Divas who dared
By Mathew Scott |
HK EDITION |
Updated: 2023-08-25 14:30
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A number of video clips figure in the exhibition on Pan as well. At its center is a 20-minute film, Just Like Snakes, that takes its cue from artist-director Cheng's sustained fascination with both Pai Niang Niang and its source material. Pan's musical was spectacular, with elaborate Broadway-style sets, but bombed at the box office.
"I talked with Pan about White Snake being a conflicted character and told her that we wanted to unpack that aspect of the character with her because to us she herself is also that kind of a figure," says Cheng.
