The first half of the [Drunk Man] is basically concentrated in an inn. The layout of one table and two chairs is quite simple in the style of the Peking Opera stage. Swallow is more martial arts, and it also originates from the scene of the bandits besieging the protagonist in Peking Opera. With the help of the skill demonstration of copper coins, benches, chopsticks, folding fans and other props, it is also a juggling kung fu from Peking Opera. The fight between Jin Yanzi and the gangsters immediately had the abstract flavor of Peking Opera martial arts, the beauty of the figure, the practicality of the moves, the smooth movements and the percussion of the gongs, drums and bangs. Unseen yet wonderful offensive and defensive in the inn. Hu Jinquan, who has been immersed in the Beijing theater since he was a child, and who knows how to sing and sing, has instilled the strong flavor of opera like a divine decree. Zheng Peipei's folding fan opened, Yue Hua's voice fell into the lotus, and stretched out. The literati and martial arts rivers and lakes, which originally existed only in the pen and ink, finally became a light and shadow in the hands of Hu Jinquan. What makes people even more overjoyed is that this is only a beginning. After it, there are [Dragon Gate Inn], [Yingchun Pavilion] , [Chivalrous Girl] and other more subtle works.
[Drunk Man]'s Peking Opera style also lies in the appearance of Jin Yanzi. I have never seen his name in the mouths of the bandits. After a while, a beautiful silhouette is easy to appear before Xiaoqiao Liushui. Jin Yanzi's refined appearance, graceful skills, and unpretentious bearing made the audience fascinated. Hu Jinquan went up to Nie Yinniang and Red Line Girl in the legend of the Tang Dynasty, and went down to Zhu Hui in [Dragon Inn], Yang Huizhen in [Chivalrous Girl], Wu Ruoshi in [Loyalty and Martyrdom] and the crowd in [Story of Yingchun Pavilion] pushed female chivalrous warriors to the forefront, and they were nothing less than the prevailing Zhang Che-style masculine heroes and the gender formulas in traditional Chinese martial arts. An earth-shattering challenge.
Originally published in "Hong Kong Film Centennial"
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