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| NOW | MAY 29 - JUN 4, 2003 | VOL. 22 NO. 39 |
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DON'T MISS OUT
CLEVER SATIRE MISS ORIENT(ED) TAKES TOUGH LOOK AT RACE AND BEAUTY
BY GLENN SUMI
MISS ORIENT(ED) by Nina Aquino and Nadine Villasin, directed by Guillermo Verdecchia, with Aquino, Villasin, Marie V. Cruz, Christina Florencio and Fely Villasin. Presented by Carlos Bulosan Theatre at the Factory Studio (125 Bathurst). Runs to June 8, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinee Sunday 2:30 pm. $15-$20, Sunday pwyc. 416-504-9971. Rating: NNNN
WHO'S THE IDEAL FILIPINA CANADIAN? Miss Orient(ed), a charming winner of a play by
Nina Aquino and Nadine Villasin, uses the campy conventions of beauty pageants to examine tough themes like racism, assimilation and ambition in an immigrant
society. Set at a mock pageant and hosted with note-perfect false sincerity by a former pageant winner called The Beauty Icon (Marie V. Cruz), the show pits three very different women of Filipino background against each other to parade around in gowns, display their questionable talents (karaoke, anyone?) and deliver answers about world peace they've rehearsed to death.
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