MEZIPATRA | The Trio Hall

Nothing is sacred in this eccentric romp of a revue. Stalin dances with Chiang Kai-shek, Mao with a roller-skating Hitler, not to mention Churchill in a swimsuit. This contest of dictators is flashy and flamboyant – a provocative pop re-enactment of Cold War worlds! A satire that screams a loud No to chauvinism and colonialism, told from the Taiwanese perspective, and with vague side glances at the near future. The exceptional artist Su Hui-yu has turned his eponymous 2023 performance at MOCA Taipei into a feature film debut oozing with boundless creativity. The film puts us at a crossroads of entertainment, escapism and ideology - in a parody on TV and variety shows of the 80s. What the hell is going on? The Trio Hall, presented at Berlinale, offers its own gloriously unhinged answer.