interesting video clip, although I have to admit that 3 mins into watching it I wasn't sure at all about the whole point of it. I mean, what's with the questions & statements like "so where exactly can you find homosexuals in Singapore?"; Happy, MOX & RAW are "mostly populated on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays"... they go there "to communicate, and to keep away from the society that shuns them". It's almost like the film-maker was trying to do a pseudo-documentary piece for Animal Planet called "The Life of Homosexuals in Singapore". also, what it should have said is that gay people (yes GAY, rather than the antiquated term "homosexuals") can be found EVERYWHERE (then show scenes of MRT stations, offices, HDB flats); also, its a gross generalisation to say that gay people go to gay clubs & bars "to keep away a society that shuns them". sadly, the interviewees were rather uninspiring, except for Ian & Nick from Queercast who were the only saving graces of the whole thing. otherwise, a complete waste of my bandwidth. if this was a student project & I was the lecturer grading it, I would have given it a C, (instead of an F) on the basis that although the intention was good, it was poorly thought through & badly executed.
well well... when you watch the part in the documentary about before Mox, Happy and Taboo, gay men in Singapore goes to East Coast Park, you know you are watching a badly researched production. Which is why, I left no introduction on it in my blog except for the fact that three friends from Queercast are interviewed here.
Like you said, only the thought of doing video about homosexual (gosh... it is so medical and clinical) is worth commending. Too many students are doing video or articles about homosexuality in Singapore that they think it is controversial and hot topics in schools, when I think they are just frying the same plate of nasi goreng. (like the nasi goreng we just had at Shangri La)
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interesting video clip, although I have to admit that 3 mins into watching it I wasn't sure at all about the whole point of it. I mean, what's with the questions & statements like "so where exactly can you find homosexuals in Singapore?"; Happy, MOX & RAW are "mostly populated on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays"... they go there "to communicate, and to keep away from the society that shuns them". It's almost like the film-maker was trying to do a pseudo-documentary piece for Animal Planet called "The Life of Homosexuals in Singapore". also, what it should have said is that gay people (yes GAY, rather than the antiquated term "homosexuals") can be found EVERYWHERE (then show scenes of MRT stations, offices, HDB flats); also, its a gross generalisation to say that gay people go to gay clubs & bars "to keep away a society that shuns them". sadly, the interviewees were rather uninspiring, except for Ian & Nick from Queercast who were the only saving graces of the whole thing. otherwise, a complete waste of my bandwidth. if this was a student project & I was the lecturer grading it, I would have given it a C, (instead of an F) on the basis that although the intention was good, it was poorly thought through & badly executed.
well well... when you watch the part in the documentary about before Mox, Happy and Taboo, gay men in Singapore goes to East Coast Park, you know you are watching a badly researched production. Which is why, I left no introduction on it in my blog except for the fact that three friends from Queercast are interviewed here.
Like you said, only the thought of doing video about homosexual (gosh... it is so medical and clinical) is worth commending. Too many students are doing video or articles about homosexuality in Singapore that they think it is controversial and hot topics in schools, when I think they are just frying the same plate of nasi goreng. (like the nasi goreng we just had at Shangri La)
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