Just watched Viet Boys Down Under another Huu Tran and Tony Le Nguyen production from a few years back. Dominic Golding’s character ponders “am I 90% Australian and 10% Vietnamese or 90% Vietnamese and 10% Australian”? Rad Rudd’s character ponders “why can’t I be just Australian? Or can I become full blooded Vietnamese and become more pure?” (Rad is half Vietnamese Half Australian). Huu Tran once asked me whether I was going to become more Vietnamese in the future. The answer is I don’t know. Learning the language is one thing, then choosing which culture influences me is another. I am a hybrid and being a banana split means these things can change.