Godzilla vs. The Golden Peril


Godzilla vs. The Golden Peril is a collaborative performance event that explores the divide-and-conquer nature of racism in a comedic, self-documenting, audience-participatory format. Godzilla fights The Golden Peril, who is always the model minority (until she’s not). Godzilla possesses fearsome size, unbeatable tale moves and the endangered status of being the only example of her type of Kaiju. The Golden Peril packs a powerful punch, impressive shine and Chinese Mom skills beyond compare. The Media is always watching as The Ring Announcer goads the battle into new heights of frenzy and concern over lactose intolerance. Midori wears the inflatable suit as the inimitable Godzilla. Vita Mei Hewitt is The Golden Peril, a character based on the Yellow Peril Asian stereotype (but better). Topher Lin is The Ring Announcer and Bryan Hewitt is The Media. 


Woman in boxing gloves sparring with a Godzilla costume character in front of a colorful city mural backdrop.
Woman in gold sequin dress with boxing gloves poses next to a T-Rex dinosaur statue at a fun photo op.
Man in colorful shirt poses with gorilla and dinosaur costumes against a painted cityscape backdrop.
Two people pose with a Godzilla costume in front of a colorful city mural backdrop.
Person in gold boxing costume faces inflatable T-Rex dinosaur costume on urban city street in playful confrontation.
Street performers in costumes, one dressed as a lion and another as a gorilla, mock-boxing on a city sidewalk.
Person in Godzilla costume performing street theater act on urban pavement with colorful city mural backdrop.
Gold-painted street performer poses near a food cart while a man in colorful shirt watches on a city alley.
Person in Godzilla costume attacks inflatable hot dog near Museum on the GO tent at outdoor street festival.
People holding Godzilla protest signs on a city street, wearing yellow outfits during an outdoor demonstration.
Two people in gold and floral costumes pose with a Godzilla inflatable suit in front of a colorful city mural backdrop.
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