http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/ Schema's dedicated Dragon Boys Shrine en Copyright 2007 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:27:02 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss You saw it. So what is your favourite scene and who is your favourite character?!?! Mine would be.. In part one where Movie Star (Lawrence Chou) is giving money to Willie the Duck (Eric Tsang) as compensation while Willie is watching tv. Willie's lines seem so typical of Eric Tsang's acting. **spoiler warning for below if you haven't seen the show!** My favourite character is Fox Boy (Derek Tsang). In my opinion, I think Fox Boy is the central character to the story but it was never explicitly shown that way. He was the master mind. He eliminated everyone in his way: his Dai Lo (Movie Star - Lawrence Chou), Movie Star's Dai Lo (Willie the Duck - Eric Tsang), and his weakest link - Fat Ass (Michael Adamthwaite)! Maybe Fox Boy had some help from Uncle Three (Greg Chan) but to pull all that off is an amazing feat for a minor player in the gangster game. And you know what? Fox Boy just acts so cool. So who is yours??]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/q_favourite_scene_and_characte.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/q_favourite_scene_and_characte.html Fandemonium Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:27:02 -0800 Don't you dare miss this CBC Special Presentation. Click here for Canadian schedule info. Audiences were blown away at both the Vancouver and Toronto screenings. Terry Woo, author of Banana Boys, was heard saying, "I knew it was going to be good. But not this good! See below for all the reviews and fan-response ... need we say more? All of us UBER-fans want this to get the same attention by CBC as Vanishing Sons (starring Russel Wong, 1994) did -- which also began as a four-part mini-series and followed by 13 TV-episodes (which never got to Canada). DRAGON BOYS IS EVEN BETTER! Superbly written, and stellar acting by an incredible cast!




]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/airing_this_sunday_and_monday.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/airing_this_sunday_and_monday.html Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:00:00 -0800 Totally blew me away... tightly scripted and directed, not an extraneous thread or wasted fragment of dialogue, characters you genuinely cared about. Eric Tsang was supremely entertaining, and great lines for Jean Yoon. Canadian TV at it's best!]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/terry_woos_comments.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/terry_woos_comments.html Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:33:55 -0800 If you can read the Chinese, check out this scan of an article that was published in one of the widest read Chinese-language papers, the Ming Pao Daily (GIF Image). ]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/ming_pao_article.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/ming_pao_article.html Reviews Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:59:37 -0800 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.]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/the_mean_streets_of_van_city_d.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/the_mean_streets_of_van_city_d.html Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:44:32 -0800 From CBC.ca - Arts | TV "The CBC-TV mini-series Dragon Boys opens with an unsettling one-two punch. A Chinese-Canadian teenager comes alive upon spotting a pretty Asian girl in a Vancouver arcade. A white friend says forget it, she's with the Dragon Boys. The first teen dismisses the threat of Asian gangs with a laugh, saying, "Every time two Chinese guys get together, white people think they're a gang." Next scene, a cleaver-bearing Dragon Boy visits a delinquent drug dealer. The armed enforcer has tattooed teardrops under his eyes that tally his every murder; and from the look he gives the dealer, it would appear that he is about to cry again." (Stephan Cole, January 5, 2007) Continue reading the complete interview by Stephan Cole (CBC.ca) here.]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/dragonslayer_a_conversation_wi.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/dragonslayer_a_conversation_wi.html Reviews Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:25:19 -0800 Posted on David Ing, at large: "One of the fringe benefits of living in an urban centre like Toronto is events like this free preview screening of Dragon Boys. Dragon Boys is tv mini-series produced by the CBC, with a story centering on a police officer and drug gangs in Vancouver. It has the distinction of being the first major television production in North America with all Asian Canadian leads." Read the complete blog post here. ]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/david_ing_writes_about_the_tor.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/david_ing_writes_about_the_tor.html Feedback Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:09:56 -0800 here. ]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/more_publicity.