As a teenager Benyamin Sueb sang American light music. Sihanouk had arranged for several of his favourites to study cinematography in France Wille Following the active comparison of Win Oo and Elvis Presley, the author then reflects on Win Oo as a Burmese star; whether his style is one which is consistent with Burmese cultural values and whether audiences would be turning away from their traditions in their fandom of Win Oo. In contrast to his many public performances, scenes like this offer privileged views of Ramlee in a private setting. If masquerading effaced her national identity in the transnational arena, then her domestic appearances in melodramas as a widow or a schizophrenic woman cast her aside, with no place in the polity.
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