{"product_id":"songs-of-the-dragons-flying-to-heaven-and-other-plays-paperback","title":"Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYoung Jean Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever noticed how most Asian Americans are slightly brain- damaged from having grown up with Asian parents? begins the Korean American protagonist of \u003ci\u003eSongs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, the singular work by Young Jean Lee. This is the first collection by the downtown writer-director, whose explorations of stereotypes of race, gender, and religion are unflinching--and seat-squirming funny. This volume includes the following plays: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs of the Dragon Flying to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scathingly mischievous...\u003ci\u003eSongs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocateur's funny, guns-blazing take on the utter banality of ethnic stereotypes and other cross-cultural outrages. In its slyly eccentric way, it's an evening of enlightenment.\" -Peter Marks, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Part performance art, part comic sketches, fights, dance, song and 'reverse Bible study, ' and at times strangely serious, \u003ci\u003eDragons\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracingly funny...always provocative equal-opportunity offender.\" -Robert Hurwitt, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Gate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Miss Lee has a talent for evocative and sometimes grotesque imagery, and on the attack she is at the height of her powers.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChurch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I will happily worship in the house of Young Jean Lee.\" -David Cote, \u003ci\u003eTimeOut New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thoroughly entertaining, uplifting, inescapable piece of art...So thought provoking, it's only appropriate to give thanks and praise.\" -Helen Shaw, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePullman, WA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lee's] new work has the deadpan simplicity of the plays of Richard Maxwell and the awkward, secretly suffering angst of a teenage diarist working through an identity crisis.... It is an honest  work] that takes itself seriously, and that is refreshing. -Jason Zinoman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e is the happiest literary desecration since Amy Freed's \u003ci\u003eThe Bard of Avon\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Shakespeare declared, 'I have great thought-like things within my head.'\" -Jeremy McCarter, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lee is a queen of unease; chuckles never come unaccompanied by squirms.\" -\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYaggoo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rising star of the downtown theatre scene.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Jean Lee\u003c\/b\u003e has written and directed shows in New York with Young Jean Lee's Theater Company and toured her work to over twenty cities around the world. Her plays include \u003ci\u003eStraight White Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe're Gonna Die\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUntitled Feminist Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shipment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSongs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e. Awards include two Obies, the Festival Prize of the Zuercher Theater Spektakel, a Prize in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Doris Duke Artist Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Jean Lee\u003c\/b\u003e has written and directed shows in New York with Young Jean Lee's Theater Company and toured her work to over twenty cities around the world. Her plays include \u003ci\u003eStraight White Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe're Gonna Die\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUntitled Feminist Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shipment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSongs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e. Awards include two Obies, the Festival Prize of the Zuercher Theater Spektakel, a Prize in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Doris Duke Artist Award. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.4 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771587887392,"sku":"9781559363266","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2f417a07cb415f8b6f0308b2198c4e86.webp?v=1780388960","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/songs-of-the-dragons-flying-to-heaven-and-other-plays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}