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A Wildrice production, watched 16 April 2015
http://www.wildrice.com.sg/productions/162-public-enemy
"Let us get down to fundamentals. Is this an open, or is this a closed society? Is it a society where men can preach ideas - novel, unorthodox, heresies, to established churches and established governments - where there is a constant contest for men's hearts and minds on the basis of what is right, of what is just, of what is in the national interests, or is it a closed society where the mass media - the newspapers, the journals, publications, TV, radio - either bound by sound or by sight, or both sound and sight, men's minds are fed with a constant drone of sycophantic support for a particular orthodox political philosophy? I am talking of the principle of the open society, the open debate, ideas, not intimidation, persuasion not coercion..." Lee Kuan Yew, Before Singapore's independence, Malaysian Parliamentary Debates, Dec 18, 1964
"The minority - the men hi see things from a different angle" the men who are true to what they see, who dare to disagree with how the stupid majority see the world - we are right." Dr Thomas Chee, Act IV, Public Enemy
When being different is not a crime. When a lone voice is the only truth. These are the messages that this play explored. The acting is powerful and emotional. The set is modern and every change of scene is so uniformly choreographed to the point of being military. Sleek. Neat. Clean.
The truth will surface with time.
The truth will surface with time.
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