A Constant Visual Feast

It’s been a while* since I worked on any straightforward Journalism pieces, where my usual beats are left aside and the focus is placed instead on something more concrete – you know, “real news,” the stuff people think of when they think of journalism as a concept, a public good, and a vocation. But I’m also really glad to have the chance to do that kind of work again, if not because it’s important, then because any subject I tackle outside of my purview makes me a better critic overall.

Besides that, I’ve written about enough Vietnamese cinema, and cinema about the American War in Vietnam, that covering Dorchester artist and advocate Ngoc-Tran Vu’s 1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Memorial project felt familiar; and, while I’m at it, I like Dorchester, I like Little Saigon, and having taken cooking classes from people affected by the conflict, if only indirectly (being the chef-owners of Elephant Walk), I feel a general “pull” toward pieces that tie back to the ripple effect of that conflict across decades and through generations.

Anyways. I blather. You can read the full thing over at JoySauce.

*Probably since my days covering the USPS.