Word: linã
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Dates: during 2003-2003
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...liberated” Victoria (played by Kiran Deol ’05, who was also Betty’s stuffy mother in Act I) and the working class lesbian Lin (Discepolo)—perched on a park bench in what used to be the veranda. Cozzens as Lin??s younger daughter makes for one of the most entertaining and appropriate cast choices, as the six-foot-plus actor has as much absurd physical presence as the rambunctious young girl has energy...
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW. Justin Lin??s complex, exhilarating breakthrough film features an all Asian-American cast and packs some real punch. Four high school overachievers inevitably bound for prestigious Ivy League universities turn to cheating, drugs and crime to escape the terrible ennui of their privileged suburban lives. Critic Roger Ebert stood up on a chair at the Sundance Film Festival to defend Lin??s portrayal of Asian-Americans. See full story in the April 11 issue. Better Luck Tomorrow screens...
Mainstream Hollywood was not built from risky business but from safe investments. All the acting and directing talent is nothing without opportunities to display it. This is Lin??s distinctly pragmatic view of the film industry, understandable since he couldn’t afford—literally—to be idealistic...
...spite of the scarcity of its budget, Better Luck Tomorrow is certainly impressive. For what Lin??s film lacks in money it makes up in creativity and energy, and magazines from Premiere to Newsweek to Rolling Stone have commented on this...
Part of the reason for the controversy at Sundance stemmed from Lin??s truthful, realistic depiction of Asian-American teenagers, a group often branded the “model minority...