Tickets for the most popular comedy clubs in Shanghai and Beijing sell out in seconds
despots may be funny, but it comes at a price. At the softer end, Hong Kong’s government-run broadcaster closed “Headliner”, a popular satirical show that had run for 31 years; its hosts left for Taiwan and Britain. In Singapore, whose government is dominated by an elite from the ethnic-Chinese majority, a rapper and comedian known as Preetipls sent up an excruciating government advertisement in which an ethnic-Chinese actor wore brownface to represent Malay and Indian minorities.
Authoritarian rule does not necessarily kill comedy, but it does circumscribe it. In China, traditional comedic forms such as, or “crosstalk”, remain staples of televised galas. But their avoidance of any sensitive topic renders them cloying. By contrast, stand-up comedy is growing. . “Rock and Roast”, a variety show that features competing comedians, often attracts more than 100m views a week on the streaming platform of Tencent, an internet giant.
Myanmar’s junta, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, is the bad joke that keeps on giving. With civic life shuttered and the economy crumbling, state newspapers trumpet the junta’s ambitions to develop electric vehicles and build a metro for the deserted capital, Naypyidaw. But be careful what you say about it. Zarganar, a famous Burmese comedian, was jailed in 2008 for 59 years, though he served only three years. After the army’s coup in 2021, he was arrested again. In October he was released—for now.
One group of Burmese satirists, which has gone underground to avoid arrest and torture, continues to put out comedies online that ridicule the generals. Others have melted into the jungles to join the growing armed resistance—judging that the sword, for now, will prove mightier than the put-down.
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