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Thursday, February 28, 2013

The East Is Red

Shots of Chinese opry from the Cultural Revolution.
Red Detachment of Women, 1973.
© Zhang Yaxin/Courtesy see+ Gallery, Beijing,
and Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto.
Raid on the White Tiger Regiment, 1971.
© Zhang Yaxin/Courtesy see+ Gallery, Beijing,
and Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto.
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5 comments:

  1. BadTux28 February, 2013 08:31

    The only way that second photo could be more gay would be if it had a photo spread of Liberace in the background. Not that there's anything wrong with gay, of course. But somehow I think that was not what the creators of the glorious Cultural Revolution(tm) were aiming for...

    - Badtux the Easily Amused Penguin

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  2. mikey28 February, 2013 08:56

    Hold on now. I'm not sure I approve of detaching women. It seems like a bad example of gender violence, probably something having to do with the patriarchy...

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  3. zombie rotten mcdonald28 February, 2013 10:16

    "The East Is Red" is the title of a Mekons song, but I'll be damned if I can find a playable version of it on You Tube.

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  4. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©28 February, 2013 12:11

    Something is hidden, for sure.
    ~

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  5. M. Bouffant28 February, 2013 12:36

    East Is Red Ed.:
    You can't expect a buncha Limeys to have a more popular/retrievable version than Chairman Mao.

    Sooner or later you have to cut the ladies off. It's for their own good, really.

    And it's not "gay," it's (non-bourgeois) OPERA!!

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