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Act I of The Chickencoop Chinaman — Frank Chin A groundbreaking play about Tam Lum, a Chinese American filmmaker who travels to San Francisco's Chinatown. He confronts stereotypes about Asian men, Hollywood's representations of Chinese Americans, and the pressure to accept an identity created by white America. The play challenges the idea that Asian American men must be passive, submissive, or emasculated.