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/more_publicity.html Reviews Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:00:23 -0800 Dear Friends, Dragon Boys, the two part mini-series is airing this coming Sunday and Monday, Jan 7 and 8 at 8 pm to 10 pm. Working closely with the Asian Community, Writer/Exec Producer Ian Weir did a great job keeping it real, working with material outside his own culture. It stars some of my TO friends Jean Yoon and Simon Wong. Simon's character was especially real for me personally as I had started a youth gang upon my early arrival in TO. We even called ourselves "Nine Dragons" as there were initially nine of us from the same hood in Kowloon (translates 9 Dragons). I started the gang as a means of survival. I was constantly getting beat up after school by trailer trash bullies. The same trailer trash that were portray in Dragon Boys. My gang involvement strained my relationship with my dad who's Baldwin St. eatery was struggling with extortion threats from the triad at the time. Watching the preview on Tuesday night was like having my childhood flash me by.]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/response_from_toronto_screenin.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/response_from_toronto_screenin.html Feedback Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:37:27 -0800 I am highly impressed with the casting and plot of the story. I'm not a big TV fan but for me to sit there and watch 2 episodes back to back without feeling fidgety, it's a MUST see! I've told all of my friends and colleagues. Dewey Truong Vice President of Fieerce Inc. | www.fieerce.com More to come ... ]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/comments_from_toronto_preview.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/comments_from_toronto_preview.html Feedback Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:35:34 -0800 Thank you, CAC! See set of photos on Flickr here. 21 photos by Angela Ling, Annie Li and Kathy Lo. ]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/pictures_from_vancouver_screen.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/pictures_from_vancouver_screen.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:33:32 -0800 Georgia Straight (Vancouver), by Craig Takeuchi. "Two Chinese seniors are bludgeoned to death in a violent suburban home invasion; a Caucasian drug dealer is hacked up by an Asian gang; a Chinese Canadian teenager goes missing under suspicious circumstances. Are these news headlines? A Hollywood movie? While they could be either, these scenarios are from a new CBC TV miniseries called Dragon Boys (www.dragonboys.ca/). The two-part drama about Asian organized crime in the Lower Mainland, which airs Sunday and Monday (January 7 and 8 at 8 p.m.), follows multiple story lines and covers everything from Triads to seedy massage parlours and employs multilingual dialogue (English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Khmer, the language of Cambodia)." Read the whole article here.]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/dragon_boys_shoot_for_the_trut.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/dragon_boys_shoot_for_the_trut.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:19:42 -0800 From Driven Magazine: Features Armed with one of Canada's most accomplished directors guiding a star-laden cast, the CBC mini-series Dragon Boys thrusts Asian gangs into the national spotlight. The two-part, four-hour thriller gives viewers a rare glimpse into Vancouver's organized crime world and shines a light on the struggles of Asian immigrants trying to forge lives in Canada. Such a seminal project couldn't be trusted to just anyone. With eight Gemini Awards to his credit (as well as having directed Paris, France – known as one of the 50 most erotic films of all time), few Canadian directors have the pedigree of Jerry Ciccoritti (Trudeau, Lives of the Saints). As the son of immigrant parents, he also brought an intimate understanding of the motivation behind the characters in Dragon Boys." Continue reading the article by George Zicarelli in Driven Magazine. ]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/cbc_breaks_new_ground_with_dra.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/cbc_breaks_new_ground_with_dra.html Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:06:06 -0800 The Canadian Press. Published in 24 Hours Toronto and The Province: "Byron Mann, the star of the CBC miniseries "Dragon Boys," said he knew there was something extraordinary in the making as soon as he read the script that delved into the dark underworld of Asian organized crime in Vancouver." Read the complete article here. ]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/miniseries_delves_into_asian_o.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2007/01/miniseries_delves_into_asian_o.html Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:28:35 -0800 As you may already know, Jen Sookfong Lee is about to become one of the most celebrated newly published Canadian authors -- with her first novel, The End of East coming out in March (Knopf Canada), and the second in the works ... we were all really curious to know what she thought. Jen posted her response to the film on her blog. "... easily the best-acted and best-written television movie I've seen in years." More here. ]]> http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2006/12/boys_on_film_by_jen_sookfong_l.html http://www.schemamag.ca/Dragon_Boys/2006/12/boys_on_film_by_jen_sookfong_l.html Feedback Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:31:52 -0800