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Martin Luther King: a dream for peace and harmony beyond racism

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Martin Luther King:
a dream for peace and harmony beyond racism

Today is the first Martin Luther King Day following the death of his widow, Coretta Scott-King.

In
1994 Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act, designating the
King Holiday as a national day of volunteer service. Instead of a day
off from work or school, Congress asked Americans of all backgrounds
and ages to celebrate Dr. King's legacy by turning community concerns
into citizen action. The King Day of Service brings together people who
might not ordinarily meet, breaks down barriers that have divided us in
the past, leads to better understanding and ongoing relationships, and
is an opportunity to recruit new volunteers for your ongoing work.

This is a great way to celebrate a day dedicated to the memory of a man who wanted to improve the lives of all people.  And in particular, to imagine a day and a country without racism.  But we have to work for it – if we truly want it.  We have to provide service to help create the world we want to live in.

Today in Canada, we have a history of racism.  But the governments are acknowledging and making redress for some of the worst incidents such as Residential Schools, the internment of Japanese Canadians during WW2 and the confiscation of their property, the Chinese Head Tax and the Exclusion Act that tried to preseve a “White Canada.”

Bur fighting racism is an ongoing process.  The present Canadian government's action to redress the Chinese head tax is still challenged by community leaders who say they haven't gone far enough.  Redressing head tax certificates for only those head tax payers still living, or survived by their spouses, is a slap in the face and a denial of equality to those head payers who died waiting.  Those are the real pioneers who were old enough to face the active racism, confront it, or bury their heads to avoid it.

Here are some highlights of the famous I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out
the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of
their character.

“With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of
hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation
into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work
together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for
freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.”

CKNW radio interview for Gung Haggis Fat Choy

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CKNW radio interview for Gung Haggis Fat Choy

I just did a radio interview with CKNW AM 980 reporter Nafessa Karim.

Nafeesa was really interested in
learning how Gung Haggis Fat Choy began as a small dinner with friends,
and is growing into a festival. 

“It's all about community,” I told
her.  “The Gung Haggis concept resonates with people, and they
want to be a part of it.  In 2004, we paired up with World Poetry
Night at Vancouver Public Library, to create an event that celebrates
the poetry of Robbie Burns, the traditions of Chinese New Year, plus
sharing the work of contemporary Scottish-Canadian and Chinese-Canadian
poets.  We add in some bapipes and singalongs and everybody has
fun.

“So now we are celebrating the 4th
annual Gung Haggis Fat Choy World Poetry Night at the Vancouver Public
Library, 7:30pm on Monday, January 15th.

“In 2005, SFU Recreation department
approached me to help create a way to celebrate SFU's Scottish heritage
with the large Asian student population.  We came up with SFU Gung
Haggis Fat Choy Canadian Games, drawing on the idea of “Highland Games”
but with a Monty Pythonesque twist.  There will be “dragon cart”
races, “human curling,” and a haggis eating event.”

Nafeesa asked if there was something special that led to the pairing of Scottish and Chinese events together.

“Canada,” I answered.  The Scots
came from across the Atlantic, and the Chinese came from across the
Pacific.  They met in the middle, in this land called
Canada.  At first they had their differences, their clashes, but
they came around, started inter-marrying and having babies.  And
that is where we are today.

To find out exactly what I said, and what time allows Nareesa to edit into the story.  Listen to CKNW 980 AM starting
late tonight or early tomorrow morning.  Hopefully it will be a
slow news day… and more of Gung Haggis Fat Choy will be shared with
the CKNW listeners.

David Suzuki Park? In Vancouver's Marpole neighborhood?

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David Suzuki Park?
In Vancouver's Marpole neighborhood?

Both David Suzuki and Joy Kogawa grew up in Vancouver's Marpole neighborhood, but their families were removed from their homes in 1942, because of the internment of Japanese-Canadians.  All the homes and properties of West Coast Japanese-Canadians was later confiscated and sold – without their permission.

Park Board Commissioner Spencer Herbert will bring an amendment to this coming Monday's Park Board meeting to name a new park at West 72nd and Selkirk after renowned Vancouverite and environmentalist David Suzuki.

The park site is in the neighbourhood where Suzuki's family, as part of a Japanese fishing community, lived bef or e being interned by the Canadian government during World War II.

