Legitimizing viewing publics through nostalgia: The mediated tropicality of Singapore's 'kampong spirit'
Using two recent films-Long Long Time Ago and Diam Diam Era-this article analyses how Jack Neo communicates a sanitized nostalgia for the "kampong spirit" through his films, which calibrates willing acceptance of the Singapore government's authoritarian rule. In supporting the state&#...
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2022
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