Ethnic stereotypes abound in popular shows of a certain vintage - Theater & art - The Boston Globe
Ethnic stereotyping is popular culture's original sin, and it's proving a hard one to shed. Look no further than the uproar over last weekend's production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie'' at Newton North High School. A storm erupted on social media and community blogs about the musical's depiction of three characters " two of them Chinese, one of them masquerading as Chinese " who kidnap young women and sell them as…