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The Mean Streets Of Van City: Dragon Boys takes an unflinching look at Asian-based organized crime

"Dragon Boys is the most provocative piece of drama made in B.C. since 1995, when a TV movie called Little Criminals, written by Vancouver's Dennis Foon, made viewers aware of the province's inability to manage very young offenders. Dragon Boys is bound to have a similar impact. It brings to light the challenges of a fully integrated, multicultural society and the problems of policing in that society's insular communities. Written by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Ian Weir (Edgemont), the miniseries has the edgy pace of a video game. And while Dragon Boys is entertaining and even gripping, it is uncomfortable to watch at times." Published in the National Post: Saturday, January 06, 2007

Continue reading this article by Alison Cunningham, CanWest News Service, here.
Read the JPEG scan of the newspaper clipping here.

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