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Posted by Derek Janssen on 07/04/06 17:20
Frank R.A.J. Maloney wrote:
> Howard Brazee wrote:
>
>
>>Why has the musical _Flower Drum Song_ mostly disappeared? Because
>>it isn't about white folk?
>
> I suppose you know "Flower Drum Song" was revived and revised for Broadway
> in 2002, with a new book by David Henry Hwang, and some changes to the
> lyrics and numbers. It ran for 169 performances compared to the 600
> performance-run of the original production.
>
> I find it more than interesting that one of the more positive user comments
> was by the son of Dong Kingman, the artist who created the beautiful opening
> and closing title paintings for the film.
>
> The son wrote in part: "In many ways a beautiful film, and a case can be
> made, a pioneering one. Okay so it is a bit corny, a few young members of
> audience uneasily snickered at the stereotypes, scenes could have been cut,
> especially one fantasy sequence. Yet the Flower Drum Song endures and to
> enjoy."
>
> All of which confirms the opinions of this Irish-American that _Flower Drum
> Song_ is far from the most egregious thing that has ever been filmed about
> the Chinese in America.
And a viewing of "State Fair" will continue the debate about whether FDS
really *IS* the lamest and least immortal Rodgers & Hammerstein ever filmed.
Derek Janssen (it's the "I Enjoy Being a Girl" one...How good could it BE??)
djanss@comcast.net
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