On one hand the Shakespeare Cymbeline poster and the CTHD video cover differences of East Asian cultures are the way the women are shown and represented. The Cymbeline poster, the East Asians fighters are all men and the only women there is a White European.
This signifying that the East Asians are all Chauvinistic and that White Europeans are all for equalitarianism; considered a higher form of citizenship.
On the other hand CTHD represents women as equals and not as ruthless as the poster.
The video of CTHD the women are as good as men in the matter of martial arts at the back of the cover as you see two East Asians women fighting.
This implies that East Asians are all for equalitarianism as the White Europeans in the Cymbeline poster.
Heroes are needed in any form of media. The Cymbeline poster heroes are the white Europeans.
As shown, the size of the East Asians to the White Europeans, the East Asians are like ants but the White Europeans won’t crush the ants. This connotes that Europeans are heroes as they don’t crush ants even if they do bad, you can say that they are lovers not fighters as the White European man and women are almost kissing.
In comparison the video cover shows East Asians the representation of the hero is much more complicated, and is a celebration of the East Asian, in the direct contrast to the Cymbeline poster.
In the blurb it says that Chow Yun Fat – Mu Bai and Michelle Yeoh are fighting to get back what is rightfully theirs and the villain who stole the sword just wanted the power. Signifying that the East Asians are as heroic as the White Europeans and if you see at the back there is a picture of romance so they are also lovers not fighters.
The violence in the Cymbeline poster is represented as uncontrolled and unorganised.
The poster you see the East Asian not just killing, but are killing each other. The blood is everywhere and if people wanted to get killed by a sword it should be at least be a respectful death not something gruesome as beheading someone.
Connoting that the East Asians uncontrolled fighters. You see by the way they kill each other.
Whereas to say, the video cover has no blood at all.
At the back the female ninja and Michelle Yeoh are fighting without any weapons and in the front Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhagi Zihi are not spilling any blood and not beheading each other.
This is showing that East Asian is also as calm and peaceful as the White Europeans and can be as romantic.
To conclude then we can see that the representation of East Asian culture in the poster of Cymbeline, and the CTHD video cover are very different with each other.
East Asians in Cymbeline are Murderers whereas in CTHD they are calm and civilized.
CTHD shows East Asian as beautiful skilled peaceful ones and are all spiritual, rather than a cruel race that was so little understood by post-war Britain.
