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Control Room Conversations: A Discussion with Storm Rider
The following took place in a dark lighting control room, during the run of a major musical that you may have seen at some point in 2007 at Istana Budaya.
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ME: Isn't Melaka named after some kind of tree? Like the Moluccas tree or some cock like that?
SR: No, Melaka is named after 6 whores... "Mah Liew Chia"
*AWKWARD SILENCE*
ME: 6 whores?
SR: Yeah.
*AWKWARD SILENCE*
SR on COMS: Stand-by follow spot. Go Follow Spot.
ME: 6 whores?
SR: Yeah whores.
ME: WHORES?
SR: Not WHORES... whores... the one you can ride.
ME: HORSES?
SR: Yeah, horses. MAH-LIEW-CHIA
ME: Horses... like "KISAH ENAM KUDA" (Tale of 6 Horses), not "KISAH ENAM PELACUR" (Tale of 6 Whores)
SR: Yeah, that's what I said. Whores.