“The opportunity to name this new park after David Suzuki would also be a way of recognizing the historic injustice that was carried out against Japanese-Canadians,” explained Commissioner Herbert, who in recent weeks has been helping to lead efforts to restore Stanley Park from severe storm damage.

“David Suzuki has been calling for serious action on climate change for many years, and that's just one of the countless contributions he's made to Canadian society. Naming this park after him would be a well-deserved recognition of one of the greatest Canadians ever, someone who has been key to spreading popular understanding of the natural environment.”

City Councillor Heather Deal, a biologist with the David Suzuki Foundation,  informed me that “David was very pleased and in fact quite moved by the idea.  He has many requests to have things like schools named after him and has always said no, but this one really resonated for him.”

Way to go David Suzuki!  Way to go Spencer Herbert!

I hope the motion passes.  There are very few parks named after Canadian-born Asian-Canadians… and David Suzuki has done much for the community.

2007 GUNG HAGGIS FAT CHOY press release January 12

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Here is my latest press release for Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007

January 12, 2007 – for immediate release –

Gung Haggis Fat Choy
Toddish McWong's 10th Annual Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner Spectacular

January 28th, Sunday,
5:30pm reception and appetizers
6:30 dinner
Floata Restaurant
#400 – 180 Keefer Street

Ever had Haggis Dim Sum appetizers?
Expect the Unexpected!

Culinary
surprises await… the world's first haggis dim sum appetizer buffet will
greet arriving guests.  Imagine haggis shrimp dumplings, haggis spring
rolls, haggis-stuffed tofu??? in addition to the now famous haggis won
ton!

Sing
along to “Scotland the Brave,” and Burns' perennial favorite, “Auld
Lang Syne;” and the culturally fused “My Chow Mein Lies Over the
Ocean,” and “When Asian Eyes Are Smiling,” plus many more surprises!

Featured performers for 2007 include:
Silk Road Music, World fusion music
Heather Pawsey, Opera Soprano
Brave Waves – Bagpipes and tabla musical fusion band,
Leora Cashe – Jazz gospel singer
No Luck Club – Instrumental Hip Hop
 Dr. Ian Mason – Burns Club of Vancouver
Lensey Namioka – Author “Half and Half”
Margaret Gallagher – Writer “All Mixed Up” anthology
“Twisting Fortunes” – sneak preview of play

Co-hosted by Priya Ramu (CBC Radio) and Todd Wong

Gung
Haggis Fat Choy does more than mix East and West. It blends them
together and turns them upside down and shakes them out sideways. It
highlights Canada's Scottish and Chinese heritage and pioneers. It
breaks down barriers and is an impressive forum for the emerging
intercultural Canada where everybody can claim and celebrate Chinese
and Scottish culture and everything in-between.

Expect
great cultural fusion music between East and West, as Scots musicians
play Chinese music and Chinese musicians play Scottish music…
and everything in between and beyond!

Gung Haggis Fat Choy is growing into a Festival with 4 related events

Gung
Haggis Fat Choy started out as a small fundraiser of 16 people in 1998
in a crowded living room.  Ten years later it serves 500 people at the
biggest Chinese Restaurant in North America, and has spun off a CBC
television performance special, and the SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy
Canadian Games.

This
is the “Little Dinner that Could” which is now growing into a
festival!  Creator Todd Wong has been interviewed by BBC Radio
Scotland, plus local and national media.

Today
it is a major fundraiser event for Gung Haggis Dragon Boat team, Asian
Canadian Writers' Workshop, and Kogawa House Committee – helping to
create positive examples of inter-culturalism in our community!

January 15th, 2007. Gung Haggis Fat Choy World Poetry Night
Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver
– featuring bagpipes, Scottish born Chinese-Canadian poet Fiona Tinwei
Lam, Dr. Ian Mason (Burns Club of Vancouver), Leon Yang, Shelly
Haggard, Joe McDonald and Bagpipes + singalongs.

January 21st, 2007. Haggis and Rice – Cric Crac
presented by Vancouver Society of Storytelling
Hodson Manor, 12254 West 7th Ave. Vancouver, 
Todd Wong will read poetry + tell stories

January 25th, 2007. SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Canadian Games
SFU Convocation Mall, Burnaby Campus
– Look for Dragon Cart racing, Haggis eating contest + World's first human curling event.

