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• Fair for Its Day - Despite the Yellowface, and racial slurs, Chen Huan (and the Chinese community in London generally) is depicted positively. And of course Chen is the hero of the story.
• Unfortunate Implications - Chen is played by a white man in Yellowface, as was routine for films of the time (The practice remained common at least until the 1970's, and has not entirely been abandoned to this day.)
• Values Dissonance - Though he is an unambiguous hero, Chen is mostly referred to, even in narration, as a "Chink", or a "Yellow Man".
• The Woobie: Lucy and Chen.