Author: Tjer Hong Ngo
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Murder Mystery or Social Diagnosis: The Narrative Contract and Cultural Reflection of ‘ENTOURAGE’
After watching ENTOURAGE: Murder Amongst Friends (2025), I found myself grappling not with the question of whether I liked the work, but with how best to approach it as a relatively young audience who is unfamiliar with Jit Murad’s creative context. For those well-versed in Jit’s oeuvre, or who carry vivid memories of Kuala Lumpur’s decadent urban…
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From Folk to Nation: The Cultural Repositioning of ‘Drums: A New Beat Beckons’ (2025) and the Twenty-Four Festive Drums*
What Drum Up JB 2.0: Drums: A New Beat Beckons has opened is a path that calls for more creators, more audiences, and more cross-cultural (and cross-disciplinary) dialogue: ……