11 Journal of Theater Studies 2013 1 89-112 亞 裔 男 性 演 員 在 美 國 : 五 反 田 寬 的 美 國 狗 去 死 吧 前 言 Frank Chin 1 the second wave David Henry Hwang Philip Kan Gotanda Yankee Dawg You Die 1988 1951- * 1 (Velina Hasu Houston) (Esther Kim Lee) (generation) MFA Velina Hasu Houston, Introduction, The Politics of Life: Four Plays by Asian American Women (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993), p. 23. Esther Kim Lee, A History of Asian American Theatre (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), pp. 125-126. -89-
The Avocado Kid 1979 A Song for a Nisei Fisherman The Wash The Wash 1988 The Kiss 1992 Life Tastes Good 1999 2 3 4 Southwark Theatre Orphan of China Voltaire 1694-1778 1755 2 Michael Omi, Introduction, in Fish Head Soup and Other Plays, by Philip Kan Gotanda (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991), p. xvi. 3 Esther Kim Lee, pp. 145-146. Ann-Marie Dunbar, From Ethnic to Mainstream Theater: Negotiating Asian American in the Plays of Philip Kan Gotanda, American Drama 14.1(Winter 2005): 15-31. 4 Michael Omi, p. xx. -90-
Tong Hook Tong The Yankees in China, 1839 Irishman in China, 1842 The Cockney in China, 1848 5 A History of Asian American Theatre Asian American Asian American Theatre Yuji Ichioka The East West Players 5 1870 1879 The Chinese Must Go James Moy Marginal Sights: Staging the Chinese in America (1993) 1930 Esther Kim Lee, pp. 8-10. -91-
Orientals Asian American 一 亞 裔 男 性 代 表 : 傅 滿 州 與 陳 查 理 dragon lady lotus blossom 6 Sax Rohmer 6 14 1921-1980 1925 1949 47 2007 75 152-153 -92-
7 8 Earl Derr Biggers 1957 The Charlie Chan Film Encyclopedia 9 Edward Said representation The Chickencoop Chinaman 10 7 46 8 Tsai Chin James S Moy, Marginal Sights: Staging the Chinese in America (Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1993), p. 105. 9 46 10 Chinamen are made, not born. See Frank Chin, The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of the Dragon (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1981), p. 6. -93-
11 癯 racist love racist hate 12 13 二 口 音 之 必 要 11 72 12 2000 221 13 1996 185-210 -94-
14 dawg dog dawg dog slippage Vincent Bradely scenes interludes 15 thirty-four dirty floor dawg dog Nancy Wang Yuen 14 Philip Kan Gotanda, Author s introduction to Yankee Dawg You Die, New American Plays, vol. I, ed. Peter Filichia (Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann,1992), pp. 79-81. 15 Philip Kan Gotanda, Yankee Dawg You Die (New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1991), p. 6. -95-
16 Homi K. Bhabha 17 Spencer 18 Scott 19 mimicry 16 Nancy Wang Yuen, Performing Race, Negotiating Identity: Asian American Professional Actors in Hollywood, Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity and Ethnicity. Eds. Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou (New York: Routledge, 2004). 17 Homi Bhabha, The Other Question, Screen 24 (November 1983): 18-36. 18 Nancy Wang Yuen, p. 255. 19 Nancy Wang Yuen, p. 260. -96-
hybridity ambivalence slippage collective catharsis 20 Josephine Lee 21 三 西 貢 小 姐 風 波 Mako Iwamatsu 1933-2006 20 Homi Bhabha, The Location of Culture (New York: Routledge, 1994), pp. 85-92. 21 Josephine Lee, Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997), pp. 96-103. -97-
22 unmarked site of privilege 23 Romeo and Juliet West Side Story, 1961 Natalie Wood 24 Miss Saigon, 1989 Engineer Playwrights Horizons Frank Rich 25 Mackintosh 22 Esther Kim Lee, p. 24. 23 Dorinne Kondo, About Face: Performing Race in Fashion and Theater (New York: Routledge, 1997), p. 6. 24 1986 Harry Newman, Holding Back: The Theatre s Resistance to Non-Traditional Casting, TDR 33.3 (Autumn 1989): 23. 25 Frank Rich, Miss Saigon Arrives, From the Old School, New York Times 12 April 1991, p. C1. Esther Kim Lee A History of Asian American Theatre Karen Shimakawa National Abjection -98-
Lea Salonga Jonathan Pryce Actors Equity Association minstrel show reverse racism minority terrorism thought police censorship 26 Karen Shimakawa Angela Pao 26 Karen Shimakawa, National Abjection: The Asian American Body Onstage (Durham: Duke University Press, 2002), p. 55. Face Value(1993) Yellow Face(2007) -99-
27 28 Flow Drum Song 29 27 Karen Shimakawa, pp. 45-48. 28 Esther Kim Lee, pp. 198-199. 29 Esther Kim Lee, p. 199. -100-
四 抵 抗 或 順 從?: 亞 裔 演 員 的 矛 盾 Asian oriental gay homosexual independent films low-budget movies films about people like... Saki -101-
30 Richard Fung 31 30 Philip Kan Gotanda, Yankee Dawg You Die, p. 26. 31 Richard Fung, Looking for My Penis: The Eroticized Asian in Gay Video Porn, How Do I -102-
M. Butterfly 32 33 Look? Queer Film and Video, ed. Bad Object-Choices (Seattle: Bay Press, 1991), p. 148. 32 And being an Oriental, I could never be completely a man. David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly (New York: Penguin, 1993), p. 83. 33 Nancy Wang Yuen, pp. 254, 256. -103-
