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| re: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 06:16 pm EST 11/21/22 | |
| In reply to: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon - young-walsingham 04:24 pm EST 11/21/22 | |
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| "Kumiko Mendl, artistic director of New Earth, said the musical “normalises harmful narratives in which south-east Asian women are fetishised and hypersexualised. The misogyny is baked into the piece.” Um, yes, that's the point. The show's perspective Is that this is bad. |
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| re: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 02:15 am EST 11/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon - Ncassidine 06:16 pm EST 11/21/22 | |
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| But the show also exploits a race of stereotypes to tell its story unquestioningly, thus doing the thing you claim it’s condemning. Good for Kumiko to take this stand. | |
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| re: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon | |
| Posted by: peter3053 04:42 pm EST 11/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon - Singapore/Fling 02:15 am EST 11/22/22 | |
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| Not at all. There is a complex range of characters on stage and attitudes on stage. I see people. | |
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| re: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 08:15 pm EST 11/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon - peter3053 04:42 pm EST 11/23/22 | |
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| What exactly is the complex range of East Asian characters we see, aside from virgins, whores, and pimps? | |
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| re: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon | |
| Posted by: Ann 06:52 pm EST 11/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Theatre group pulls play from Sheffield venue staging Miss Saigon - peter3053 04:42 pm EST 11/23/22 | |
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| dead people? | |
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