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The courage of the Moustache Brothers

December 14th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment

But do not be put off, for without tourists the symbolic, heroic resistance of the Moustache Brothers would come to an end. They are comedians who dared to mock the regime. For this crime – for tyranny is terrified of laughter – two of them were imprisoned and set to work on chain gangs. Now [...]

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