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White Privilege Satire ‘Slanted’ and Addiction Industry Exposé ‘Shuffle’ Take Top Awards at SXSW
White Privilege Satire ‘Slanted’ and Addiction Industry Exposé ‘Shuffle’ Take Top Awards at SXSW Film & TV Festival.
Amy Wang’s “ Slanted ” won the narrative feature competition, rewarding the tonal and thematic audacity of a high school comedy with boundary-pushing “The Substance” vibes. Wang, who also wrote the upcoming “Crazy Rich Asians” sequel, challenges beauty standards in a culture that idealizes whiteness, imagining a Chinese American teen (Shirley Chen) so desperate to be elected prom queen that she undergoes a radical identity-reconstruction procedure (played by Mckenna Grace post-operation). “This unflinching satirical thriller examines racial identity in a bold and skin-tingling new way,” said the jury (consisting of Rebecca Ford, Ryan Lattanzio and Variety’s own Clayton Davis), praising “the director’s vulnerability in mining her personal experience.” The trio also gave special jury awards to “Fucktoys” writer-director-producer-star Annapurna Sriram and “Fantasy Life” lead Amanda Peet.
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