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Sep 12, 2023 · How ‘Paris By Night’ Became The Bedrock Of Global Vietnamese Culture. The series was created as a bridge for Vietnamese people, uprooted from their homeland, to stay connected to their culture. After moving to Pasadena, California, to attend university in 2009, Toc Tien was contacted by Tô Văn Lai and invited to perform on "Paris by Night."
For four decades, Paris by Night, a pre-recorded musical-variety show hosted predominantly in the United States, has been a cultural pillar of Vietnamese families across the globe. From war-time music and love ballads to sketch comedy and singing competitions, the show, which has sold millions of copies worldwide, encapsulates both mainstream ...
- The Early Years of A Saigon Aesthete
- Paris by Night in France
- Moving to The Us and Finding Its Footing
- The End of An Era?
Before leaving Saigon, Tô Văn Lai was a cosmopolitan, sophisticated avant-garde in southern Vietnam. He taught math and philosophy at Nguyễn Đình Chiểu High School in Mỹ Tho and then immersed himself in an aesthetic life at the heart of Saigon. He mingled with the intelligentsia and released singles from Thái Thanh, one of the first iconic singers ...
Migrating to Paris in 1976, Lai carried with him collections of cassettes from Vietnam’s southern divas — melodies for the displaced. Perhaps the music sustained him through anguish and despair. In the daytime, he worked as a mechanic, changing oil, nuts and bolts for cars. Then every night, under the starry sky of Paris, he and other fellow refuge...
What makes Paris by Night an endless wonderment is not only its enchanting programs but also its signature masters of ceremonies. Since Lai started Paris by Night in the City of Light, he wished to have the best MCs, so he invited the former owner of the most famous music parlor in Saigon which popularized Lệ Thu and Khánh Ly and elevated their voi...
Paris by Night’s success is not a mystery. It is a masterpiece of collective passion and grandeur where Lai and his daughter have embraced the romantic notions of nostalgia, hope, and loss. Every program weaves in images recorded by both Vietnamese and foreigners who had been in Vietnam. The production crew of Paris by Night, however, are from Holl...
Paris by Night (commonly abbreviated as PBN) is a direct-to-video series featuring Vietnamese-language musical variety shows produced by Thúy Nga Productions. Hosted mainly by Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên, the series includes musical performances by modern pop stars, traditional folk songs, one-act plays, and sketch ...
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Aug 31, 2010 · In 1933, the photographer Brassaï (real name Gyula Halász, 1899–1984) published Paris de Nuit (Paris by Night), a remarkable photographic record of his wanderings through the night time city in the company of, among others, Henry Miller, Raymond Queneau and Jacques Prevert.
Dan Q. Dao recalls the cultural influence that the Vietnamese variety show “Paris by Night” had on the Vietnamese diaspora, particularly the youth, for four ...
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Sep 14, 2023 · This article looks into the success of the popular Vietnamese singing series Paris by Night and its influence on Vietnamese culture. Featuring a unique blend of traditional music and modern entertainment, this show has brought in a wave of viewers and recognition from many international audiences.
