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Except that this wasn’t a bold movie and it wasn’t the MTRCB at the receiving end of the protests. This was Rent, the Pulitzer Prize  Winner and Tony awardee that has been playing to full enthusiastically applauding audiences at the Victoria Theater in Singapore.


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Rent and the battle for artistic freedom

By Bibsy M. Carballo | March 1, 2001 - 12:00am

The scenario was strangely familiar. Artists crying foul at the R rating that only allowed adults over 18 into the theater. Sponsors withdrawing support, and the government imposing a media ban. Except that this...

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