I've been into all the problems *that are* this movie for a long time, because it has almost no authorship, authority of the narrative, or of any true identity, at all . By that I mean it is a cultural artifact made by an Italian, in English, about Chinese history. "The Last Emperor," byline: "How to Other One-Self, a study in 20th Century Orientalism & Racism".
Consider how many acculturative processes were went through for this to become an Oscar winning…