![]() As the final installment of the Bujang Lapok comedy trilogy, the hit film appropriates a character from The Arabian Nights, translating him into a relatable protagonist for a modern Malay audience in this Southeast Asian corner of the world. ![]() ![]() To a critic of comparative literature, though, the true wonder of the film is implied in the first part of its title-Ali Baba. When it was released in 1960, the cinematic wonder that is Ali Baba Bujang Lapok enthralled the Bahasa-speaking peoples of the Malay Archipelago largely because it was one of the few films to have cast the region’s celebrated actor P. Ramlee, hailed then by some as the Elvis Presley of the Malay entertainment scene, as the resident villain. Keywords: cultural translation rewriting modernity cross-cultural hermeneutics The Arabian Nights ![]()
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