A lone receptionist stands behind his desk. At all times, he maintains a demeanor that is equal parts serious, bored, and annoyed. He keeps his desk neat, and though the hotel is clean and modern, he doesn’t consider his job particularly glamorous. Day in and day out, he checks people into the hotel. The next […]
When I got into UC San Diego in 2018, there was a really popular video called “UC SCHOOL STEREOTYPES EXPLAINED” by the Fung Bros. I felt a weird combination of relief and resignation when UC San Diego ranked third, but I already expected that UCLA and UC Berkeley were ahead in this admittedly arbitrary listicle. […]
Back in 1975, the Southeast Asia region was heavily impacted by a few major events: the Fall of Saigon, which signaled the end of the Vietnam War, the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, and the capture of Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge. That last event established the Democratic Kampuchea regime and sparked the beginning […]
Face it, your hometown probably isn’t the best setting for a musical. Most of us are dying to run away from the dead-end local joints, deadbeats, and the people we grew up with for the promise of something more. But what if it’s all you’ve got? Back in 2006, Richard Wong’s Colma: The Musical fulfilled […]
Back in January, when I first saw Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the world felt different. The world was different. Coronavirus hadn’t been identified in the States yet. “Social distancing” wasn’t a thing. Rampant racism against Asians and Asian Americans (which was always there in a more diluted form) hadn’t […]