在线国产一区二区_成人黄色片在线观看_国产成人免费_日韩精品免费在线视频_亚洲精品美女久久_欧美一级免费在线观看

chinadaily.com.cn
left corner left corner
China Daily Website

Ambitious modernization of ancient tale hits the right notes

Updated: 2013-04-12 13:13
By Xu Jingxi ( China Daily)

Ambitious modernization of ancient tale hits the right notes

Hong Kong singer Denise Ho plays the lead role of Jia Baoyu in Awakening. Provided to China Daily

Review | Xu Jingxi

The play Awakening is a bold re-imagining of the classic Chinese novel, A Dream of Red Mansions.

The ancient red mansion has been replaced with an iron and cement warehouse. The main character, Jia Baoyu, the handsome man with a gold crown and fiery gown in A Dream of Red Mansions, now resembles Peter Pan, with a white cape and leather boots. Jinling's 12 beauties, Jia's female relatives, servants and friends, have replaced their traditional silk and satin with suits and high-heels and speak English and Japanese.

But it would be wrong to say the superficial modernization of the ancient text is the sole reason the production, directed by Edward Lam and starring Hong Kong singer Denise Ho, has been acclaimed as a brilliant contemporary interpretation of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) novel.

As its name implies, Awakening is about awareness - gathering the courage to leave behind the regrets of the past and to face up to present realities with a true heart.

Courage is what is lost when youth fades. And youth, an eternal subject for artists throughout time, has never been more in favor as it is today. People easily fall into nostalgia in a constantly changing world, when it's difficult to grasp the beautiful moments that pass us by.

"While A Dream of Red Mansions has a bigger theme and probes into politics and the sociology of an era, Awakening focuses on one figure, Jia Baoyu, showing his rediscovery of who he is and what he wants," director Lam says.

"What I'm trying to reflect is the novel's influence on modern people."

Awakening's story begins where the novel ends. Jia enters a fairyland after experiencing the decline of his aristocratic family and parting, in life and death, with Jinling's 12 beauties.

However, Jia has no recollection of these partings - not even the death of his true love Lin Daiyu. Snowflakes fall on the stage symbolizing his memories being wiped out, giving the play a visually breathtaking opening.

Regarding it as "heartless" to forget the past, Jia decides to live his life over again. But fairies recall his memories of the tragic fates of the beauties before they send him back to his past.

Ambitious modernization of ancient tale hits the right notes

Ambitious modernization of ancient tale hits the right notes


Three takes on tango in Beijing

Scenes from the drama 'A Dream Like a Dream' 

Previous Page 1 2 3 4 Next Page

8.03K
 
 
...
...
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 性久久久久 | 国产综合自拍 | 黄色一级免费看 | 欧美日韩四区 | www.亚洲精品| 美女福利视频 | 欧美一级特黄视频 | 成人小视频在线 | 综合久| www.日日夜夜| 五月婷婷色 | 国产在线欧美 | 成人高潮片免费网站 | 欧美日韩综合网 | 国产tv | 国产日韩一区二区 | 国产精品久久久久久久久久久久久久久 | 91久久精品日日躁夜夜躁欧美 | 成人一区二区视频 | 男女无遮挡xx00动态图120秒 | 欧美日韩亚洲综合 | 国产激情一区二区三区 | 黄色成人小视频 | 欧美一区二区三区视频 | 美女视频一区二区 | 国产日韩精品视频 | 玉足女爽爽91| 福利小视频在线观看 | 青草网 | 一级片aa | 狠狠综合网 | 亚洲h视频| 美日韩一区二区三区 | 久久久久久穴 | 中文字幕二区 | 成人不卡视频 | 亚洲一区免费观看 | 久久精品黄色 | 欧美激情视频一区二区三区 | 99精品在线 | 久久91视频 |