Contempt
Dirty Dancing
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
The laws protecting the president's dignity are being enforced with a passion not seen since the Suharto years. Authorities may be crushing legitimate dissent.
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In front of the State Palace, Muzakir's body, covered with white paint, twisted amid hundreds of demonstrators. Shining in red on his back one could clearly read: "Down with Mega-Hamzah!" Repeatedly he held up posters of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Hamzah Haz, with their faces crossed. The performance reached its peak when the 21-year-old dropped the posters and then danced on them.
There has been neither praise nor commendation from art critics
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