Rules of the Game Foreignness and "The Other" Quotes

Waverly's causing mischief here as her mother braids her hair, but this little jab also highlights the cultural differences that already exist between mother and daughter. Her mother's status as a person born in China is something Waverly can use against her.

And here we get Waverly's mom's response to her question about Chinese torture. From where she's sitting, better to be Chinese than "lazy like American people." Burn.

This is pretty clever, right? Waverly figures out how to express her age in a way that satisfies both cultures she's a part of. This lets us know that Waverly's balancing between the two cultures and, at least when it comes to birthdays, has found a way to walk that line just fine.