Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Shots on target: The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie
The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie takes aim at easy assumptions about modern China, says MAYER WAKEFIELD
The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, at the Arcola Theatre, London E8
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