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Hsieh said his group may distribute leaflets protesting the character of "Edgar Foo Young" at future performances, M. Florence Houn '80, president of the AAA, said yesterday she had spoken to leaders of the Black Student Association, La Organisacion and Raza, about a cooperative protest...
...this year's Hasty Pudding Show, "A Little Knife Music," one of the actors is cast in the role of a Chinese character named Edgar Foo Yung. The character portrayed is so pitifully predictable, it is everything one would expect of a racist caricature. Complete with the requisite trailing pigtail, pidgin English, and tiny stature, he bows and clasps his hands together, preeminently laughable in all his jerky, awkward mannerisms. He is presented as a slimy little man who evilly lusts after the blond heroine...
...laughed at than not dance at all. "I got it all together man / With my very own disco clothes,hey! / My shirts half open, t' show you my chains / 'N a spoon is up my nose." What a dummy. Dance to that refrain! "I'm a dancin' foo...
...Beginner Books; $3.50) again features "the Cat in the Hat," a feline who speaks in the universal language of childhood, whimsy: "You'll learn about Jake the Pillow Snake, and all about Foo-Foo the Snoo." Here, as in more than 30 previous books, the doctor proves to be an eye and ear specialist. His deceptively simple jingle is designed to be heard and inspected repeatedly until the rhythms awaken children to the delights of rhyme and the rewards of literacy...
...mosque for prayers, other worshipers are often invited home with him for a post-prayer repast. His personal life continues to be more ascetic than that of many of his subjects. The King dislikes opulence. Succeeding Saud, he declared his brother's al Hamra palace in Jeddah "foo ornate for me." Decreed the new King: "We will use it for our guests." Faisal does not like the hand kissing that surrounds the monarchy, and he prefers Faisal or Brother as terms of address over Your Majesty. Majesty, the King explains simply, is an attribute properly reserved...