January 28th, 2007
Catch the infamous Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner.

Tickets now available at Firehall Arts Centre
604-689-0926.
Call Monday to Frieday – 9am – 5pm

Early bird tix available until January 21 $60 adult,  $70 for premium seats.
Children 13 and under 50% off.
After January 21st – prices go up to $70/$80

Book a table of 10 and receive a gift basket (value $50)

For more information contact
Todd Wong
Phone: 778-846-7090
Email gunghaggis@yahoo.ca
www.gunghaggisfatchoy.com

2007 Menu for Gung Haggis Fat Choy

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2007 Menu for Gung Haggis Fat Choy

I've always liked watching Monty Python.  And it was great to see the CBC tv special Gung Haggis Fat Choy take on a Monty Pythonesque animated sequence when telling the history of Robert Burns.  This will be part of the program on January 28th, as we will show excerpts from teh CBC tv special.

As for the dinner menu… we will NOT be serving SPAM. 
But look for plenty of haggis…

Haggis won-ton, bagpipes, Silk Road Music, Robbie Burns poetry,  Haggis dim sum, Heather Pawsey opera soprano, Chinese banquet food, Haggis lettuce wrap, Leora Cashe jazz & gospel, Scottish singalongs, Haggis spring rolls, lots of surprises, traditional haggis, co-hosted by Priya Ramu (CBC Radio On The Coast) and Todd Wong himself and more haggis… .

for all the non-haggis lovers there will be:
lots of vegetarian food…
tofu appetizers, deep-fried tofu, tofu with vegetables, tofu hot pot, tofu with taro, tofu-stuffed haggis, and tofu pudding…

If you don't believe me, check out last year's dinner menu
Scottish Canadian and Chinese Canadian culture 10 course Chinese banguet dinner

I am presently working on upgrading the menu from last year – there will be crab, chicken, haggis and tofu… but not so much tofu…

Roy Miki reads from new book “There” – Jan 12 at Spartacus Books

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Roy Miki reads from new book “There”
– Jan 12 at Spartacus Books

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Here's a 2005 picture of Roy Miki (centre left) with Rev. Tim Nakayama (left), Joy
Kogawa (cenre right) and Todd Wong (right), at the One Book One Vancouver launch for Obasan,
at the Vancouver Public Library – photo courtesy of Todd Wong

Roy Miki, poet, author,
Order of Canada
recipient, and friend of historic Joy Kogawa House launches a new book, There, tomorrow evening,

Friday,
January 12, at 8:00 pm.
Spartacus Books,
319 West Hastings Street

This is a free event.

Roy Miki is an award-winning writer, poet, editor, scholar,
teacher, and activist in the movement for redress for those
Japanese-Canadians interned during the Second World War.

This year Dr. Miki’s achievements were recognized with three major
university awards (Gandhi Peace Award, Thakore Visiting Scholar,
Sterling Prize) for his 2004 book REDRESS: INSIDE THE JAPANESE
CANADIANS CALL FOR JUSTICE (Raincoast) and his work in the movement and
commitment to the ideals of truth, justice, human rights, and
non-violence.

In August he was made a member of the Order of Canada.


His work as a scholar and editor includes a prize-winning bibliography
of poet George Bowering, and a collection of critical essays, BROKEN
ENTRIES (1998); he has also edited the collected poems of Roy Kiyooka;
and the collected critical essays of bpNichol. He is the founding
editor of WEST COAST LINE magazine, and the author of several books of
poetry, including SAVING FACE (1991), RANDOM ACCESS FILE (1995), and
SURRENDER, which in 2002 won a Governor General’s award.



Check out the many articles on this website featuring Roy Miki

roy miki on www.gunghaggisfatchoy.com

CBC's Dragon Boys… Body count and community impact

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CBC's Dragon Boys… Body count and community impact

Dragon Boys
was one of CBC's most hyped new shows for January 2007.  Because
it dealt with drugs, gang violence and prostitution in the Chinese
communities of Vancouver and Richmond, it broached sensitive
issues.  Cultural consultants were brought in, but did it help or
hinder the show?

Ricepaper
Magazine gives a behind the scenes look at the development of the
script with input from the Chinese-Canadian communities from Toronto
and Vancouver.  It also explains the development of the “community
consultants” roles that writer/editor Jim Wong-Chu and film maker
Colleen Leung took on.  Check out Crime and Controversy: The Story behind the Dragon Boy by Nancy Han.
 
