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...could express proindependence views and criticize the then ruling Kuomintang (KMT). Many supporters called in at night, taking care to keep the lights off at home lest their neighbors suspect they may be taking part in the clandestine radio movement. "The station worked not only as a public-opinion medium," recalls Greenpeace head Chen Der-li, "but also as a command center to announce rally activities and to mobilize supporters to the democratic movement." The DPP won a landmark presidential election...
...first time in Thai radio history that listeners have protested on a radio station's behalf." Thailand's experience was a subtle presaging of what the Hong Kong government found out last week. This region is tuning in as never before to talk-radio hosts whose medium delivers powerful messages like no other outlet. Asia's communications revolution is in full swing, and this time it will not be televised...
Gelbart started early in show biz when his father, barber to the stars, persuaded client Danny Thomas to give Larry, then 16, a shot writing comedy. Gelbart, who has called writing "the perfect medium for shy extroverts," was soon a scribe for Jack Paar, Red Buttons and Bob Hope. As a writer on the legendary Caesar's Hour, Gelbart "popped jokes like popcorn," recalls colleague Carl Reiner. "Once Sid [Caesar] got a call from Bob Hope, offering an oil well to get Larry back...
...Chinese artists now have the right to be just as zany as their Western counterparts. Among the show's best offerings are short films and clips from full-length productions by filmmakers like Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Jia Zhangke. But like most contemporary shows, video is the dominant medium here. Among other endless loops, visitors can watch Zhang Peili's triptych featuring tight close-ups of a man cutting food on a plate and audibly chewing it. In Cui Xiuwen's three-hour Metro No. 2, a woman on a Beijing subway peels bits of skin off her lips...
...MOCCA fest seem inevitable, I have faith that it will remain true to a fundamental principle of giving small comix press artists a space of their own. While it may suffer through some growing pains, having such a showcase in New York will bolster not just the medium but the city as well...