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Aloha Las Vegas*

Aloha Las Vegas*

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    By Edward Sakamoto.

    Edward Sakamoto is one of Hawai'i's most popular playwrights. His  skillfully constructed depictions of “local life” and command of  stylized narrative devices have earned him recognition and acclaim both  in the Islands and elsewhere in the U.S. The three plays collected here  present an expertly dramatized panorama of life in Hawai'i from 1959 to 1994.

    A'ala Park explores a working-class milieu with honesty and  humor in this gripping study of a young man stunted by a slum  environment at the time of statehood. Stew Rice, juxtaposing the  hopes of the late 1950s with the realities of the late 1970s, charts the  fortunes of three highschool buddies and the consequences of their  individual decisions to leave or remain in Hawai'i. Aloha Las Vegas centers on a retired baker, land rich but cash poor, who wrestles with the decision to relocate to Las Vegas in 1994.

    Sakamoto is quick to challenge easy affirmations and identifications.  Beneath their feel-good humor and celebration of local language and  culture, the plays have a depth and an unpredictability. As Dennis  Carroll observes in his Introduction, all of them center on the theme of  “Hawai'i versus the mainland” and the challenges of relocation–the  ambiguities of the definition of “home” and whether it can ever be  recovered or regained–and the special qualities of local life that can  or cannot be transplanted. This theme is relevant to all Americans  familiar with the immigrant experience, not only those living in  Hawai'i. A glossary of pidgin words and terms is included.

    Paper: 212 pp.

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