Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All At Once 2023

Society often depicts geishas as submissive and subservient to their male patrons. In reality, the world of geishas has historically given women more freedom and economic independence than any other job.

In Japan, men pay geishas, a professional class of women, for their conversation, dancing, and singing. This entertainment can take place at businessmen’s parties in restaurants or teahouses. The format is similar to a taxi dancer, where men pay women for the pleasure of dancing with them.

In “Memoirs of a Geisha,” Michelle Yeoh plays Mameha, the senior geisha of the house. Her role is to train the younger women to be the best geisha in the world.

In the film, Yeoh’s character (Mameha) says in a voiceover.

“We create another secret world, a place only of beauty. The very word “geisha” means artist, and to be a geisha is to be judged as a moving work of art.”

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