Word: die
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...didn't want it to die too quietly, however, so I called and left a message for my state senator, Hal Bunderson. Then I called and left a message for the chair of the Education Committee. When I called to leave message for the entire Education Committee, the woman asked if I knew the e-mail address...
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...
...Yankee Dawg You Die" is the fourth play the Asian-American Association Players have produced. It successfully explores the anger and frustration that even second- and third-generation Americans of Asian descent often feel. Gotanda shows that there is a tremendous amount of pressure on Asian-American actors to conform to the media's stereotypes of Asians and to play only roles that are specifically written for Asian actors...
Soong and Lee give good performances, but they can't rescue this play from its own sluggishness. Hopefully, Lee, a talented first-year student, will have a better script to work with in his next Harvard production. "Yankee Dawg You Die" explores an important and interesting subject; however, it often feels more like a lecture than entertainment. It is entertaining as far as lectures go, but you will certainly find yourself checking your watch...
...under the British mandate. Israel's peace partner, Yasser Arafat, has instead settled for limited self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a prelude, he hopes, to a secular Palestinian state alongside Israel. The fear among Hamas followers is that if Arafat succeeds, their vision will die, so their group and a smaller offshoot, Islamic Jihad, have engaged in a terror spree that has claimed at least 123 lives since the peace accord was signed. If Hamas causes enough damage, the theory goes, Israel will abrogate the accords and the edifice of peace will tumble...