Dance and Song Before Story
Was Flower Drum Song a Phantasy?
From: Bigotry on Broadway
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Ishmael Reed interviews Shawn Wong regarding anti-Asian racism in Flower Drum Song, other theatre productions, and the industry at large.
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Shawn Wong
Shawn Wong is the author of two novels, Homebase and American Knees. He is also the co-editor and editor of six Asian American and American multicultural literary anthologies including the pioneering anthology Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers. Americanese, the award-winning film version of American Knees, was directed by Eric Byler in 2006. Wong is Professor of English and Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle. He won the the AUPresses’ 2021 Stand UP Award.
