Product (2002)
by Yasmin Hunt

Product airs Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 10:30 pm on channel 67 in Manhattan and at Midnight on Channels 56 and 69.

The upcoming show promises daring images of Asia and New York, two artistically innovative music videos of DJ Shadow's "Six Days" by renowned Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai (In the Mood for Love, Happy Together) and "Yellow Mix" by Ben Stokes, and a couple more interviews with video/performance artist Patty Chang and Click + Drag, Inc.

Wong Kar Wai's "Six Days" follows a couple through an array of impressionistic acts, mixing Chinese characters, martial arts, and underwater photography signifying six days. Stokes' "Yellow Mix" deals with stereotypical images of Japan like Sumo wrestlers and Geisha girls to a critical climax.

The interview with Patty Chang (shot while she rides a bike) addresses the relationship Chang has with her parents and how she incorporates feelings of discomfort. Shots of her work add to her piece including a rather perplexing performance done with her mother and father. Don't ask. Just watch the show to see what this girl came up with because it's crazy.

Product's second interview is with Click + Drag, Inc., a company which delves into the world of fetishes and cyberspace and mixes them into one. Founders Kitty Boots, Rob Roth, and Chi Chi Valenti stand outside the former nightclub Mother's Meatpacking District entrance as they shed light on the city and it's most daring nightlife.

Product airs Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 10:30 pm on channel 67 in Manhattan and at Midnight on Channels 56 and 69. Product, the only show where you'll get underground, pop culture, and a whole lot of other stuff in one thirty-minute segment.

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