Soap Girl

Soap Girl is a 2002 drama film directed by Young Man Kang, a Koreanborn filmmaker who made his U.S. directing debut Cupids Mistake.

The story was pitched to Director Kang, which was asically a farce about hijacks at a massage parlor involving geeky male virgins, gangsters and immigrants. So the story evolved away from the Pretty WomanCinderella story and into one that plays on the audiences expectations of Asian stereotypes. Maya turns out not to be an immigrant, though everyone in the beginning believes that she is. None of the massage girls are naive, innocent lambs with hearts of gold they are simply trying to survive. This film received the Audience Award at the 2002 Big Bear Lake International Film Festival. Soap Girl had its theatrical release on December 6, 2002 in Los Angeles, and critical reaction was mixed and controversial. Soap Girl has engendered the most vociferous proandcon arguments Ive ever seen on the AsianAmericanFilm.com message boards. This film was a big success in the box office at the Wallace Theater in Honolulu, Hawaii February 14, 2003. Soap Girl DVD released on January 24, 2006.

Source: Wikipedia