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re: Was anyone else bothered by Cole Horibe's accent?

Posted by:	NeoAdamite 09:44 am EDT 03/14/14
In reply to:	Was anyone else bothered by Cole Horibe's accent? - Jonesy 12:52 am EDT 03/14/14

I know Bruce Lee had an accent, but Cole Horibe uses an almost offensive caricature of a Chinese accent it sort of evokes Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's. I was really uncomfortable. He eased off it near the end of the play, but it really left a bad taste in my mouth. For what it's worth, Hwang has written that having Lee speak with an accent was a specific choice (and one that Hwang has avoided before this). That doesn't mean the actor has maintained the same exact accent through the run, of course.

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