| re: agreed, Flower Drum Song should have won |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 08:48 pm EST 02/03/21 |
| In reply to: agreed, Flower Drum Song should have won - Chazwaza 04:20 pm EST 02/03/21 |
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Even in ''Flower Drum,'' which probably featured more Asian-Americans than any previous Broadway musical, a Caucasian played Sammy Fong.
Larry Blyden even got a Tony nomination. ''Yellowface'' wouldn't become a big issue until decades later with ''Miss Saigon'' and that was 1990! |
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