Yellow face is a term to describe a white actor using makeup to change the color of their skin while portraying a character of an Asian descent. The concept for Yellow Face is based on David Henry Hwang’s own experience when he was involved in the 1990 protest over the Broadway transfer of Miss Saigon. In the London production, Johnathan Pryce played the role of Engineer (a Eurasian pimp) and wore eye prostheses and bronzing cream to appear “more Asian”. When the production transferred to Broadway, David Henry Hwang and B.D. Wong wrote letters of protest against Pryce’s casting. Actor’s
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