'Thoroughly Modern Millie' dustup could chill high school productions - Opinion - The Boston Globe
At Wellesley College, some students said Tony Matelli's life-like work, entitled "Sleepwalker," triggered fear of sexual assault. In Newton, some Asian-Americans were insulted by characters who depict laundrymen in the play "Thoroughly Modern Millie," which was recently performed at Newton North High School. The two characters work for a woman named Mrs. Meers, who wears chopsticks in her bun and speaks in an exagger…