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The Ordway Still Doesn’t Get Sexism and Racism (The Problem with Miss Saigon)

by MAI NENG MOUA via Racialicious October 15, 2013 Don’t Buy Miss Saigon Coalition’s ‘Our Truth’ Tumblr project slide show was projected in front of the Ordway Theater during the protest of the opening night of Miss Saigon. October 8th, 2013. Photo by Bao Phi….

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A plea for the art of the musical theatre

by DANIEL HESS, PH.D via Asian American Press October 12, 2013 Brooklyn Center, Minn. “We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of…

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Don’t Buy Miss Saigon Coalition’s struggle is against institutional racism, not actors.

Statement from the DON’T BUY MISS SAIGON COALITION October 13, 2013 Point of clarification: there seems to be quite a few uninformed people trying to misrepresent our struggle as “activists versus actors,” going so far as to make statements such as “I stand with Orville…

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Ordway Production of “Miss Saigon” Ignites Renewed Protests Over Racist Stereotypes

by HLEE LEE & SHEILA REGAN via The UpTake October 8, 2013 UpTake Video by Hlee Lee/Story for The UpTake by Sheila Regan Click here to watch Hlee Lee’s video of Don’t Buy Miss Saigon: The Unity Event. More than 200 protesters sounded off in…

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Why Asian-American Artists And Activists Are Protesting The Ordway’s Production Of Miss Saigon

by KATHRYN G. NELSON & SHEILA REGAN via The UpTake Originally published October 8, 2013 Miss Saigon: Protesters in New York City in 1991. Despite more than two decades of cultural-awareness actions, the show — and the protest — goes on. Photo by Corky Lee….

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Don’t Buy Miss Saigon: A Few Must-Read Pieces

by GUANTE via Why Is Guante So Angry? October 09, 2013 (photo of the Don’t Buy Miss Saigon unity event outside the Ordway) If you follow my blog or my regular Opine Season column, you may notice that I talk a lot about social justice…

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‘Miss Saigon’ protest draws hundreds

by MARIANNE COMBS via MPR October 9, 2013 More than 200 protesters took over Rice Park Tuesday night to demonstrate against the opening of the musical “Miss Saigon” at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. “Miss Saigon” features a love story between an American…

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Don’t Buy Miss Saigon: The Unity Event

by AANEWS via Asian American Press October 5, 2013 On the opening night of “Miss Saigon” at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, community members who have organized in protest of the production will hold a peaceful event for the public to gather in…

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A letter to Patricia Mitchell and the Ordway Center for Performing Arts from the OCA

by TOM L. HAYASHI of OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates A letter to Patricia Mitchell and the Ordway Center for Performing Arts: I am writing on behalf of OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates, a national membership driven organization dedicated to advancing the political,…

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The Plague of ‘Miss Saigon’

by NAOMI KO via HuffPost 10/08/2013 Minnesota’s Ordway Center of Performing Arts finds itself in a not-so-nice situation by hosting Broadway’s popular musical, “Miss Saigon” for the third time. And Minnesotans, especially its large Vietnamese and South Asian population are not happy with the Ordway’s…

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