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...level and an expensive one, at that. Tickets can be purchased for the various family events, as well as for the Senior Week events preceding it. Mailing after solicitous mailing about graduation memorabilia begs for seniors’ attention seniors are preoccupied with theses, the job search, and the application to graduate school. Other mailings are sent only to parents, leaving seniors in the dark about whether they want their diploma framed or a yearbook. It seems once again the message being sent is that this graduation is the one that ‘matters.’ Both high...
...record-setting 104 out of 110 winners of a Powerball lottery chose the same five numbers—using fortune cookies. It was this story, and the discovery that the fortune cookie is not Chinese, that sparked Lee’s mission to learn more about the dessert. This search leads her to examine, tangentially, other facets of the American Chinese food industry: the ubiquity of the take-out menu, the popularity of chop suey, the integral role played by Chinese immigrants. Written from the first-person perspective, Lee’s book is quirky and amusing, a banquet...
...search involves many historical accounts, yet she complements the facts with personal anecdotes and interviews that reveal to her reader that she’s not just concerned with food, but Chinese-American experiences in general. With the perspective of an American-born-Chinese, she addresses with shrewdness and insight the historical and social dynamics of the Chinese in America. One chapter is devoted entirely to a Chinese family Lee knew, whose only viable professional option was the 24-hour, 364-day per year Chinese restaurant business, the strain of which leads to the family almost disintegrating. Another chapter, with...
With over 2,000 showcased artists, SXSW is one of the most heavily-trafficked music industry events of the year. For many small bands, the festival is a high-stakes audition where throngs of label reps and critics search for the next big thing. Even for an already-signed band like Chester French, SXSW represents an opportunity for exposure. On the phone, it’s clear that both band members see themselves in a different category than the majority of SXSW acts...
...watchable, entertaining, and well-meaning, but the predictable plot fails to address immigration as a complex social issue. The movie follows nine-year-old Carlitos (played with sweet seriousness by Adrian Alfonso) as he crosses the Mexican-American border illegally after his grandmother’s death to search for his mother. The plot is conventional, but Carlitos is heartbreakingly cute. His relationship with Enrique (Eugenio Derbez), the migrant worker who comes to take care of him, is charming, funny, and by far the film’s greatest strength. Like nearly all movies with a political agenda, however...