Yellow Fever

Yellow Fever brings old school detective films back to Firehall Arts Centre

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Content warning: anti-Asian racism Yellow Fever is Firehall Arts Centre’s dedication to the film noir era and Japanese Canadian experiences on Powell Street. It stars Hiro Kanagawa as the cynical but charming private eye, Sam Shikaze, investigating the disappearance of the Cherry Blossom Queen. Narrating the story, Shikaze contends with racism post-World War II. The play stayed generally true to the original version written by playwright Rick Shiomi but deviated in the beginning, connecting racism facing Asian Canadians then and now. Set in the 1970s, director Donna Spencer writes in the program that this play was…

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