The Mous­tache Brothers

The infa­mous bros have been per­form­ing their brand of polit­i­cal satire a la vaude­ville folk opera for over 30 years.  As a result of secret police pos­ing as audi­ence, two of the three mem­bers have been impris­oned numer­ous times, as recently as dur­ing the last bloody protest against the gov­ern­ment in 2007.   The troupe has been banned from pub­lic per­for­mance  and now oper­ate out of their home.  In another attempt to fly under radar, they have switched from Burmese to Eng­lish and the per­for­mance revolves around an ‘if we were to do a show this is what it would be like’ demon­stra­tion.  Seems incred­i­ble but in fact this is how they are able, for now, to get around being arrested.  We were moved by the courage it takes to pub­licly dis­cuss the polit­i­cal sit­u­a­tion even if most of their ref­er­ences are out­dated (guess the Gen­eral is ok with events in yesterday’s news).

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