Archive for November, 2007

Hollywood fears, audiences cheer

Posted in cinema, comics on Nov 22nd, 2007

Khmer dubbed version of "Manuh Pingpeang" 3 - "Man Spider" 3. Keo Kalyan's reaction: http://kalyankeo.blogspot.com/2007/05/this-weekend.html In more literate countries like Malaysia there are subtitles allowing the watcher to use this as a language learning tool. In Cambodia the media industry is dependent on a small corps of dubbers and translators (no subtitling) so ...

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The Golden Handshake

Posted in stuff on Nov 21st, 2007

The Cambodian People's Party is Cambodia's largest political party, and a shiny watch like this shows that you're in tight with the establishment that's been running Cambodia's government for the last few decades. (Left to right: Chea Sim, Hun Sen, Heng Samrin.) These watches are supposed to be given as gifts, ...

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Leave the Glock at Home

Posted in stuff, tourism on Nov 20th, 2007

... and the kittens too. From an uncredited tourist brochure, Phnom Penh November 2007. Tags:tourism,cambodia

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The Revolution will be Homogenized

Posted in more stuff, Other Goodies, photography on Nov 19th, 2007

Phnom Penh, November 2007: A student's Che Guevara Chaly. Tags:che guevara,sticker,cambodia,khmer

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Pulp Cambodia Novel Covers: Em Satya

Posted in literature, Other Goodies, stuff, visual art on Nov 18th, 2007

Tactic to Tackle Difficulties (Notes on desk: blame, death of child, despair, separation, debt, divorce, litigation, dispute, bankruptcy) By Or Thereavuth Cover by Em Satya I should also note Em Satya has an exhibition on at Meta-House through December 12 of his comic art (below). Book launch on the 11th! Tags:novel,cover,pulp,cambodia,khmer

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