An all-Asian version of "Hello Dolly!"- Page 2
An all-Asian version of "Hello Dolly!"
#25An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:09pm
Come to think of it, I don't know any black catholics.
But those Latins! Woo-wee!
On topic, this sounds like a fun production. I'm interested to see who plays Dolly. Lea is an obvious choice, but predictable.
#26An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:10pmI wish NAAP would actually post a cast list on their site. Last time I had to email them to get it.
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#27An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:11pm
As long as there are 7 billion human beings on the planet, any religious leader who teaches that birth control is wrong is fair game for ridicule.
But an all-Asian HELLO, DOLLY!, why not? Calling it "racist", Michael Bennett, may have some sort of semantic validity, but leaves us with no correction for years of exclusion (except the illusive and probably imaginary "colorblind casting").
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#28An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:18pm
"Apples and oranges, sue.
Last time I checked Catholicism wasn't a race."
thats some interesting logic TAZ...i dont recall saying it was a race at all.
i guess by your definition, its OK to bash as long as its not race... ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion...you get my point, its wrong either way
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#29An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:23pmMentioned above, Christine Toy Johnson is playing Dolly.
#30An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:24pm
Sue, it is not the same. There is a difference between criticizing immutable biological characteristics and dangerous magical thinking.
(To be clear, I'm not opposed to all magical thinking and I quite readily admit my own. But when it comes to overpopulation (and its sister, poverty) and shuffling pedophiles from parish to parish, criticism is not just permissible but mandatory.
And people of faith need to stop whining and tend to their own houses.)
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#31An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:25pm
How about talking about the production rather than why organizations and productions like this exist?
Oh wait... keep on providing examples.
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#32An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:31pm
From my email:
The show will take place at The Pershing Square Signature Center. Tickets start at $25 up to $150.00 (Opening Night).
Limited two nights only, April 29 & May 6.
Performed with a professional cast of Asian-Americans who've played on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and throughout the U.S., proving that this great American musical needs only great American artists.
This evening is a benefit fundraiser for National Asian Artists Project (NAAP), whose mission is to bridge the work of professional theatre artists of Asian descent with the many communities they can serve, from minority communities and primary schools to seasoned arts patrons, as well as providing opportunities for professional theatre artists to grow. Founded by theatre artists Baayork Lee, Steven Eng, and Nina Zoie Lam, NAAP strives to be a leader in this often unheard community. For more info on NAAP, go to: www.NAAProject.org
#33An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:34pmOdd that its only being done for two performances. Is this more of a concert style staging?
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#34An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:35pm"This fully-staged fully-costumed presentation..."
#35An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:36pmLol. I guess my reading skills aren't very good today.
#36An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 2:53pm
Gaveston, I'm really not familiar with the previously had debates over Catholicism, but faith and religion are two separate concepts. You can't judge a person's faith based on the rules established by its authorities. Not all Catholics agree with the Vatican or the Pope. I for one, am completely against the homophobia spread by the church and many of its fundamentalist morals regarding sexuality in general, such as birth control, but that doesn't mean I can abandon my faith in God and betray the principles stablished by Jesus himself just because the past and current secular administrations have tried to corrupt the organization.
I'm not a very religious person, nor I'm a blind Christian, but it's not fair to question the faith of millions of Catholics around the world just because of the actions of a small elite portion of its people.
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#37An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:11pm
I'm not a very religious person, nor I'm a blind Christian, but it's not fair to question the faith of millions of Catholics around the world just because of the actions of a small elite portion of its people.
^^this^^
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#38An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:18pmThe actions of that small elite- the makers of church policy and in charge of managing its doctrine- effect believers, how and what they believe, the world over.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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#39An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:22pm
KAD, talk about GENERALIZING and STEREOTYOING....
as an example , the people of the USSR (according to my dad) overwhelmingly loved the USA and all it stood for.so much so that many risked their lives to defect.... the Kremlin, Politburo, not so much. thats a land of almost 300 million people and a government of a few 1000
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#40An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:26pmA production of a show with an(insert all-something)cast is NOT racist. It's an OPPORTUNITY for people to play parts that other directors, producers & audiences shy away from. Why wasn't there any diversity in the recent (any?) GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS? Ya think anyone of was color was considered for the part? Doubtful.
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#41An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:27pm
Kad, you have a very good point but like I said before, not all believers follow the radical doctrines established by the church. Catholics are known to be devout, but they have also reveled against the institution, like they did during the Sexual Revolution.
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#42An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:29pm
Again, Sue, apples and oranges. If you think the Pope doesn't have a massive influence on Catholics around the world, you're deluded. The outpouring of love and support for Benedict upon his departure is evidence enough.
There are millions of Catholics who do not use condoms because the Vatican says not to. That is a fact. And they don't even have secret police to threaten them in the night or a wall separating them from freedom to enforce it.
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#43An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:38pm
A production of a show with an(insert all-something)cast is NOT racist. It's an OPPORTUNITY for people to play parts that other directors, producers & audiences shy away from. Why wasn't there any diversity in the recent (any?) GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS? Ya think anyone of was color was considered for the part? Doubtful.
But doesn't doing HELLO, DOLLY! with a cast of all one race undermine the point of the show?
#44An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:39pmWhat point of the show? Dolly wants Horace?
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#45An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:41pmDoesn't seem to stop there being scores of all-white productions.
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#46An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:42pm
But doesn't doing HELLO, DOLLY! with a cast of all one race undermine the point of the show?
Isn't it often (maybe even normally) done with a cast of all one race, anyway?
#47An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:44pm
Yes, DE Clarke in my opinion it does. I don't think there is anything wrong with doing an all asian production of Dolly, but frankly correcting years of 'exclusion' is in itself a racial slight.
Interesting tid-bit when David Merrick wanted to introduce an 'all black' company to the Broadway run of 42nd Street in the late 1980s (he had of course featured a very successful all Black company in DOLLY in the 1960s) he was surprised to find resistance from AEA and the NAACP who thought it ultimately promoted exclusion/separation in the Broadway community rather than opportunity.
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#48An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:45pmI haven't seen HELLO, DOLLY! since I was a kid. But both times I saw it live and in the film, there was more than one race. I remember my parents talking to me about race in musical and why it was so important. I guess, because my parents lectured me about it as a kid, I always figured the musical was saying something important about race relations.
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#49An all-Asian version of
Posted: 4/11/13 at 3:46pm
something just seems wrong when something is made race specific. whether its quotas, clubs, schools, casts, jobs.... isnt that the opposite of a colorblind society?
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