who speaks ...See moreCriticized by her mother for "spending too much time sketching and not enough time learning Chinese," Vera Szeto takes a Mandarin class to prove she can successfully do both. There, she meets Corgan Long, a Caucasian American who speaks better Mandarin than she does. At first resentful, then fascinated by him, Vera finds in Corgan a cultural balance that she lacks. Raised by Chinese parents, Corgan is the ideal American-born Chinese: he not only speaks his mother tongue fluently, but is also Buddhist, drinks oolong tea, and eats mantau (Chinese buns). Though at first Mrs. Szeto disapproves of the relationship because he is white, she later cannot deny that he knows more about Chinese culture than her own daughter. Can mother and daughter move past their language barriers and culture clashes to reach a common ground? In today's ever-increasing melting pot, how does one negotiate the culture you're born into with the culture you live in? Does mastery of an "other tongue" make you any less authentic in speaking your mother tongue? Intercut with animated sketch sequences of people of various ethnicities speaking in unexpected tongues, the ten-minute dramedy provides no easy answers on what it means to achieve cultural authenticity. Written by Win-Sie Tow See less

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Name	Known for
Julia Benjamin Corgan's Birthmom Corgan's Birthmom See fewer	Other Tongue (2006)
Brian Cagle Corgan Long Corgan Long See fewer	Green Corn (2014)
John Cheng Professor Pang Professor Pang See fewer	Other Tongue (2006)
Christina Chiu Susana Long Susana Long See fewer	Santorini Blue (2013)
Joanna Chow Vera Szeto Vera Szeto See fewer	Other Tongue (2006)
Nicole Klekowski Japanese Sketch Japanese Sketch See fewer	Other Tongue (2006)
Christina Owens German Sketch German Sketch See fewer	Other Tongue (2006)
Joey Tan Baby Corgan Baby Corgan See fewer	Trust Me U Die (1999)
Helen Young Mrs. Szeto Mrs. Szeto See fewer	Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Ben Dubash Tyler (uncredited) Tyler (uncredited) See fewer	StartUp (2016)

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