Although "The King of Comedy" uses comedy as the outer packaging, the core is like "Taxi Driver", using line-drawing documentary methods to question and criticize the society shaped by the media. Unlike Zhou Xingchi's film of the same name, this film is not intended to tell an inspirational story in which talent is finally fulfilled. Rupa’s "Five-Minute Show" won the audience’s repeated applause. Whether it relies on real talents and learning, or the absurdity of the life course that is never fictional, Scorsese left it to the audience to distinguish. It is difficult to tell whether there is some ink in the stomach or the media's help. Scorsese's ambition to take "The King of Comedy" to look at society calmly is obviously lacking in the Hong Kong version of "The King of Comedy" that "work hard, struggle" throughout the film
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This film is Robert De Niro's first performance on the big screen with a strong Brecht theory. His performance carries an exaggerated comic style, and he refuses to act as a "real" person. "The King of Comedy" deliberately pursues an uneasy balance between emotion and reason. No one is innocent in the film’s point of view. Perhaps the filmmakers themselves are even more innocent.
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