"Don't steal.

The government

doesn't like competition"

Mandalay must-see

Mustache brothers.

Cousins Lu Maw and Lu Zaw joke,

Broken government and country,

Between cultural dances

By a country-touring troupe

Now confined to a garage

Entertaining foreigners.

Government orders.

1996

Comics perform

For Aung San Suu Kyi,

Targeted jokes

Earn prison sentences.

Released years later

Due to international pressure,

2013

Brother Par Par Lay

Dies of kidney failure.

Lu Maw suspects

Lead-lined prison water tanks.

"I had a toothache, so I went to Thailand.

'Do you not have dentists in Burma?'

"'Ah, yes, but in Burma, we cannot open our mouths.'"

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The quotations are jokes from the Mustache Brother's show. See the comments for a link to an article about their shows. Thanks for reading!