To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
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Summer Rolls, Park Theatre, London
Affecting drama on the culture clash within a Vietnamese immigrant family
Summer Rolls
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
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ADVERTISING itself as the first British-Vietnamese play to be staged in this country, Tuyen Do’s script is a tightly structured, engaging and effective account of the challenges facing first and second-generation Vietnamese immigrants here.
The real drama, though, is not the racism they face but the tensions between generations. The older generation bears the concealed scars of the Vietnam war and clings to their cultural values, while the young try to deal with traditional parental expectations in a very different world.
Set in an oriental-style house dominated by two sewing machines, initially their only source of income, the family struggles to maintain a Vietnamese identity in an environment beset by financial hardships and social challenges.
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