My friend David Wong writes his critique: ‘Body parts in plastic bags’ + hongcouver = Dragon Boys for his blog Ugly Chinese Canadian. 
David gives an interesting view with regards to tying in the screen
violence to actual events that happened in Vancouver.

Here are my views that were originally written as a comment to his article:

It’s so easy to blame the dominant mainstream cultural stereotypes,
and the politically correct cultural consultants… The true fact is that
there are so few stories and characters that are Chinese-Canadian, that
anything that comes out goes under the microscope, gets anal-yzed like
pork entrails, and is criticized for generalizing/mis-representing the
community.

When Kwoi writes that Dragon Boys is like an Asian version of Fast
and Furious – we also have to look around and say “Where is the Asian
version of Corner Gas?” Look at all the shows about about white
mainstream society, and there is no possibility that you will assume
that Causcasians are obsessed with killing people (CSI, Bones, Cold Case,
Crossing Jordon), or crime (Sopranos, Vegas, Without a Trace, 24, NCIS,
Law & Order, Prison Break).

Did Ang Lee need cultural consultants when he directed “Brokeback Mountain” or “The Hulk?”

Dragon Boys really had nothing to do with Chinese Canadian history.
It was more about Chinese language immigrant issues. And it is rare to
find the recent immigrants concerned with Chinese Canadian
multigenerational history, or the multigenerational CBCers concerned
with new immigrant issues such as prostitution, gangs or crime – unless
it makes the entire “so-called Chinese community.”

It was interesting to see that the Dragon Boys had pretty blonde
girlfriends, that Asian brothers had conflicts,
Chinese people took advantage of society or even tried to fit in. Yes
the stereotypes of Asian gang members, prostitutes and drug dealers were
all there – BUT they were fully developed characters that you could
know, like and even (gasp!) care about – instead of secondary
superficial undeveloped characters. Is this progress?

Having been a consultant for the CBC performance special Gung Haggis
Fat Choy, and the upcoming CBC Generations documentary on Rev. Chan
family and descendants (Feb broadcast date?) – I can say that without
my insight and comments – things would get missed, be inaccurate, and
run the risk of steotypes and generalizations.

It’s great that White-Canadians like Ian Weir want to write stories
that involve the Chinese-Canadian community – but let’s also have more
Chinese-Canadians given the opportunity to tell their stories too! We
need a balance and we need a spectrum of stories and view points.

BTW – I saw “Little Mosque on the Prairie” last night – and I LOVED it!!!
Why can’t we have a story about Chinese-Canadians like that?

Gung Haggis Fat Choy update for January 10th

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Gung Haggis Fat Choy update for January 10th

What's happening with Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007?

Just confirmed today…  Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan is attending.  This will be the second time he has attended as Mayor, in addition to two previous times as a city concillor.  Mayor Sullivan definitely has Scottish ancestry… and he's learned to speak Chinese

Haggis is ordered.  I really like haggis from Peter Black and Sons, from Park Royal South, in West Vancouver.  I have used it every year since 2002.  When I don't use it, there's usually complaints.  This is a nice spicy family secret recipe.  I have never “gagged” on a Peter Black haggis, as I have on other haggis.  Peter and family attended last year and had a great time.  Peter even gave the Selkirk Grace.

Erin Cebula of Global TV, called me on Monday – she's going to do a story about the Gung Haggis Fat Choy dinner event.  Look for her and a television cameraperson at the Vancouver Public Library on January 15th, when I host Gung Haggis Fat Choy World Poetry Night with Ariadne Sawyer as part of the World Poetry Series.

Jazz-gospel singer Leora Cashe is really really excited about performing for GHFC – we talked on Sunday.  Leora wants me to perform accordion with her for the Gung Haggis Fat Choy dinner – an old Scottish song that her Scottish uncle used to sing and perform on accordion – “My Luv Is Like a Red Red Rose.”  Leora is also really excited about helping to lead the singalongs for the dinner, such as “Loch Lomand (You Take the High Road)” and others…

And the dinner menu???
This year we are having something very special – Haggis Dim Sum appetizers.
I am talking with Floata Restaurant and trying to haggisize some of my favorite dim sum foods such as Hah-Gau shrimp dumplings.  I think my mother will be upset… shrimp dumplings are one of her favorites too!

