Controversial Singaporean graphic novel wins 'Oscars' of comic world
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Sonny Liew's "The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye"....
Compare this with Tan Pin Pin's movie, "To Singapore With Love" which was banned in Singapore. Both works touched on the same subject, offering a version of Singapore's history that competes with that of the official narrative promoted by the govt....
For qns on humour, the arts, censorship...
For those who did the humour compre, this is a good example of the writer's point on humour being a powerful political weapon...a political satire that critique the govt....
In Singapore, there is the possibility that either the law will be used to suppress this (think censorship, bans, defamation suits, etc) , or funding will be withdrawn to discourage artists from engaging in such works....
Sonny Liew's "The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye"....
Compare this with Tan Pin Pin's movie, "To Singapore With Love" which was banned in Singapore. Both works touched on the same subject, offering a version of Singapore's history that competes with that of the official narrative promoted by the govt....
For qns on humour, the arts, censorship...
For those who did the humour compre, this is a good example of the writer's point on humour being a powerful political weapon...a political satire that critique the govt....
In Singapore, there is the possibility that either the law will be used to suppress this (think censorship, bans, defamation suits, etc) , or funding will be withdrawn to discourage artists from engaging in such works....
posted by Dark Shadow | 2:41 AM
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