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Article Excerpt
REMEMBER ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THAT LOONY, WHITE-BREAD ORANGE COUNTY FABRICATED BY THE EASTERN MEDIA IN THE 1970S AND 1980S, THE ORANGE COUNTY OF TROGLODYTE POLITICAL SENTIMENTS AND BRAINLESS, BLEACHED SURFERS? FORGET IT. INSTEAD, WHEN YOU THINK ORANGE COUNTY, THINK SWANS ON POINTE, SYLPHS LOSING THEIR WINGS AT THE MOST INOPPORTUNE MOMENTS, AND SHAKESPEARE DANCED TO AN ORIGINAL ELVIS COSTELLO SCORE. THESE DAYS, John Birch wears ballet slippers, and the population reflects the changing demographics of Southern California, where Little Saigon is now a freeway exit.
Cultural cliches die hard, but it is not unreasonable to claim that the fantasy started crumbling on the day almost seventeen years ago that the Orange County Performing Arts Center opened for business in the thriving, landlocked city of Costa Mesa. The beaches haven't washed away, nor have the pockets of political conservatism...
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