June 25, 2004 ISSUE
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   COVER STORY
The Laws of Mary Yukari Waters
Author Mary Yukari Waters talks about her childhood joys, overcoming hardships, and the fateful UCLA writing course that changed her life.
Blissfully Yours: Subtlety is Bliss
Criticisms like "this is a typical art film - pretentious, slow, unengaging, for no discernible reason but to torture the audience" ignore the wealth of thought loaded into each scene in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Blissfully Yours."
Doing the Butterfly the Asian American Way
 Director Chay Yew stages a re-visualization of the Tony award winning play by David Henry Hwang, starring Arye Gorss and Alec Mapa.


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June 25, 2004

 

F I L M
  
From Boxing Gloves to Lipstick
Famed Thai boxer, Nong Toom, endures heartbreaks, triumphs of life and transgender identity in "Beautiful Boxer" screened at this year's UCLA Thai Film Festival.
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C L I P S
  
June 25, 2004: News Bites
Indian and Pakistani bands unite, M. Night Shymalan goes sour, Jackie Chan becomes a 'True Actor' and more in this week's issue of News Bites.
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F O R E I G N
 
June 25, 2004: News From Abroad
Korean music group Baby Vox faces copy infringement lawsuit, Chinese singer A-mei gets boycotted by fans, Vietnamese filmmaker Khuong Me dies of prolonged illness, and many more in this issue of News from Abroad.
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