Cambodia’s David Copperfield

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Cambodia’s David Copperfield

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5 April 2019

..when Cambodians are asked who their favourite magician or illusionist is, only one name will come to their minds: Solo.

Making their living from gratuity and selling traditional medicine to their audience, the pahi members were giving various performances such as acrobat, comedies and animal tricks. However, Kimol was captivated by one of the members who could perform magic tricks. He made animals, such as rooster and cobra, appear from empty boxes, and Kimol, as well as other children, thought it was very cool.

One day in 1982, while walking along the Riverside, he saw a group of young people doing strange training in an old school. Some of them were trying to get on unicycles or juggle with sticks while others were doing gymnastic feats such as bending their bodies. Kimol later found out that it was the School of Circus Art, run by the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts.

“I combined the name of Sak Lo, as Charlie Chaplin has been called in Cambodia, and Loto, a famous Cambodian comedian and actor with dwarfism,” Kimol says.“That is how the name Solo came up. Now, more people know me by this name than my full name.”

Sok Ouch Oudom, 24, is Solo’s second son and his best pupil. Oudom’s skill earned him the Apsara TV award in 2016, and he is currently performing in the TV station’s kid shows or concerts, occasionally, while attending law school.

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Re: Cambodia’s David Copperfield

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Sak Lo : probably the closest way to say Charlot, which was the french nickname of Charlie Chaplin.

It became a common use word with time : "un charlot" is someone either funny on purpose, or someone claiming bullshit to be true (false pretentions).

Example : any drunk & overweighted guy 5 foot tall on Riverside pretending to be an ex seal (marine / legionnaire / spy) should be considered as a charlot first.
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