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- 1 2 Danny Kai Mak, "Take d Milk, Nah?'s Jivesh Parasram upends identity play with heartbreaking truths and hilarious asides". The Georgia Straight , October 23, 2019.
- ↑ "Rachel Cusk among fiction finalists for Governor General’s Literary Awards". Toronto Star , October 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Provocative, engaging one-man show challenges mainstream perspectives". Ottawa Citizen , January 17, 2020.
- ↑ Shawn Conner, "Dark play parodies posturing; Show mocks 'being with a cause without being with a cause at all'". Vancouver Sun , May 21, 2020.
- ↑ Carly Maga, "Whose identity are we looking at when we see an identity play?". Toronto Star , April 15, 2018.
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