In a story that deals with explosive Internet virality, though, ignition points in the story don’t quite build enough dramatic spark to hit as hard as they could. | ✍️ Dan Jakes
was written to be performed to an audience already immersed in the nonlinear modern history of queer rights in Singapore, a fact that gave director Carol Ann Tan some pause to present to a Chicago audience. In practice, though, sharing this uncompromised vision of Joel Tan’s story with Americans introduces viewers to enlightening parallels and echoes of both progress and backwards steps taken in the West.
In a story that deals with explosive Internet virality, though, ignition points in the story don’t quite build enough dramatic spark to hit as hard as they could. Reliance on aging and de-aging actors, too, creates artifice in a story deeply rooted in generational politics. But moments of tenderness, like those between father and son , or clandestine lovers , ring true and hit home—wherever that is.
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