←Recommendations of Grace and Janette Like White Guys

Cho has a definite knack for spoof! A lot of laugh out loud lines mixed in with very real critiques on on race, stereotypes and the entertainment industry. I enjoyed getting to see the whole span of Grace and Janette's relationship and the ending and post-script scene are great!

A hysterical buddy comedy that explores issues around identity and racism. I am so glad that plays like this exist and voices like Sarah Cho's are around to make us face some uncomfortable truths.

I adore comedy grounded in "mostly realism." Something contemporary with the BIGGEST BALLS that, every so often, takes that quick left turn into complete absurdity with the utmost sincerity. It never fails to provide fun, raucous, pointed hilarity, and Cho provides it in spades. She also provides a scathing indictment of the entertainment industry for literally ruining society and warping our minds, wrapping everything in a story of what it really means to be an Asian-American woman in your 20s. This is a fantastic piece of theatre that you should know about.

The representation of the online world is delightful here, as is the entirety of Cho's bold theatricality that combines heightened and satirical tropes and clever double casting with a complex intersectional conversation about race/racism, love, and the fetishization of Asian and Asian American women. Janette and Grace's dynamic is hilarious and their connections and conflicts illuminate so much about the ways patriarchal white supremacy infects the sense of self worth of folks of different identifiers. The exploration here struck me as beautifully specific, while still allowing room for me to consider whiteness' impacts on other BIPOC folks.

A hilarious and uncomfortable (in a good way) exploration of what it means to be Asian in American culture when Hollywood through rom coms upholds white men as the romantic ideal. Cho explores problematic aspects of dating culture, particularly niche dating apps and dating filters/racial profiling in dating. She throws smart and deft curveballs into her story and at her characters. This is a fascinating, fun, highly producible play with an unsettling core that will lead to interesting discussions.

When I saw the title, I just knew I had to read this play. I literally laughed out loud. This is such an insane dating phenomenon that happens with Asian-American women, myself included. Grace and Janette Like White Guys is a raucous farce that satirizes while also touching upon the deep-seeded issues that plague our self-worth, image, and confidence as Asian women in the online dating sphere. And, as always, there's a healthy sense of competition. Really reminded me of my ghosts of dating past.