James Roque - Boy Mestizo
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| Venue | Basement Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||
| Umbrella Event | New Zealand International Comedy Festival (NZICF) 2019 | |||||||
| First Date | 14 May 2019 | |||||||
| Last Date | 18 May 2019 | |||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||||
| Status | Professional | |||||||
| World Premiere | Yes | |||||||
| Description | After a successful run at last year’s Melbourne and New Zealand International Comedy Festivals, comedian James Roque introduces his new show Boy Mestizo - the next step in his journey to get back to his Filipino roots.
Boy Mestizo is a light-hearted, hilariously honest, no-holds-barred takedown of the colonial thinking that grips the Filipino diaspora. From pinching their baby’s noses to try make it pointier like a white nose to using skin whitening products to try and make their skin whiter - no stone is left unturned as Roque asks the universal question; when you dismantle your history, |
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| Description Source | Website | |||||||
| Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||
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Comedy
Asian Theatre |
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| Subjects |
Colonisation
History Mixed Race Multicultural Philippines Racism |
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| Event Identifier | 213947 | |||||||
| Dataset | Theatre Aotearoa | |||||||
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