Quote:
"A tale set in a Chinese laundromat, a girl in pig-tails, and a noisy Cantonese family with seemingly Chinese habits—Peggy Su! appears to contain many of the stereotypes Westerners have of the Chinese. But London-based Singaporean Ivan Heng, its assistant director, defended it at a press conference. He said the movie is unlike others which treat Chinese stereotypes superficially. [...] Heng said the characters in Peggy Su! are well-drawn. [...] 'The film says, We are Chinese, and proud of everything about us, good or bad. We are portraying it with humanity. We must also realise this is a first for Britain. It shows the Chinese as part of the society there, in 1962. The Chinese may be leading a different life there now. But the laundromat and hard-working Chinese are important aspects of British society then.'"
-- Straits Times

Source:
Straits Times. "Peggy Su! warts and all." The Straits Times (Singapore), July 15, 1997.