Wednesday, June 13, 2007
上海滩
Mom's been watching a remake of 上海滩 while recuperating. The remake of the drama that was popular in the 1980s (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bund_(TV_series)) is done in Chinese, unlike the Cantonese original, which starred Chow Yun Fatt. This one was acted by up and coming Chinese actors 黄晓明 and 孙俪, which I think played their parts very well indeed. Huang, with his brooding good looks, also starred as 杨过 in 神雕侠侣 that is currently playing on Channel U. He is now my crush hohoho :)
The storyline is engaging and the actors carried their roles well. The costumes and props were very well-put together. However, a blemish in the drama serial is the portrayal of the Japanese. Understandably, given the plot and the current tension in the relationship between the Chinese and Japanese, real Japanese would not have been asked to help out in the making of the drama. However, I still cannot help but find it rather pathetic to see Chinese attempting their best to portray Japanese, wearing kimonos, performing Japanese dance and uttering an occasional "bakero!" in an emotionally charged scene, in an otherwise great production. Other than that, the serial is a delight to watch.
Watching the serial reminded me of the Christmas party I threw at my house in 2005, with the same theme. Somehow it is difficult to find another theme to rival that, what with its seductive decadence of both poverty and luxury. It will be fun to brain storm for ideas for this year's Christmas party. Bring the ideas on, peeps!
The storyline is engaging and the actors carried their roles well. The costumes and props were very well-put together. However, a blemish in the drama serial is the portrayal of the Japanese. Understandably, given the plot and the current tension in the relationship between the Chinese and Japanese, real Japanese would not have been asked to help out in the making of the drama. However, I still cannot help but find it rather pathetic to see Chinese attempting their best to portray Japanese, wearing kimonos, performing Japanese dance and uttering an occasional "bakero!" in an emotionally charged scene, in an otherwise great production. Other than that, the serial is a delight to watch.
Watching the serial reminded me of the Christmas party I threw at my house in 2005, with the same theme. Somehow it is difficult to find another theme to rival that, what with its seductive decadence of both poverty and luxury. It will be fun to brain storm for ideas for this year's Christmas party. Bring the ideas on, peeps!
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// posted by Jenn @ 3:11 PM 
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