Hillsborough Community College Visual and Performing Arts presents: Mr. Yunioshi. This one-man comedy cleverly explores Mickey Rooney’s [infamous] discriminatory and ignorant performance as Mr. Yunioshi in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” often pointed to as the most egregious example of yellowface in the movies. Rooney’s ‘over the top’ characterization is cringeworthy to watch to this day, but it also raises several questions: Should actors have the opportunity to play ANY role? Could there ever have been a ‘right’ way to play it? And what compels an actor to play a character that they really shouldn’t be playing? Asian-American writer and performer J. Elijah Cho attempts to explore these topics and more in this funny and poignant satire.

Performances are Wednesday, April 19th at 7:30pm and Thursday, April 20th at 2pm
Studio Theatre, HCC Ybor City Campus

Tickets and more information at https://www.hccfl.edu/theatre

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