On Demand
Survival Kit
Sunday, September 07, 2003
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B.D. Wong
B.D. Wong has always resisted being typecast. He’s played a prison chaplain in the HBO series Oz, a transvestite opera star in M. Butterfly, a psychiatrist in Law and Order: SVU, and the sweet-natured Linus in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. His films have included Father of the Bride I and II, Jurassic Park, Seven Years in Tibet, and Mulan. He’s also been an outspoken advocate for Asian-American artists, and has shared the story of the premature birth of his son in his memoir, Following Foo. With all of that in mind, I’m curious about what he’d put in his cultural survival kit.
His list:
1. the live, complete recording of Julia Sweeney's one-woman show, "God Said Ha"
2. Mark Isham's score from the movie soundtrack of "The Moderns"
3. Vintage video: "Harold and Maude," "Nine to Five," "Airplane"
4. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell 5. Eiko by Eiko or Eiko on Stage; art books of the work by Eiko Ishioka
6. King Matt the First by Janusz Korczak
7. cds: Morphine's "Bootleg Detroit"; Ben Folds' "Rockin' the Suburbs"; U2's "The Best Of, 1980-1990"
8. dvds: Margaret Cho's "I'm the One that I Want," or "Notorious C.H.O."
1. the live, complete recording of Julia Sweeney's one-woman show, "God Said Ha"
2. Mark Isham's score from the movie soundtrack of "The Moderns"
3. Vintage video: "Harold and Maude," "Nine to Five," "Airplane"
4. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell 5. Eiko by Eiko or Eiko on Stage; art books of the work by Eiko Ishioka
6. King Matt the First by Janusz Korczak
7. cds: Morphine's "Bootleg Detroit"; Ben Folds' "Rockin' the Suburbs"; U2's "The Best Of, 1980-1990"
8. dvds: Margaret Cho's "I'm the One that I Want," or "Notorious C.H.O."
