One person assembles plastic bottle pumps, another paints areola on sex dolls, and a different individual takes a business etiquette class to learn the proper way to smile (one shows eight teeth…the top ones).
All of them are Chinese citizens struggling to find and maintain a foothold in their country’s race towards global domination, and in “Ascension,” they give audiences a peek at what increasingly appears to be a devil’s bargain.Continue reading ‘Ascension’ Explores a Lost Generation of Humanity Within China’s 21st Century Boomtimes [Tribeca Review] at The Playlist.
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