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...Tye remembers the first production of AAA Players as a powerful forum for discussion...
...remember a couple of years ago, my mom was talking abut what a terrible movie 'Sixteen Candles' was, and she was right," Tye explains. "There was a horrible stereotype of Asians in that movie, and a lot of the roles you see today are like that. Most of the time, thought, there just aren't parts for Asians...
...tell you how many people have asked me if 'Yellow Fever' is about 'jungle fever' or malaria," Tye chuckles...
Finding plays which deal with racial or ethnic issues can be almost as tough as producing them, however. Tye says one of AAA Players' main challenges is simply locating plays revolving around Asian issues and actors...
...There's a danger when you talk about theater in terms of defining a group identity," Tye says. "There are so many points of view and a play only takes one perspective. You can't say there's a single Asian-American experience...