
Saina
2021

Representation Score
Fair
2018
Director
Teng Bee
Runtime
133 minutes
Average Rating
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Lee Chong Wei: Rise of the Legend offers strong Southeast Asian representation by focusing on a Malaysian athlete. The film disrupts the Western-centric dominance of global sports cinema by highlighting a non-Anglo-Saxon protagonist. However, the film adheres to conventional biographical storytelling, reinforcing traditional gender roles and social frameworks typical of sports dramas. While the film excels in racial representation, it relies on meritocratic ideals without critiquing broader social structures.
Category Breakdown
The film focuses on a professional athlete's career and does not include narratives involving non-straight or non-cisgender identities. It does not critique the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.
The story revolves around a male athlete's rise in a competitive sport environment. It does not challenge traditional masculinity or gender hierarchies.
This biopic highlights a Malaysian athlete, providing significant Southeast Asian representation. It challenges the dominance of Western-centric narratives by showcasing a person of color achieving global recognition.
The narrative explores themes of social mobility and overcoming economic hardship. It follows a traditional triumph-of-the-spirit arc without addressing the systemic structures behind poverty.
There is no evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities within the provided narrative details.
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Official Synopsis
Lee Chong Wei is a 2018 Malaysian biopic film directed by Teng Bee, about the inspirational story of national icon Lee Chong Wei, who rose from sheer poverty to become the top badminton player in the world. The film is based on Lee's 2012 autobiography Dare to Be a Champion

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