Ah Bengs & Ah Lians

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The Australians have their bogans, the British have their chavs and here in Singapore, we have the Ah Bengs and Ah Lians. What makes up this oft caricatured subculture? We chat with content creator Jeremiah Chen from Tropic Monsters TV about what inspires his hilarious sketches on these characters and learn more about how it adds to our Singaporean identity. In the spirit of the content, some expletives are used. Get listening to:

• Understand the evolution of the Ah Beng/Ah Lian caricature over the years
• Hear from the experts (yes there's an actual scholarly paper written) on how Ah Bengs and Ah Lians tell us more about society
• Join Jeremiah, Elliot and Rovik as they explore how there is an Ah Beng and Ah Lian in every one of us

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Intro Music: Wataboi from Pixabay; Outro Music: Nielizas from Pixabay;

Sources:

• Ah Beng and Ah Lian - KunKun
• The Ah Beng subculture as a case study of Malaysian Chinese Identity Formation (Kay, Edo, 2015)
• Ah Beng - Wikipeda