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There is a parallel between Miss Saigon and Cabaret. The stories are about Kim/Sally and Chris/Cliff, but the Engineer/Emcee is the star of the show. This was particularly so in the original West End and Broadway productions because Jonathan Pryce was a much bigger deal than Lea Salonga -- at least to Western audiences. And he really ate up ...

Mar 25, 2016 · So by alluding Madame Nhu or "Queen of Saigon", Lana Del Rey is implying the turbulent time period in the United Sates's history with the country's involvement in the Vietnam War; and also a girl whose life suddenly changes after night by marrying to a rich powerful man.

In Saigon, people answered the name is Saigon, but most of them also accept HCMC. A few locals answered, the only name is Saigon, and HCMC is the name given by the North Vietnamese, winners of the war.

I use "Saigon" in casual conversation and "Ho Chi Minh City" in all formal communications or during interviews or while speaking to someone in office. On envelopes it's TP.HCM which is short and easy.

Jul 16, 2014 · Saigon is the former name of the biggest city in Vietnam - now called "Ho Chi Minh City." There's history about it being anti-communist along with the rest of South Vietnam but then it became communist when the South was overtaken by the north and became one whole communist state.

Mar 4, 2023 · Help! Recently I watched something and for the sake of my life, I can't remember was it series or a movie, I just know I was so happy to see the "Still in Saigon" quote being referenced, but it went like "Still in [and then the place I can't remember so that's why I can't remember where I saw it]". If anyone has come across this, I would love you to enlighten me …

Miss Saigon to me is a pretty good reminder that most of the cogs in the musical theatre machine are white men. While there are so many people with so many different perspectives on the war, a second-gen immigrant or a Vietnamese person is less likely to be produced than a team backed by someone like Cameron Mackintosh, and that's just how it is.

I know that Saigon was the previous name before being renamed to Ho Chi Minh City after the Vietnam war. My mother, born in the south of Vietnam, and some of my relatives in Vietnam refer to the city as Saigon. But officially and by Vietnam nationalist, they refused to refer to it as Saigon due to the historical context of that name.

Dec 5, 2020 · It’s an unpopular opinion but some people dislike the musical for the reasons you mentioned and more. If you want another opinion this article explains the controversy with it as well. Miss Saigon