Chinawoman
Why did they keep calling that dark haired girl chinawoman?
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are you being serious?Dude.......it's because she was of asian decent.
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Lol, I didn't think she was Asian either. Her name is Bianca Smith, I can not find any info on her, but she isn't Asian.
shareIf I had to guess, I'd say the use of calling her a "Chinawoman" was supposed to illustrate ignorance on the part of the townspeople. "She's got dark hair and almond eyes; she must be Chinese". It's not uncommon for culturally ignorant people to call all people of east Asian descent Chinese. (Not unlike how many in America refer to all South American immigrants as "Mexican", which always annoyed me when used in reference to my Argentinian/Peruvian/Columbian neighbors.)
Of course, looking at her, I wouldn't guess Biance Smith to be Korean, Vietnamese or Japanese either. My guess is the original script called for a girl of Chinese descent, and Bianca's exotic appearance qualified her as "close enough". Who knows.
Except that she herself said she was Chinese. When one of the townsfolk called her a "Chinaman" she said "Chinawoman"!
And yes, I thought the same thing. She certainly didn't look at all Chinese.
Perhaps she was being sarcastic, mocking their ignorance with a false show of feminism?
Of course, at this point it's been more than a year since I saw the movie, so my memory is quite grainy.