Art, Realism & Self Censorship

Kam Raslan | Ong Jo Lene | Zan Azlee

25-Mar-17 17:00

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Our culture vultures blaze through 3 topics on censorship and legitimacy in light of the “Beauty & the Beast” fiasco. Kam opens the discussion to both Ong Jolene and Zan Azlee about the messages Disney films seems to put forth in their productions, Zan reminds us to always fact-check or else risk falling into the realm of fake news and finally Jolene shares her thoughts on self censorship in creating art.

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Tags: beauty and the beast, a bit of culture, fake news, trump, censorship, storytelling, realism, moana, political correctness

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