{"product_id":"9780573699405","title":"Cowboy Versus Samurai","description":"Comedy\u003cp\u003eCharacters: 3 male, 1 female\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy exploring the sexual dynamics that surface around race when an attractive Korean American woman moves to town. The play is a politically edgy examination of inter-racial dating and identity through irony, humor, and social commentary. Travis Park is a high school English teacher and the only Korean American man living in a dusty cowboy town known as Breakneck, Wyoming. When a gorgeous, whip-smart Asian American woman moves into town, he immediately falls for her; the only problem is that she only dates white men. In this savagely funny and often moving comic re-telling of Edmond Rostand's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCyrano De Bergerac\u003c\/em\u003e, one man must choose allegiance between his cowboy friend (a dim, handsome, Caucasian P.E. teacher named Del) and his Asian Brother-with-a-Capital-B (crazed, militant Asian of Unknown Origin, Chester). He must choose between the Asian American and the American within himself - between \u003cem\u003eCowboy Vs. Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e - in a pursuit of a love that may only be as real as the love letters he writes for someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With requisite moments of truth, hilarity, and despair, [\u003cem\u003eCowboy vs. Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e] is a thoughtful, thoroughly compelling piece of theater.\" -\u003cem\u003eOff Off Online\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A hilarious commentary on racial stereotypes under the umbrella of a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac love story.\" -\u003cem\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Explores culture, stereotypes and self-hatred with sharp wit and frequent wisdom...\u003cem\u003eCowboy vs Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e shouldn't be pigeonholed as an Asian play or a work about race - it is much more a story about friendship, love and belonging.\" -\u003cem\u003eSanDiego.com\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gentle, genial, frequently wise comedy of character and race... Yee-haws all around!\" -\u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sharp, thoughtful, witty... Superb.\" -\u003cem\u003eSouth China Morning Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samuel French, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014586089712,"sku":"9780573699405","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780573699405_p0.jpg?v=1763720251","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780573699405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}