Word: chinatown
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...Certainly no one would be in favor of restricting Bicentennial activities to those whose ancestors actually killed one or more Redcoats. After all, there's nothing more American than ethnicity, and no doubt there are Irish Bicentennial exhibits as well as the ones in the North End and Chinatown...
...point is to make American movies many Americans would seem far better equipped to do this than Czech emigres. Certainly, Roman Polansky has proved the contrary; having started with the very Polish Knife in the Water, he has managed to become one of the best Hollywood directors with Chinatown. For most directors some kind of balance between the two alternatives has to be found. Milos Forman may perhaps come close to achieving this with his new One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (starring Jack Nicholson and to be released in the fall...
When she first came to work in Chinatown, May was leery about the reception waiting for her. "There's a rift between the kids that grew up in the suburbs and the ones that grew up in Chinatown," she says. "I'm considered Western to them. And it's hard to be a college student there. The community naturally feels exploited by students that come in and use them for projects and term papers, and then leave. You have to prove you're committed. For that reason I won't take on any responsibilities unless I'm positive...
Most of the people who work in Chinatown experience such an emotional demand--nearly all of them are Chinese simply because volunteers need to know Chinese, although there are programs that use only English. Having the same ethnic background works to draw people in. As Doug Lee puts it, "I saw a need in Chinatown and identified with it, because the people who are suffering are like...
Each of the students deeply involved in Chinatown echoes John Wong's concern about ignoring his academic work. But each seems trapped there, as deeply as the non-English speaking immigrants. As Lee describes it, "Once you get in it's hard to get out. Most people just haven't made the plunge yet. But I think if more people went down there and worked for a couple of days they probably wouldn't be able to leave. It just gets inside...