Miss Saigon Musical - 1214 Words

The heat is on in Saigon. With larger than life visual spectacle, that dazzles audiences, Miss Saigon does not fall short of its difficult subject matter. Centering around tragic love tale, in which an American GI soldier falls hopelessly in love with a Vietnamese girl, the story quickly unravels and begins to test the true idea of love at first sight. As one of the most successful musicals in the world, Miss Saigon addresses the ideas surrounding war and imperialism while exposing the egregious stereotypes between America and the Vietnamese. During the 1970s while America was at war with Vietnam, there were large amounts of weakened faith in the government. And as one scholar mentions, â€Å"The United States also paid a high political cost for the Vietnam War. It weakened public faith in government, and in the honesty and competence of its leaders. 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