Who says nothing good ever comes out of using vulgarities?
We got a freakhog distinction for shooting this documentary back when we were film students in murdoch university in 2004.
the idea came out from nowhere, with some unconventional titles. "!" was chosen because you couldn't really say it, and yet.. as a punctuation mark, it means so much. After that, the content naturally flowed..
what were we comfortable with?
what's uniquely singaporean?
does it make us special?
i think this documentary shows how language is a cultural force so many of us take for granted. And in even more extremes, cussing and swearing are language tools we use to connect with each other!
Enjoy!
! from Brian Koh on Vimeo.
8 comments:
I was in Murdoch in 2003 and seeing the campus and the familiar white-washed walls of the SV units make me miss uni so much.
ahahahahha I LOVE THIS. you look soyoung and baby-faced brian!
Oh penis.
@mintea: hahahaha, i didn't stay in SV, but i do miss plenty of things about perth -)
@sodabug: hahahaha, about 10kg has changed since then -)
@elastic-plastic: knnbccb!!
you looked so DIFFERENT! but i knew that was you. was squealing "hey it's briannnnn!".
hehehe. totally agree with the vid man.
(lin/yin)
Hey, it was great hearing your talk at Podcamp!
w Anyways, hahahaha, that's a funny video. Russell Peters would love to see that.
possibly only for males who've gone through NS? the singaporeans i hang out with do not speak hokkien, much less chinese. we communicate in singlish, our cultural glue.
Try using the same vulgarities we used in our daily conversation here in Taiwan.
Vulgarity, sadly,is part of the local culture, we shouldn't deny it but I really don't think we should celebrate it.
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