Miss Saigon LCHS - The Heat is on in Saigon

The Heat is on in Saigon from the 2008 Lewis and Clark High School production of Miss Saigon.

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• Miss
• Saigon
• Lewis
• Clark
• High
• School
• LCHS
• Pschirrer
• Tiger
• Drama
• Kim
• Chris
• Engineer
• John
• Gigi
• Mimi
• Salonga
• Heat
• Musical

[kirstyw14]

*sigh* American schools always have such high production values when they do a show. I'm so jealous!

[jsg03jd]

As opposed to a professional production where the same stereotypes are played out and a much more offensive level? This stuff happened. It's in the history books and the memories of Vietnam vets. Sad fact, but it's the truth, and that's what the show - amateur and professional - depicts outside the central love story of this piece.

[lister0fsmeg]

@kirstyw14 some aussie school go out full.... but remember you hear way too much keys because they still cant afford the full sound of 20 piece .

[drenched]

Wow, really impressive...best version I've seen on youtube! I have a love/hate relationship with Miss Saigon because its beautiful, but like its predecessor Madame Butterfly, it does perpetuate stereotypes of Asians. It was written by Frenchmen with a warped view of both Americans and Vietnamese...read the book about the making of Miss Saigon...some of the stuff they say/do is pretty ignorant/subtly racist.

[icieyjhay]

Nice one! Applause for you guys! This doesn't look like a high school production. Its Broadway already! :-) Though I noticed some dullness. Liveliness on the movements, I guess. The men should be moving more. Good chorus as well. But all in all, I loved it. :-)

[lavenderblossom]

@Jamnt0ast

Shut up bitch.

[lavenderblossom]

A High School production? Jesus...This was as good as Broadway!

[Jamnt0ast]

it is not

[jsg03jd]

I reckon racial issues and nuances were likely ignored other than those explicitly set forth in the book (BUI DOI, FALL OF SAIGON, Kim'a recitatives). I compare it to white girls cast as Aidas in high school productions of ELTON JOHN'S AIDA who probably don't even think about the significance of skin color, national origin and ethnicity when this type of reverse color-blind casting occurs.

[jsg03jd]

It's not just Asian women. Misogyny is so pervasive in this world that women don't even realize they're perpetuating it too, not just white men in power. I have no personal knowledge as to whether these kids were educated about the origins of this story from Pierre Loti's Madame Chrysanthemum to Puccini's Madama Butterfly. I assume they're just focused on the pop opera aspects of this show, and the racial issues were ignored because it appears as if most of the cast is Caucasian.

[imjayvee]

Oh please like a high school text book goes into all the nuances that happened in the Vietnam War. Ever measure how long that section was? I do agree with you jsg. It happened and is part of the history. But the people who continue to write histories and moreover this musical drew upon stereotypes from a previous opera (Madame Butterfly) that shows that Asian woman are disposable for the White lead to have a good life. I hope these kids were given a deeper background in this period.