Daji, 1964 Shaw Bros. film
I talked about the figure of the evil concubine Daji today as I introduced Ban the Concubine to class, and I wasn't at all surprised to find that they loved her immediately. But unfortunately there is no good solid translation of her life into English; looks like a job for Life Writing Man!
Among several sort of substandard retellings of the story, one that made me smile is a new volume called Liberal Utopianism Is Destroying the United States (2009) by Charles Keitz. I'm not sure what role Daji plays for Mr. Keitz -- maybe she's Hilary Clinton? 
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