Flower Drum Song: Difference between revisions

 

Although not among the most well-known musicals by the song-writing duo, the stage and film productions are notable for having almost all-Asian casts. ''Flower Drum Song'' averts many negative tropes associated with Asians in American media during the 50s and 60s, including [[Me Love You Long Time]], [[Mighty Whitey]] as seen in another Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, [[The King and I]]; and [[Yellowface]], though [[Fake Nationality|not all actors were Chinese or Chinese-American]].

 

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