Interlogue: Studies in Singapore Literature, Vol. 6: Haresh Sharma: The Cultural Politics of Playwriting in Contemporary Singapore (review)
oftentimes sinister xipi tunes. It is this level of sophisticated analysis that makes the article a must read for anyone interested in the current challenges and opportunities facing traditional Chinese theatre. Apart from theatre, the collection also includes an article on the novel's television series in its last section, "Three Kingdoms in Contemporary East Asia." Written by Junbao Hong, "From Three Kingdoms the Novel to Three Kingdoms the Television Series: Gains, Losses, and Implications" views the enormous commercial success and controversy surrounding the series's thematic and stylistic inadequacies as a testament to the novel's undiminished popularity and the power of television as "a main channel to convey traditional and high cultures and [its] enormous impact on the evolution of both their format and content" (126) In general, the collection is a captivating, if unbalanced, series of studies on a very important subject of popular Chinese culture. My reservations aside, the collection should prove to be a valuable tool for scholars and students of Chinese and theatre studies.