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Decoding Kuo Pao Kun: A Close Reading of No Parking on Odd Days and The Coffin Is Too Big for the Hole
- Asian Theatre Journal
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 32, Number 1, Spring 2015
- pp. 280-294
- 10.1353/atj.2015.0022
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Two short works of Kuo Pao Kun, a noted Singapore playwright, are analyzed in the context of his use of language and reflection of Singapore culture, arguing that slang demarcates alienation, jargon reveals dehumanization, different coding is used when authority and ordinary people are addressed, and expressions sometimes indicate the opposite of their literal meaning.