PR worked and the guardian was there to slurp it up
>”The company’s teams had concerns that “working alongside a musical that perpetuates deeply held notions of Asian inferiority would impact their wellbeing”
Well.
Good. The story of the Vietnam war is a complex and heartbreaking story that involves millions of dead lives. Families shattered and war criminals pardoned, and yet the only cultural aspect that people seemingly remembered of the war is the fact that desperate girls prostituted themselves to soldiers for safety and security.
All the stories we tell of wars like WW2 today are inspirational and tragic stories that happened in that time period and approach it with a sensibility. We think of the white rose movement, the blitz, or Dunkirk.
Every Vietnamese family has a unique story to tell about the war. One example is my family. My grandma survived a beating from the communists who thought they beat her to death and hung her by her feet by a tree as a warning to others. After three days, she was rescued by a farmer who cut her down and discovered that she was still alive, and cared for her despite putting himself in danger.
My uncle is another example, when Saigon fell, he and his uncle rushed to escape as they had ties to the southern army. As they escaped on a ship, scared and angry people who were left behind shot at the ship. One of the bullets hit his uncle and killed him, and my uncle had to bury him by himself. He was only 18.
Yet despite these complex and tragic stories, over here, my sisters will get derogatory remarks, like ‘me so horny’. You get random strangers who act like you are disposable, and the only legacy of the conflict seems to be a Viet girl who went off with a white soldier. It’s ridiculous.
More word salad groups complaining about nothing. Seems legit
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PR worked and the guardian was there to slurp it up
>”The company’s teams had concerns that “working alongside a musical that perpetuates deeply held notions of Asian inferiority would impact their wellbeing”
Well.
Good. The story of the Vietnam war is a complex and heartbreaking story that involves millions of dead lives. Families shattered and war criminals pardoned, and yet the only cultural aspect that people seemingly remembered of the war is the fact that desperate girls prostituted themselves to soldiers for safety and security.
All the stories we tell of wars like WW2 today are inspirational and tragic stories that happened in that time period and approach it with a sensibility. We think of the white rose movement, the blitz, or Dunkirk.
Every Vietnamese family has a unique story to tell about the war. One example is my family. My grandma survived a beating from the communists who thought they beat her to death and hung her by her feet by a tree as a warning to others. After three days, she was rescued by a farmer who cut her down and discovered that she was still alive, and cared for her despite putting himself in danger.
My uncle is another example, when Saigon fell, he and his uncle rushed to escape as they had ties to the southern army. As they escaped on a ship, scared and angry people who were left behind shot at the ship. One of the bullets hit his uncle and killed him, and my uncle had to bury him by himself. He was only 18.
Yet despite these complex and tragic stories, over here, my sisters will get derogatory remarks, like ‘me so horny’. You get random strangers who act like you are disposable, and the only legacy of the conflict seems to be a Viet girl who went off with a white soldier. It’s ridiculous.
More word salad groups complaining about nothing. Seems legit