The Beacon explores the 2008 Boston Independent Film Festival
Narratives: Phoebe in Wonderland, Savage Grace, Ping Pong Playa
Nick McCarthy, Harry Vaughn
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: Arts and Entertainment
Expect an overload of crass Oedipal references in Kalin's twisted adaptation of Natalie Robin's novel, as well as a typically-stylized and emotionally-exhausting performance from the always-ballsy Julianne Moore.
- HV
Coolidge Corner Theatre
April 25, 7 p.m.
PING PONG PLAYA
Academy Award winning documentarian Jessica Yu (Breathing Lessons) embraces racial stereotypes. Yu takes a whack at narrative filmmaking with Ping Pong Playa, a story about an Asian teen named C-Dub Wang who is forced to teach ping-pong after his mother and brother are injured in a car accident.
Although C-Dub dreams of playing basketball, his entire family is dedicated to Ping Pong. His brother is a renowned champion, his father owns a Ping Pong shop and his mother teaches the game at the local community center. Once his family is incapable of running two of the three businesses on their own, it is up to C-Dub to drop all other passions and take on his family's source of income and joy. And I'm only guessing that he comes to love the art of Ping Pong in the process.
- HV
Coolidge Corner
April 27, 2 p.m.
Brattle Theatre
April 26, 11:30 a.m.
- HV
Coolidge Corner Theatre
April 25, 7 p.m.
PING PONG PLAYA
Academy Award winning documentarian Jessica Yu (Breathing Lessons) embraces racial stereotypes. Yu takes a whack at narrative filmmaking with Ping Pong Playa, a story about an Asian teen named C-Dub Wang who is forced to teach ping-pong after his mother and brother are injured in a car accident.
Although C-Dub dreams of playing basketball, his entire family is dedicated to Ping Pong. His brother is a renowned champion, his father owns a Ping Pong shop and his mother teaches the game at the local community center. Once his family is incapable of running two of the three businesses on their own, it is up to C-Dub to drop all other passions and take on his family's source of income and joy. And I'm only guessing that he comes to love the art of Ping Pong in the process.
- HV
Coolidge Corner
April 27, 2 p.m.
Brattle Theatre
April 26, 11:30 a.m.
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