SORI Siregar's pleasure in watching theater declined after he signed the Cultural Manifesto. He was 24 years old at the time and living in Medan. He was only willing to enter the Medan Art Building if the lights had been dimmed. If they were still on, there were always people who shouted at or taunted him. "Although I would come in after the lights had been dimmed, some people would see me and shout loudly, 'Cultural Manifesto!'" related Sori, who is