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| Dragon Boys - Really, really excellent televisionI had the pleasure of catching an exclusive preview of this two part miniseries yesterday, and it blew me away. Well directed, tightly woven story, characters you cared about... and the always entertaining Eric Tsang of "Infernal Affairs" fame.
The best part? All the leads were all Asian. ALL. Director Jerry Ciccoretti told a story about meeting with American network execs, who asked him "okay, who are your white leads?" He explained that there weren't any, and that completely dumbfounded them. A television miniseries with all-Asian leads... only in Canada. (Well, and of course Asia.)
Check it out!
DRAGON BOYS | Special Telecast on CBC
This two-part miniseries centers on a Chinese Canadian RCMP detective and an immigrant family who
confront a deadly threat from Asian organized crime.
Dragon Boys (Part 1) - Sunday, January 7, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Dragon Boys (Part 2) - Monday, January 8, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
(Check your local television channel line-up)
Dragon Boys features one of the most star-studded all Asian lead cast ever assembled for a Canadian
mini-series. Byron Mann, Eric Tsang, Lawrence Chou, Tzi Ma, Steph Song, Darryl Quon, Christina Ma,
Jean Yoon, Simon Wong. star in this extraordinary human drama. Each individual's story weaves through
and around each other
in a gritty and genuine story that examines tensions and complexities within the
multi-ethnic fabric of contemporary Vancouver, Canada. While exploring themes relating to the immigrant
experience, social dislocation, generational conflict within families, personal and cultural identity,
Dragon Boys evokes a rich tapestry of contemporary West Coast life. Dragon Boys is a unique and important
story about who we are and how we live, here and now.
Official Website: www.dragonboys.ca
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpQkgVwh32o
Website: http://schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/ | | |
| Crisis! Dau si laing yiu (aka Fried Dace with Salted Black Beans) is no more.
I immediately knew there was something wrong. I thought it was entirely strange when I went to ye olde Chinese supermarket
in Richmond Hill after dim sum with dad to pick up some Chinese groceries, including that old instant-noodle staple, Dau Si Laing Yiu. They said they were out, and I was like, what the fuck??? They used to have thousands upon thousands of cans in these huge banks the
size of Kansas on the floor of every Chinese supermarket in the nation. Dau si laing yiu was to the Chinese what bully beef was to British soldiers during World War I, when cans were so plentiful they used them to line the floors of trenches in defense against the Kaiser. Take that, Jerry! God save the Queen!
Then a friend of mine gave me an old rice
cooker of hers (which I've been using a lot - I've never owned one before. And me at age 35! what a banana I am.) so I
went to buy rice and some dau si laing yiu at a downtown Chinese supermarket. And they were also out. It was then I realized that there was some sort of catastrophic worldwide
shortage, which a google quickly confirmed. Apparently, the Chinese-HK uber-authorities found some sort
of cancer causing preservative called "malachite green" in substantial-yet-not-quite-harmful amounts and banned the stuff. Jesus. A big "fuck off" to the uber-authorities - I mean, what doesn't cause cancer these days? Too bad I didn't hoard when I could have.
And so, an era has ended, my friends; I'm going to miss this salty and greasy little treat with my goong jei meen. As will many other students, or grown men still living a student lifestyle.
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If a buck-toothed slanty-eyed easter bunny doesn't celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus, what does?
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February 23 - March 17, 2007
“...(a) smart and wickedly funny play” Nicholas Keung, Toronto Star
Banana: n. 1. tropical fruit; yellow on the outside, white on the inside
2. Canadian-born Chinese (CBC); yellow on the outside, white on the inside
The Banana Boys are five Canadian buddies trying to get through university, find love, and establish themselves. But they’re also figuring out what it means to be a “yellow guy” in the Great White North. Banana Boys is a smart and wickedly funny play which balances the joys of beer and video games with the frustrations of being caught between cultures. Based on the critically acclaimed first novel by Toronto author Terry Woo, the plot twists when one of the boys meets a bizarre death.
Firehall Arts Centre
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