Daughter of the Dragon is the first movie that gives us a wider array of Asian leading central characters. Anna May Wong strays away from her depiction of the Lotus Flower, becoming the "Dragon Lady", a powerful, mysterious, and alluring Eastern Asian woman. As Liu described, asian women are "victims of internalized racism or sexism" (Liu, 25), as they are depicted as being on completely opposite spectrums, taking the mantle of either being the Lotus Flower, or the Dragon Lady. Another extreme shown in the movie is the depiction of the Asian male characters as well, on one side of the coin we have Ah Kee, who is shown as being gullible and subservient to the white man, and on the other side of the coin we have Fu Manchu, who is shown as being evil, imposing, and an enemy of the white man.
