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Celebrating Singapore comedians Wang Sha and Ye Feng’s legacy in film

ST20231219_202363913689/sfcomedy/Shintaro Tay/Chin Soo Fang/ Chinese academic and exhibition curator Yeo Min Hui, Private collector and researcher Su Zhangkai, and Asian Film Archive Senior Archivist Chew Tee Pao at the Oldham Theatre at the National Archives Singapore on Dec 19, 2023.
For the first time in Singapore, a retrospective on comedians Wang Sha and Ye Feng will be showcased by the Asian Film Archive with an accompanying exhibition from 12 January to 7 April 2024 at the Oldham Theatre.
Wang Sha (1925 – 1998) and Ye Feng (1932 – 1995) graced the stages of amusement parks and beamed from the television screens between the 1960s to the early 1990s. Adored and celebrated by audiences across Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan, this dynamic duo enjoyed a versatile and illustrious career, leaving an indelible mark in music, theatre, and over 40 feature films.

(From left) Exhibition curator Yeo Min Hui, researcher Su Zhang Kai and Asian Film Archive senior archivist Chew Tee Pao hope a retrospective and exhibition on comedy duo Wang Sha and Ye Feng will draw young and old.

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Chin Soo Fang

SINGAPORE – He was only 12 when news about home-grown comedy duo Wang Sha and Ye Feng hogged the headlines following Ye’s death in 1995.

Mr Su Zhang Kai bought two cassette tapes of their cross talk, and was instantly captivated by their humour in local dialects.

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