A Night with Bruce Lee |
| Published: October 8, 2008, 5:03 am |
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BE LIKE LEE: Cesar Cipriano as material arts expert, actor and disco dancer Bruce Lee in "Be Like Water: Production photos by Michael LamontSolo show artist and writer Dan Kwong new play is in the final week of a World Premiere run at East-West Players, and his first multi-character piece is billed as a drama, yet is staged as light-hearted comedy. That may be what is confusing the performers, audience and critics. Be Like Water also illustrates a Downtown dilemma: reading reviews to find how to spend an evening. The Los Angeles Times loathed to dislike it, Downtown News loathed to like it, and media sponsor Rafu Shimpo found nothing wrong with it. I went anyway and wasn't disappointed at all. The younger cast members are better than some reviews would have you believe, as they have the charm, anger, and energy of being 14 year olds trying to find their way to adulthood, and falling short.At the center is the tomboy eighth-grader and martial arts [ Full article ] |
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