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“The Mikado” Is Asian Blackface, Says Chinese-American Columnist

MUSIC Posted: July 17, 2014 12:10 am

Sharon Pian Chan: “The Mikado is the same shtick, different race. A black wig and white face powder stand in for shoeshine. Bowing and shuffling replaces tap dancing. Fans flutter where banjos would be strummed. … This is the wrong show – wrong for Seattle, wrong for this country and wrong for this century. And I don’t mean wong.”

MUSIC Published: 07.13.14

Read the story in The Seattle Times Published: 07.13.14

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