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YANKEE DAWG YOU DIE" IS A TWO-MAN show about the relationship between a pair of Asian-American actors. The play explores the obstacles and moral dilemmas faced by Asian-Americans who want to succeed in mainstream movies and television. It has moments of intensity and insight, but overall it is cumbersome, suffering from too much down-time...
...opens, Bradley Yamashita (Young Lee '99) and Vincent Chang (Allen Soong '96) meet at a Hollywood party. Bradley, a young actor who wants to change the way Asians are portrayed in the media, tells the older Vincent that he admires his work and speaks of how much it means to the "community." Bradley also explains that he has sought out Vincent because he feels more comfortable talking to the only other Asian-American in the room...
Vincent, however, expresses little interest in the Asian-American community, and it quickly becomes clear that the two men have very different views. Vincent began his acting career on the "Chop Suey Circuit" performing for live audiences in Chinatown. He has enjoyed a successful career as an actor; he was even nominated for an Academy Award. But he has also faced a great deal of discrimination and has had to compromise his integrity in order to succeed in an industry dominated by whites. His desire to be an actor was so great that he prided himself on "never refusing...
Unlike the previous year's protest, which was precipitated by the omission of Asian-American students from the panels on College life, participants decided not to criticize the parents' weekend program...
Protesters called for courses in Asian-American, Latino-American and Native American studies similar to those already offered in the Afro-American Studies Department...