Fall Arts: Trieu Tran’s One-Man Show at ACT Aiming to defy Asian entertainment stereotypes. By Brian Miller • September 18, 2012 12:00 am ...

Trieu Tran in 'Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam,' performed Sept. 17-Oct 6, ... eventually landing roles in movies like “Tropic Thunder” and the award-winning TV series “The Newsroom.” ...

“Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam”: This powerful one-man show at ACT Theatre is about a Vietnamese refugee and former gang member who travels with his mother and siblings from the fall of Saigon to ...

A Hollywood parody of the Scary Movie variety, Tropic Thunder becomes the butt of its own joke. Bombastic actors satirically play bombastic actors — without much effect, says critic Cynthia Fuchs.