Comments on: The last global entertainer http://enquirer.sg/2009/07/01/the-last-global-entertainer/ Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Weekly Roundup: Week 27 http://enquirer.sg/2009/07/01/the-last-global-entertainer/comment-page-1/#comment-4657 The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Weekly Roundup: Week 27 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:38:02 +0000 http://enquirer.sg/?p=695#comment-4657 <p>[...] prosperity: What is the best possible response towards Elitism? [Thanks Wai Chung] - The Enquirer: The last global entertainer - Backstage Business: More Photos from our World Record Illusion Act! - Anonymous X: Sherwyn [...]</p> [...] prosperity: What is the best possible response towards Elitism? [Thanks Wai Chung] – The Enquirer: The last global entertainer – Backstage Business: More Photos from our World Record Illusion Act! – Anonymous X: Sherwyn [...]

]]> By: Terence http://enquirer.sg/2009/07/01/the-last-global-entertainer/comment-page-1/#comment-4633 Terence Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:56:45 +0000 http://enquirer.sg/?p=695#comment-4633 <p>It is ironic that in the age of globalisation, we could be seeing the last global entertainer on stage ever again. What is are seeing is more inter-mixing of cultures and traditions, resulting in an increase in what we call hybrid cultures.</p> <p>A case in point would be how some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaBsshIYT2w" rel="nofollow">British blokes took MJ and mixed it with Bollywood dance</a> to create a novel hybrid. And guess what? They won the Britain's Got Talent contest. While MJ himself may have never really interacted with Bollywood, his music did.</p> <p>Indeed, MJ lives on, but not as we've come to know him.</p> It is ironic that in the age of globalisation, we could be seeing the last global entertainer on stage ever again. What is are seeing is more inter-mixing of cultures and traditions, resulting in an increase in what we call hybrid cultures.

A case in point would be how some British blokes took MJ and mixed it with Bollywood dance to create a novel hybrid. And guess what? They won the Britain’s Got Talent contest. While MJ himself may have never really interacted with Bollywood, his music did.

Indeed, MJ lives on, but not as we’ve come to know him.

]]> By: The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Daily SG: 2 Jul 2009 http://enquirer.sg/2009/07/01/the-last-global-entertainer/comment-page-1/#comment-4632 The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Daily SG: 2 Jul 2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:16:16 +0000 http://enquirer.sg/?p=695#comment-4632 <p>[...] the universe and everything - The Enquirer: The last global entertainer - Backstage Business: More Photos from our World Record Illusion Act! - Anonymous X: Sherwyn [...]</p> [...] the universe and everything – The Enquirer: The last global entertainer – Backstage Business: More Photos from our World Record Illusion Act! – Anonymous X: Sherwyn [...]

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