Word: ming
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...meet Ming (Andrew Han '01) and Oscar (Gautham Bhan '02), a gay Asian twenty-something couple, just as they are breaking up from an intense four-year relationship. In the complex dialogue of the first act, which alternates between testimonial-like projections to the audience and their more private interchanges, the two men reminisce over the struggles and the happy times they shared together. Their interactions become strained, less frequent and even more wistful in the second act as they attempt to rebuild their lives with new partners. The tense relations between Ming and Robert (Jeremy Blocker '03), an ingenuous...
...efficacy of this storyline is due, to a large extent, to the quality of the cast. On their own, Han and Bhan have firm grasp of the nuances of their characters. Han's Ming is often immature, occasionally even cruel, yet he can also be touchingly sensitive. Bhan's Oscar effectively evinces both his need to maintain propriety and his earnest desire for Ming's affection. Together, they make an incredible team...
...move the channel away from the "dump and stir" studio-chef programs. The Food Network has plenty of those, including such personality-rich star chefs as Emeril Lagasse and Bobby Flay. And though Finch didn't know food, she did know how to make great television. So she took Ming Tsai, already a star of his own studio cooking show, and created Ming's Quest, sending the handsome, athletic Tsai on rollicking adventures--a sort of extreme-cooking show. On a journey to the Everglades, he fried a gator on a set rigged together in the swamp. He did that...
DIANA BROOKS Ex-Sotheby's exec cops plea for price fixing. Can you bring a Ming vase to Sing Sing...
...Ming and Oscar, take a retrospective look at some of the irresolvable issues that surround life and love in relation to their dissolved relationship. Exploring cultural identity and sexuality, A Language of Their Own takes on the familiar love story with a new slant. With an already rare look at the issues revolving around contemporary Asian American life, Language takes everything a step further by probing into the little-explored gay Asian American community. Building upon experiences common to everyone, the play aims to move its audience on a whole new level. "While this is a play set among...