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--203.167.26.70 20:45, 5 October 2005 (UTC)wapak[reply]

further information

There's some more information about Miss Saigon at Alain Boublil — mostly statistics and such. Much of it probably could be removed from Boublil's page and added here, if it's accurate. Unfortunately, it appears to have been added by an anonymous contributor, so I can't vouch for its accuracy or currency. Anyway, I thought that people who have this page on their watchlist might be interested in sorting it out. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:19, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Added Song

I thought it was a real oversight not to include "The Heat Is On In Saigon" as a memorable song...it was used in ad campaigns for the show all the time and was the first MS song I knew before I went to see the show. Many take it as the "theme song" to the show even though it's the black sheep of the soundtrack...someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Criticism

Also, I think criticism of Miss Saigon ought to be explained a bit better. I feel that the current short little bit about Actors Equity is slightly biased...it makes them sound like a crazy bunch of unreasonable people or something, which may be some people's opinion, but there is another side too. In terms of racial issues, in the London production, Pryce (and if I'm not mistaken, also the white actor playing Thuy) had worn eye prosthesis and bronzing lotion to try to make himself look more "Asian", which is rather offensive to many. Also, the writing does perpetuate a lot of stereotypes about Asians and has Kim saying random made up steretypical mumbo jumbo stuff steeped in mysticism, like "paper dragons in the sky" etc. Anyways, I won't get into it. I'm just saying that I think it is important to note criticisms of the show as well. It doesn't have to be in a lot of detail, but it shouldn't be dismissed or omitted either in my opinion.

Drenched 03:28, 27 June 2006 (UTC)Drenched[reply]

"Popularity"

Personally, I think that the whole last paragraph under the header "Popularity" should be seriously edited, from: "Notability Miss Saigon was brought back in 2006 with the world High school Premiere at St. Joseph Regional in Montvale New Jersey..." to ..."University High School of Irvine, California will become the third high school to perform Miss Saigon, and has already received outstanding reviews." The VERY FIRST high school version of the show might be notable, but the whole ending about other high schools and their "outstanding reviews" is ridiculous.

If I don't hear any objections over the next few days, I'm going to edit that out and fix that paragraph big time. LBoogey 00:08, 21 July 2006 (UTC)LBoogey[reply]