Born to be Beng
Singapore film-makers have found unexpected nuances in this most familiar of Singapore stereotypes.
Tue, Sep 09, 2008
The Straits Times
HE IS Singapore's everyman: The Ah Beng who spews Hokkien expletives, sports dyed hair and has an attitude to match.
That is the simple caricature. But Singapore film-makers have found unexpected nuances in this most familiar of Singapore stereotypes.
The release this week of The Days adds one more film to the roster of home-grown movies that prominently feature Ah Bengs.
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