Watching a Singapore Drag Comedian: A Semiotic Analysis of Kumar in a YouTube Video
This visual study of Kumar, a drag comedian from Singapore, examines aspects of political semiotics on aging in Singapore. As a digital record of performing arts, the YouTube-video (Nur Fasihah 2012, http://buttonsinthebread.com/2012/06/29/happy-ever-laughter/) shows footage of Kumar poking fun at T...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_448 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.448 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.448 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/448 2017-11-29T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a1wg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ Watching a Singapore Drag Comedian: A Semiotic Analysis of Kumar in a YouTube Video Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Sew, Jyh Wee This visual study of Kumar, a drag comedian from Singapore, examines aspects of political semiotics on aging in Singapore. As a digital record of performing arts, the YouTube-video (Nur Fasihah 2012, http://buttonsinthebread.com/2012/06/29/happy-ever-laughter/) shows footage of Kumar poking fun at Toh Yi Drive residents’ initial reactions to a government-proposed nursing home construction in their estate. The thunderous laughter from the floor suggests that Kumar manages successfully his comedic connection with a primarily English-speaking audience. Based on the audio-visual segment, this discussion identifies the discursive variables underpinning the incisive twists in Kumar’s onstage comical repertoire. Cette étude visuelle de Kumar, un comédien travesti de Singapour, s’intéresse à des aspects de sémiotique politique sur le vieillissement à Singapour. La prestation scénique enregistrée sous forme de vidéo YouTube (Nur Fasihah 2012, http://buttonsinthebread.com/2012/06/29/happy-ever-laughter/) montre une séquence dans laquelle Kumar se moque des réactions initiales des habitants de Toh Yi Drive à propos d’un projet de construction par l’administration publique d’une maison de retraite dans leur lotissement. Les éclats de rire des spectateurs laissent à penser que Kumar réussit dans sa relation humoristique avec un public s’exprimant principalement en anglais. A partir de ce segment audio-visuel, cette étude met en lumière les variables discursives qui sous-tendent les rebondissements ironiques dans le répertoire comique de Kumar sur scène. |
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This visual study of Kumar, a drag comedian from Singapore, examines aspects of political semiotics on aging in Singapore. As a digital record of performing arts, the YouTube-video (Nur Fasihah 2012, http://buttonsinthebread.com/2012/06/29/happy-ever-laughter/) shows footage of Kumar poking fun at Toh Yi Drive residents’ initial reactions to a government-proposed nursing home construction in their estate. The thunderous laughter from the floor suggests that Kumar manages successfully his comedic connection with a primarily English-speaking audience. Based on the audio-visual segment, this discussion identifies the discursive variables underpinning the incisive twists in Kumar’s onstage comical repertoire. |
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