A still from Yonfen film Peony Pavilion. Photo: Courtesy of Yonfan Studio Company Limited

When boys were girls and girls were boys: Hong Kong popular culture's blurring of gender roles celebrated

Canto-pop godfather Roman Tam’s peacock feather gown, Anita Mui’s androgynous outfits, Yonfen's films and Leslie Cheung’s red Manolo Blahniks – M+ show explores sexual ambiguity in Canto-pop and film

Topic | Art Basel 2017

Enid Tsui

Published: 1:15pm, 20 Mar, 2017

Updated: 7:16pm, 20 Mar, 2017

A still from Yonfen film Peony Pavilion. Photo: Courtesy of Yonfan Studio Company Limited

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Enid Tsui

Enid joined the SCMP as senior culture writer in 2015 after many years of covering business and politics in Hong Kong and London. She edited and wrote for the Financial Times and the Nikkei Asian Review, presented on RTHK Radio 3, and launched the Economist Group's first Chinese-language publication, CFO China.