MONEYBACKGUARANTEE wrote:Cambodia is a culturally bankrupt country. There is ONE journal of Khmer literature for the entire country and not a single contemporary Khmer novelist worthy of any mention. There's no art scene and no credible institutions of higher learning. Filmmakers? Forget it. Khmer TV? An absolute embarrassment. The National Museum of Cambodia? Mostly leftovers determined to be of little value on the market, the good stuff residing in private collections of the rich. The Royal Palace? About as culturally and historically authentic as the Castle at Disneyland - gauche, gaudy, and fake. Cambodia is a terrible country to be in if you're looking for stimulation someplace other than your crotch.This Charming Man wrote:I'll be honest. Cambodia's appeal is waning for me at the moment and I think it might be time to move on after three years here. I'm in my forties and semi-retired and work only when I get bored, but I'm finding myself increasingly think how the hell am I going to fill another day today. There are only so many coffees to drink, so many series to download etc etc. I don't drink that much and don't go to hostess bars, so the evenings can be dull. There are no bookshops worth their salt and no city per se to wander around and discover new places.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not dissing the place. I just find myself manufacturing increasing fake reasons to jump on a flight to Bangkok, Tokyo, Singapore, KL or Hong Kong these days, and it's about time I listened to the reasons for that.
Wasn't Dagenham abit of an artist? I'd be interested to hear what he thinks?
If art is the ''Criticism of life'', then i guess that's why there aint much of an art scene here? Commie = conformity.
Be great if they had more satire in Cambodia. It's hard to throw someone in jail if a piss take is funny isn't it? Spitting Image Cambodia, i'd watch that!
Spitthedog, off to the opera . . .