Random notes
USA Men’s Gymnastics took the bronze despite not having the Hamm brothers. And it came down to the second-generation players on the pommelhorse. Raj Bhavsar, an Indian American, Kevin Tan (above), a Chinese American as well as co-captain of the team, and Alexander Artemev, who’s parents came from the former Soviet Union.
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In other news, the LA Weekly gives positive notices to two Asian-American productions currently in Los Angeles, both achieving a “GO!” rating. The 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors‘ “Just Like White People” is described as “incisive and hilarious.” Lodestone Theater’s production of the Tennesse Williams play “Suddenly Last Summer” is called “at times brilliant.” (full disclosure: I work with 18mmw) The Lodestone production is one of the last ever since it will be shutting down after the 2008-2009 season. And Suddenly is a great way to do it…the play is a wonderful exploration of language and one that rarely gets put on, let alone with an almost all Asian American cast. The two female leads carry this one-act to its emotional ending.
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What do graphic designers do in their spare time? If you said make catchy pop music, you’d be correct. Well, at least it’s true for these guys from San Francisco.
