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Mai Khôi, the former popstar who left Vietnam in order to avoid arrest for her anti-censorship activism, has steadily worked on an autobiographical, multimedia show of songcraft and storytelling since arriving in Pittsburgh.
4:43 Do Nguyen Mai Khoi gave her new show the ironic title “Bad Activist.” But the Vietnamese celebrity, who’s currently living in self-imposed exile in Pittsburgh, also might have called it “Bad Pop Star.” Mai performs in "Bad Activist." These days, she’s working on her music, studying English, and living with her husband in a house on the North Side courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh’s Scholars at Risk program. But just a few years ago, Mai Khoi, 37, was a star in Vietnam. In 2010, her patriotic tune “Vietnam” won a state-run broadcaster’s big contest, and she wen...