Crab is definitely on the menu…  and lots of other good foods.  Look for an improved menu from last year's dinner.

In Scotland – 'Chinese all look alike' – but when does foreigner become “Chinese” in China?

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In Scotland – 'Chinese all look alike' – but when does foreigner become “Chinese” in China?

 
Do I look less Chinese but more Scottish if I wear a kilt?

Check out these interesting news articles that Susanna Ng posted on www.chineseinvancouver.blogspot.com

They
give an interesting perspective to the issue of nationality vs
culture.  Can we be Chinese if we are born in China?  Can we
be Scottish if we are born in Scotland.  Definitely, we are
Canadian if born in Canada – and we can also be Scottish and Chinese
too, if you are like my friend Fiona Tinwei Lam – born in Scotland of
Chinese ethnicity, but now a Canadian citizen since she was a child.

Judge clears driver because 'Chinese all look the same'

By David Lister, Scotland Correspondent, The Times

A JUDGE has provoked outrage among race relations groups by claiming that all Chinese people look the same.

Sheriff
Margaret Gimblett cleared Hui Yu, 23, a student from Beijing, of a
motoring offence after dismissing evidence from two police officers
identifying him.

She told Greenock Sheriff Court: “Without
wanting to be derogatory in any way, sometimes it is said that all
black people look the same at first glance, and the same can be said
that all Chinese people can look the same to a native Scot.

“It’s only when you have time to look that you begin to see the differences.”
 
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'Chinese-ness' by race, or by culture?


The
following article is from the Shanghai Daily.  Interesting
article…  It is all about the individual person's
perspective.  Remember that even though I am 5th generation
Canadian – Mainland Chinese will view me as “Overseas Chinese.”

China calls itself “The Middle Kingdom.”  5000 years of continuous
uninterrupted culture has encouraged an ethno-centric viewpoint of the
world.  People who look  like us vs people who do not look
like us.  Most European countries also have a similar sense of
“national self.” But Brazil, USA and Canada are different… We are
colonized countries, populated by indigenous peoples plus many waves of
immigrants.   Our definition of “Canadian-ess” is less based
on race, but rather by shared culture and values.

Last week, I was talking to a friend who was born in Romania – yet she
identifies herself as a Hungarian – because that is her parent's
language and culture.  She told me that I was “Chinese,” even
though I am 5th generation Canadian.

“No…” she told me, “you are still Chinese… look at you…”

“Yes…” I said, “I just happened to be born with this beautiful DNA,
but I don't speak Chinese, I wasn't born in China, I don't think
Chinese.  I don't know all it's history and culture.”

Maybe it's the Nature vs Nurture issue.  Much of the things we
know can be taught, but somethings are socialized unconsciously, and
some things are hard-wired biologically.

I know somebody who was born in Shanghai, to Austrian parents, and is 100% Canadian.

I know somebody who was born in Scotland, to parents of Chinese ethnicity, and is 100% Canadian.

Being identified as one thing or another is often dependent on what
makes you stand out from the crowd. I grew up amongst white Canadians
in high school, so I was identified as the “Chinese guy.”  When I
hung out with lots of Asian-Canadians who were  immigrants or
children of immigrants, I was identified as the “Banana” or the “CBCer.”

But how we define ourselves is the most important thing.

Puzzle of identity: Beyond race, nationality
By Wayne Hsu 2007-1-8  Shanghai Daily

HOW we identify ourselves is how we perceive others see us.

For example, if I identify myself as an American, I also wish others to perceive me as an American.

Identifying oneself can sometimes be a tricky act. Many factors may come into play – race, nationality and cultural background.

Take
for instance that I was born in China of Chinese ancestry, and at the
age of three I moved to France and lived there until I was 25. Shortly
after that, I moved to the United States and became a US citizen.

So,
how should I identify myself? Am I Chinese? Sure, my race is Chinese.
Am I French? Sure, my cultural background is French. Am I American? Of
course, my nationality is American. The question remains how should we
identify ourselves?

