This virtuous act corresponds with her role as the dutiful, selfless wife, a tiring trope we see over and over again in film and literature with Confucian values. She injures the prince’s enemy with one not-very-empowering stab, risking her life to save him. In reality, the prince drops his sword, she suddenly appears in right time and place, and grabs it. Actually, she saves the prince’s life multiple times, but her actions toward the end of the film was most significant even if her actions did not include putting on an armor to get ready for battle, wielding her sword and kicking ass like Wonder Woman. She demonstrates very little agency, until the end where the viewer witnesses a moment where she somewhat breaks character but not really- (spoiler alert!) she saves the prince. She's not a woman of action who takes matters into her own hands rather, she goes along with it, thanks to her fairy godfather who becomes her fairy godmother (gender fluidity is totally a thing back then!). She obeys, obeys, obeys-the ideal Confucian woman. Beautiful videography and wonderful story line. Overall the acting and actors were amazing. For one, Tấm’s virtuous character is incredibly two-dimensional, as with all the other female characters. The story follows the real Tam Cam story closely except toward the end where the traitor turns into a monster, that part was weird.
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