What I liked
Both actors are fantastic in their roles, the story is moving, and the dialogue is as natural as it gets.
What I didn't like
The ending audience interaction was a bit jarring, I could have used a bit of a heads up!
My overall impression
An incredibly personal story that is simultaneously very specific, and yet feels oddly universal.
There are many different levels to this show. On the surface it’s a story about being a child of an immigrant, about being queer, about mourning your parent before they’re gone. But those are just the starting points that allow for a deeper examination of the relationship at the core of this story.
It takes the audience on a journey that looks at how our parent’s lives shape them, and how that in turn shapes their expectations of us. Then we go a level deeper and look at how their expectations shape us. Because ultimately we have break those expectations of to become the people we need to be.
I’m not a child of an immigrant, trans, or a person of color, but I saw a lot of myself and my own family in this show. In the mess, the love, and everything in between.
