Miss Saigon

seadoug

seadoug

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We went to see this play yesterday for the third time in probably 20 years. It is such an excellent play with a great score. But each time I forget how tragic the story is. The second act opened with pictures of the many children that were born to Vietnamese women and American GIs. Most of the GIs went home and many of the mothers gave the babies up for adoption. They were neither recognized as Vietnamese nor American.

We were sitting next to a gentleman who was commenting on certain parts of the play. We talked to him and he told us he was stationed in Vietnam. He told us he didn't know our party affiliation but felt it was a useless war. He was there with his wife. By the end of the play, he was visibly crying.

Again, it is such a tragic story but a real history lesson.
 

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I was never in Nam, but I understood GIs had 'mama sans', who washed the GIs clothes, cleaned weapons, etc. And if paid, the women would act as wives. Supposedly, every GI had a "number", it was the count down of days left from 1 year's tour in V.N. The Vietnamese didn't have a "number".
 
The Princess of Wales theatre in Toronto under went a significant renovation in order to accommodate the life size mock up of a Huey helicopter that was used in the Toronto production. JimB.
 
jimintoronto said:
The Princess of Wales theatre in Toronto under went a significant renovation in order to accommodate the life size mock up of a Huey helicopter that was used in the Toronto production. JimB.
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I was seated up in the gods and it really sounded like they were buzzing round me , made my heart pound , I felt I was actually in the thick of it .
 
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