JOHN has seen CHRIS’S interest in KIM and goes off to buy her for the night from the ENGINEER as a surprise for his friend.) (Across the room, the ENGINEER speaks to KIM.) ENGINEER see little princess, I was right you are the first to score tonight you caught that sergeant by the nose you…
[ENGINEER] Hey monsieur John, how’d you like to get rich Go home in style. . .? [JOHN] Yeah okay, what’s the pitch? [ENGINEER] A U.S. visa to help me out Lend me a bit of your embassy clout [JOHN] There isn’t a chance pal, you’re too well known Look, what I want is that girl…
[GIGI] They are not nice, they’re mostly noise They swear like men, they screw like boys I know there’s nothing in their hearts But every time I take one in my arms It starts: The movie in my mind The dream they leave behind A scene I can’t erase And in a strong GI’s embrace…
[“Dreamland” is a club filled with American Marines,] [civilians and south Vietnamese officers. The girls parade] [around and get the crowd to buy raffle tickets:] [the winner of the “beauty contest” will be the prize.] [AMERICANS] The heat is on in Saigon The girls are hotter than hell One of these slits here will be…
[A Friday night in April 1975.] [Backstage at an after-hours club in Saigon.] [Vietnamese bar-girls are getting into costumes.] [GIRLS] One of us will be Miss Saigon [ENGINEER] I spread the word – it’s Miss Saigon [GIGI] Who’s left to screw who hasn’t gone [ENGINEER] Shut up! and get your hot pants on [GIGI] Each…
“Sun and Moon” is such a romantic song that it makes you forget that Miss Saigon is basically a love story between a neophyte prostitute and the the customer who popped her cherry. Bad things are bound to happen but songs like this make you hope for the best. It might be the biggest reason…
“Miss Saigon” was probably one of the earliest “rude awakenings” I have ever had when it comes to musicals. I learned of the story first from the protesters then who vilified this musical as a production that glorified prostitution. Generalizations come and go but still, speaking against such productions will never be a guarantee that…
I first learned about Miss Saigon as a kid after it was reported that Lea Salonga was chosen to play the title role. I did not realize the impact of the story until some years later when Miss Saigon was finally staged in Manila. There was a media backlash regarding “the glorification of prostitution” in…