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Article: `PACIFIC OVERTURES' USHERS IN NEW ERA.(L.A. LIFE) (theater review)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- March 27, 1998
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Byline: Reed Johnson Daily News Staff Writer
Funny how you can lose a battle but still win the war.
It happened in 1853 when Commodore Matthew Perry used gunboat diplomacy to pry open trade with Japan - not dreaming that someday his countrymen would be awash in low-priced Asian imports.
It happened again in the early 1990s, when the creators of ``Miss Saigon'' tapped Englishman Jonathan Pryce to play a Vietnamese pimp, over the outraged protests of many Asian-American actors.
Now, ironically, because of ``Miss Saigon's'' blockbuster success, there are scores of Asian-Americans who know their way around a Broadway stage. No less than ...