Hiroshima’s Side
In response to Bill Shinkai’s March 26 letter: He alleges “Taper paternalism toward Asian-Americans.” That has not been our experience during the development of the stage production “Sansei.” The Taper’s Gordon Davidson has given us tremendous support without tampering with the integrity of the piece.
Secondly, “Sansei” is based on the lives of four members of the Hiroshima band, with the text culled from taped interviews and discussions that were edited (not written as Shinkai assumes) by Bob Egan and Taper staffers.
Hiroshima has had right of approval on all matters regarding “Sansei” and its presentation.
As far as “trivializing the Sansei experience,” I can’t apologize for our lives.
DAN KURAMOTO
Los Angeles
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