PROPAGANDA, RESTAURANTS AND WAITRESSES
Singing waitresses in a...
PROPAGANDA, RESTAURANTS AND WAITRESSES
Singing waitresses in a Pyongyang restaurant entertain their diners: to the casual Western observer it might well be dismissed as just another jingoistic propaganda song. And while it’s true that propaganda is still pervasive in North Korea, these singers delighted their audience with a rendition of ‘O Sole Mio’ that more than held its own against the efforts of the late Enrico Caruso and Luciano Pavarotti…
Read more about propaganda (and restaurants and singing waitresses!) in Felix Abt’s book A CAPITALIST IN NORTH KOREA: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom
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