“Press Gang”: confessions of yet another ex-ST journalist
about 76 months ago (07/19/2018)
"Press Gang": confessions of yet another ex-ST journalist | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Albert Lim K S July 19, 2018 By Corrie Tan (2,015 words, 10-minute read) “My concern now is how to nurture the critical sensitivity of the playwright, and for that matter theatre and literature and all the other arts. Because I think we have a way of life that somehow massages you in a way so comfortable that you tend to forget that before they started to massage you, you had some ideas, some observations, and after some massaging you somehow forget things. — Kuo Pao Kun in “Playwright’s Voice: A Forum on Singapore Theatre”, part of 9 Lives: 10 Years of Singapore Theatre (1997) published by The Necessary Stage.