Two of my law school buddies have been infected with the same meme as
of late: the western media representation of Asians. Miss Y. critiques Gwen Stefani and her Harajuku quartet and Miss. L. tackles the upcoming release of Memoirs of a Geisha.
I feel a bit guilty because after I saw the trailer for Memoirs of a
Geisha, I thought it would be fun to open up a modern geisha
revue. Something cheeky and theatrical like the recent burlesque
wave or the transvestite-themed restaurants (isn’t AsiaSF
just a low brow, kitschy, transgender form of geishadom? I don’t mean to
demean the art of the old practice in making the comparison, but both
require a fair amount of artifice and practice).
actually i wanted to start a chinese opera restaurant
reminscent of those old teahouses where you’d see chinese opera
while being served dim sum.
it’d be a cool place for school trips
and for practicing kung fu.