Thoughts after watching a contemporary production of Shajiabang. Political esthetics. If nothing else, a chance to talk about Jiang Qing's photography.
[FIRST STATEMENT (FROM WHICH I WILL PULL BACK) 1: In studies of Chinese literature and film, the years between 1949 and 1978 are a gulch. From the last gasps of the urban intelligentsia and Yan’an salons to Troubled Laughter, “Class Teacher,” and the rekindling of individualism and subsidized reactions to revolutionary art. there are only shadows. (The …
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