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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Comedians and Actors Protesting and Risking their Lives in Burma
There’s a good article in the
Times
today on the strategic role of comedians, satirists and actors in society and the danger that these people put themselves into in Burma:
Story: Kenneth Denby
‘The Burmese Jokers who laugh in the Face of Danger
,’
Times Online
, 9 October 2007.
Image: Some of the Burmese comedians.
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