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1. www.ft.com › content › e7961637-330c-4068-b8b1Miss Saigon — Sheffield Crucible revives a problematic musical

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   Jul 19, 2023 · The helicopter sequence encapsulates how this production gives blasts of air, but when they die down, nothing has ultimately changed for Miss Saigon. To August 19, sheffieldtheatres.co.uk ...

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     'Miss Saigon' Tells The Story Of Many Young Vietnamese Women

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2019/08/03 › opinionClose the Curtain on ‘Miss Saigon’ - The New York Times

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   Aug 3, 2019 · In 1993, not long after the Broadway debut of “Miss Saigon,” the writer Jessica Hagedorn titled her anthology of Asian-American literature “Charlie Chan Is Dead.”. Charlie Chan, indeed ...

4. www.spokesman.com › stories › 2019Review: ‘Miss Saigon’ still thrills despite problematic story

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   Oct 24, 2019 · The spectacle of “Miss Saigon” is still spectacular. The tragedy is still tragic. And a show that has been controversial since its debut 30 years ago remains problematic despite excellent ...

5. www.nytimes.com › 2023/07/18 › theaterCan ‘Miss Saigon’ Be Saved? Two British Shows Disagree.

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   Jul 18, 2023 · Published July 18, 2023 Updated July 19, 2023. “Miss Saigon” is back and so, inevitably, is the surrounding discourse. Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical melodrama about an ill-fated romance ...

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Miss_Saigon_controversyMiss Saigon controversy - Wikipedia

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   Miss Saigon. controversy. The Miss Saigon controversy refers to the numerous controversies that surrounded the 1989 coming-of-age stage musical Miss Saigon that arose during the show's 1990 transfer to Broadway, reaching its peak around August 1990. Afterwards, controversies surrounding the production continued throughout the early 1990s.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2017/03/17 › theaterThe Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity

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   Mar 17, 2017 · When "Miss Saigon" first looked to Broadway in 1990, controversy erupted over the fact that a white man was portraying a lead role. Jon Jon Briones, who is Asian, was in the chorus then.

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   What is the Miss Saigon controversy?

   • The Miss Saigon controversy refers to the numerous controversies that surrounded the 1989 coming-of-age stage musical Miss Saigon that arose during the show's 1990 transfer to Broadway, reaching its peak around August 1990. Afterwards, controversies surrounding the production continued throughout the early 1990s.

   Miss Saigon controversy - Wikipedia

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   Is 'Miss Saigon' still spectacular?

   • The spectacle of 'Miss Saigon', reviewed Wednesday at the First Interstate Center for the Arts and continuing through Sunday as part of the STCU Best of Broadway series, is still spectacular. For tickets and information, visit broadwayspokane.com. The tragedy of 'Miss Saigon' is still tragic.

   Review: ‘Miss Saigon’ still thrills despite problematic story

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   What is the story of 'Miss Saigon'?

   • The musical 'Miss Saigon' tells the story of a Vietnamese prostitute in Saigon during the war years who falls in love with a white American G.I. When he leaves for America without knowing she is pregnant, she gives birth to their son and gives him up to him so that he can save the boy and take him to the United States, far from Vietnam.

   Close the Curtain on ‘Miss Saigon’ - The New York Times

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   Should 'Miss Saigon' be sanitized?

   • But the drive to sanitize problematic content is, ultimately, a matter of commercial self-preservation: Juggernaut brands like “Miss Saigon” are too lucrative to be allowed to die. Having outlived its relevance, the musical is doomed to an afterlife of well-meaning but slightly anodyne remakes as it slowly, inexorably fades into oblivion.

   Can ‘Miss Saigon’ Be Saved? Two British Shows Disagree

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   Is Miss Saigon back on Broadway?

   • It would become much more than that. Over 28 years, “Miss Saigon” has turned into one of the most successful hits in musical theater — as well as one of the most polarizing and most protested. Now, it’s back on Broadway, for the first time since 2001.

   The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity

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   Is Miss Saigon a melodrama?

   • “Miss Saigon” is back and so, inevitably, is the surrounding discourse. Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical melodrama about an ill-fated romance between a Vietnamese sex worker and an American G.I. during the Vietnam War has polarized opinion ever since it was first staged in 1989.

   Can ‘Miss Saigon’ Be Saved? Two British Shows Disagree

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9. scholar.valpo.edu › cgi › viewcontentMiss Saigon: Racism and Sexism Portrayed in a Musical

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   Saigon as the “first world musical in a third world country” (De Guzman, 2000), the creators of. Miss Saigon have already reacted to some criticism from the past. However, the revival of the. musical in 2014, for the musical's 25th anniversary, still shows many signs of racism and. sexism.