If you’re old enough you’ll recognize that phrase as the title of an Abba song from the seventies. I thought it an appropriate title for this photo. As I mentioned yesterday, because I didn’t understand the play unfolding before me on the streets of Georgetown, Penang, I turned my lens on the audience. Clearly this didn’t amuse everyone. The guy in the middle looks particularly annoyed with me while the two men flanking him are also looking directly at me. Not that I noticed it at the time but now I’m fascinated by the man just to the right of center, his rib cage and neck tendons clearly visible through his skin. He’s obviously not lived a life of luxury. I think it also curious that it’s just the men looking at me. The women remain focused on the actors on the stage.
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by Richard Davis
[...] me this sideways why-are-you-pointing-your-camera-at-me look!Only two nights before I’d seen that same look from several audience members at the Chinese Opera performed on this same stage.In preparing to [...]