Mixed race teenage girls are represented negatively in wider society, often associated as 'attention seekers'. However, Mercy does not live up to that expectation for the reason being that she is sleeping. And although she is the main character, her role must relate to the psychological thriller genre and not how mixed race girls are considered to be/act.
Ivory and Karma are both Asian girls. Asians are portrayed as intelligent and prudent people in our society and the film industry. Karma totally contrasts that perspective since Ivory appears to be mentally ill and Karma as the spirit in figure. It is not common for Asians to play those roles. For many years, Asians in the film industry are directed to wear their cultural clothes for films that portray their cultural background or modern, formal clothes. Mercy and Ivory do not wear what they are expected to by the wider society, they challenge the stereotypes towards them.
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