Singapore's `nanny state' ridiculed - Democratic Underground

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Mon Jun-21-04 11:59 PM
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Singapore's `nanny state' ridiculed

AFP , SINGAPORE

In the opening scenes of the most daring film to come out of Singapore this year, a young man accosts the head of the board of censors in a supermarket and declares he is her biggest fan.

"I know every film you have ever cut in the history of Singapore," he enthuses, before reeling off the names of 24 movies and 99 cuts made and thanking her for "shielding us from the evils of arts".

The sarcasm-drenched 13-minute film Cut was made without a permit by one of Singapore's few controversial filmmakers, 27-year-old drama teacher Royston Tan.
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Tue Jun-22-04 12:24 AM
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1. I hope he doesn't get flogged

- I heard you can get flogged in Singapore for throwing gum on the street, so this is perhaps comparable in seriousness.

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