Perhaps,
a more significant question to ask oneself is: Which is the most
important factor among race, culture, and nationality? 
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Dragon Boys, CBC mini-series premieres Sunday January 7 – inside scoop from Kwoi

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Dragon Boys, CBC mini-series premieres Sunday January 7
– inside scoop from Kwoi

Dragon Boys (Part 2) (2006)

CBC's Dragon Boys is the heavily anticipated drama about Chinese gang
life in the Vancouver/Richmond community.  I first heard about the
project when my friend Jim Wong-Chu (Asian Canadian Writer's Workshop)
became one of the cultural consultants for the project.  Jim was
excited, because this was the first time CBC or CTV was creating a
mini-series on Chinese Canadians.  There would be lead roles and
story themes – not just supporting roles in side bar stories. 

See the story in the Georgia Straight where Dragon Boys director talks
about the importance of having community counsultants filmaker Colleen
Leung and Jim Wong-Chu: http://www.straight.com/article/dragon-boys-shoot-for-truth.
Also check out what Jim wrote about Chinese Canadian history for the In Context section on the Dragon Boys website.

While this is all good.  The next step will see CBC creating a
mini-series about multigeneration Chinese-Canadians beyond any
stereotypes of “typical immigrants,” “gang members,” and
“prostititutes.”  Gee… maybe they will watch the upcoming CBC
Generations documentary on the Rev. Chan Yu Tan family – my seven
generation Chinese-Canadian family. see: GungHaggisFatChoy :: Generations Rev. Chan Yu Tan

My friend Kwoi in Toronto sent out the following letter to friends
across the country giving people his personal view with some inside
scoops.  With Kwoi's permission – here is his letter:

Dragon Boys, the two part mini-series
is airing this coming Sunday and Monday, Jan 7 and 8 at 8 pm to 10 pm.
Working closely with the Asian Community, Writer/Exec Producer Ian Weir
did a great job keeping it real, working with material outside his own
culture. It stars some of my TO friends Jean Yoon & Simon Wong.
Simon's character was especially real for me personally as I had
started a youth gang upon my early arrival in Toronto. We even called
ourselves “Nine Dragons” as there were initially nine of us from the
same hood in Kowloon (translates 9 Dragons). I started the gang as a
means of survival. I was constantly getting beat up after school by
trailer trash bullies. The same trailer trash that were portray in
Dragon Boys. My gang involvement strained my relationship with my dad
whose Baldwin St eatery was struggling with extortion threats from the
triad at the time. Watching the preview on Tuesday night was like
having my childhood flash me by.

The cast worked hard at keeping it real. The character of Chavy Pahn
was changed from Chinese to Cambodian to reflect current immigration
patterns, Stephanie Song, who had already been cast in the role, had to
learn to deliver her lines in Khmer. Byron also objected to his
character’s wife being changed to Chinese because he saw his character
as a banana who “grew up thinking he’s a white man, a guy who has never
dated Asian women.” Unlike most Hollywood depictions of Asian males as
de-sexualized monk like beings, it was refreshing to see the brothers
hooking up with White Woman on the big screen. Thanx Byron, Lawrence
& the Dragon Boys  for “getting some” on behalf of the
brothers.

It could have easily been another Asian exploitation flick like Year Of
The Dragon, with the dominant culture's set of assumptions about power
relationships and power structures which is completely skewed towards
the White perspective, but keeping it real with all the family &
human stories really made the piece into a Chinese Canadian Sopranos if
you will. Excellent performance from the cast including the amazing
Eric Tsang (the Asian De Niro) who my friend Jean Yoon got to slap
around for real.

The Canucks have been known to follow their American counterparts
politically as well as culturally. The Americans pass the Head Tax Law,
they follow. The Americans pass the Exclusion Act, they follow. The
Americans started the Japanese Internment, they follow. Finally,
they've initiated something positive for their American counterparts to
envy over. The American networks are in envy & amazement how an
all-Asian lead cast without any White leads can be made possible. This
would not have been a reality in the States. Now if we can only get our
own writers, producers & directors in there…

Dragon Boys is a dark & gritty right-between-the-eyes crime story.
Please check it out & forward this to anyone you think might enjoy
it. Oh heck…on 2nd thought, forward it to them even if you think they
might not enjoy it! Cheers!

 

Banana Kowboy.
 
Check out sites here
 
http://www.dragonboys.ca/

http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/
 
And Articles:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2007/01/01/3116203-cp.html