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Members of the Asian American Association (AAA) will demonstrate tonight and tomorrow night at performances of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals musical, "A Little Knife Music," because they object to the character Edgar Foo Young as an Asian stereotype...
Michael T. Hsieh '80, a member of the AAA, said yesterday that the group originally had planned to try to prevent people from entering the Hasty Pudding building on the nights of the performances, but that after meeting with the producers of the show Wednesday decided just to hold a "peaceful demonstration...
Representatives of the AAA and the Hasty Pudding have met twice since the AAA sent a letter to the Pudding on March 7, requesting the revision or removal of the Foo Young character...
...Pudding suggested that they would print an apology and the letter we wrote them in the (show's) program," Houn said, but she added that the AAA will insist that the producers "de-ethnicize the character...
Charles A. Milot '80, co-producer of the show, and David Levi'80, president of the HPC, declined to comment yesterday on the AAA protest...