Jennifer Lim

David Henry Hwang on His New Play ‘Chinglish’

Perhaps this has happened to you before. You’ve said something that someone misunderstood –  with or without a translator. Due to culture, language, or even gender, a statement like “I appreciate your frankness” comes across as “I enjoy your rudeness.”  The new play, “Chinglish” pays tribute to, and pokes fun at, these moments when something gets lost […]