34 B 35 pleasure 36 37 34 Karen Shimakawa, p. 116. 35 Philip Kan Gotanda, Yankee Dawg You Die, pp. 25-26. 36 Karen Shimakawa, p. 117. 37 Philip Kan Gotanda, Yankee Dawg You Die, pp. 25-26. -104-
38 結 語 Martin Luther King 1929-1968 39 community 38 Philip Kan Gotanda, Yankee Dawg You Die, p. 50. 39 Philip Kan Gotanda, Author s introduction to Yankee Dawg You Die, p. 44. -105-
40 41 UCLA 42 40 Moy disfigured James S Moy, pp. 124-125. 41 Philip Kan Gotanda, Yankee Dawg You Die, p. 46. 42 Philip Kan Gotanda, Yankee Dawg You Die, p. 50. -106-
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亞 裔 男 性 演 員 在 美 國 : 五 反 田 寬 的 美 國 狗 去 死 吧 Frank Chin David Henry Hwang Philip Kan Gotanda Yankee Dawg You Die 1988 1951- 關 鍵 字 : 亞 裔 美 國 戲 劇 亞 裔 演 員 五 反 田 寬 美 國 狗 去 死 吧 西 貢 小 姐 -108-
Asian Actors in America: Philip Kan Gotanda s Yankee Dawg You Die Hsiao-mei HSIEH Assistant Professor, Department of Drama and Theatre, National Taiwan University The Asian American theatre movement emerged with the rise of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, which challenged white-male dominance and gave voice to minorities. The efforts of pioneering Asian American playwrights such as Frank Chin in the 1970s paved way for the second wave playwrights, among whom David Henry Hwang and Philip Kan Gotanda (1951-) gained mainstream acceptance and visibility since the 1980s. This essay discusses one of Gotanda s plays, Yankee Dawg You Die. By portraying the interactions between two actors of different generations, the play debates what role an Asian American actor should play in the entertainment business. The Asian American community had long been constructed as alien by the mainstream media. In what way does an Asian American actor, as part of the industry, regard his own profession? The work of Asian American performing artists often has to negotiate with various established oriental stereotypes. How does an Asian American playwright play with these images and further subvert them? In this article, I examine the US performing arts industry, and the relatively marginal position of Asian American actors, while attempting to situate the play Yankee Dawg You Die in this historical context for analysis. In the beginning of the play the two actors seem to represent two totally different visions, but in the end the author suggests that compliance and confrontation, submissiveness and resistance, are actually two sides of a coin for an Asian American actor. Keywords: Asian American theatre Asian American actor Philip Kan Gotanda Yankee Dawg You Die Miss Saigon -109-
徵 引 書 目 1996 2007 2000 Bhabha, Homi. The Other Question. Screen 24 (November 1983): 18-36.. The Location of Culture. New York: Routledge, 1994. Chin, Frank. The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of the Dragon. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1981. Dunbar, Ann-Marie. From Ethnic to Mainstream Theater: Negotiating Asian American in the Plays of Philip Kan Gotanda. American Drama 14.1 (Winter 2005): 15-31. Fung, Richard. Looking for My Penis: The Eroticized Asian in Gay Video Porn. How Do I Look? Queer Film and Video. Ed. Bad Object-Choices. Seattle: Bay Press, 1991. Gotanda, Philip Kan. Yankee Dawg You Die. New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1991.. Author s introduction to Yankee Dawg You Die. New American Plays, vol. I. Ed. Peter Filichia. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 1992. Houston, Velina Hasu. Introduction. The Politics of Life: Four Plays by Asian American Women. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993. Hwang, David Henry. M. Butterfly. New York: Penguin, 1993.. Yellow Face. New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 2008. Kondo, Dorinne. About Face: Performing Race in Fashion and Theater. New York: Routledge, 1997. Lee, Esther Kim. A History of Asian American Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Lee, Josephine. Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997. Moy, James S. Marginal Sights: Staging the Chinese in America. Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1993. Newman, Harry. Holding Back: The Theatre s Resistance to Non-Traditional Casting. TDR 33.3 (Autumn 1989): 22-36. Omi, Michael. Introduction. Fish Head Soup and Other Plays. Philip Kan Gotanda. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991. Rich, Frank. Miss Saigon Arrives, From the Old School. New York Times, April 12, 1991. C1. Said, Edward W. Orientalism. New York: Vintage, 1979. Shimakawa, Karen. National Abjection: The Asian American Body Onstage. Durham: Duke University Press, 2002. -110-
Yuen, Nancy Wang. Performing Race, Negotiating Identity: Asian American Professional Actors in Hollywood. Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity and Ethnicity. Eds. Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou. New York: Routledge, 2004. -111-
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