Not crazy, not live

Lelia 2022-04-12 08:01:01

In the middle of "Farewell My Concubine", Xiaolou said that Cheng Dieyi "isn't crazy, he can't survive", and it is also appropriate to use it in today's "Stage beauty".
Unexpectedly, the law in the British theatre industry in Charlie’s time stipulated that women were not allowed to act, and all female roles were performed by men. Boys were selected to be next to their masters since childhood, and were required to wear women’s clothes and learn women’s tone and gestures. The male protagonist is the best person who is considered to be born with a female figure. He has been locked in a house for a long time for training since he was a child. So when the king later announced that female roles can only be played by women, he suddenly fell from the highly anticipated "Desdemona" to the role of a clown who was despised and could only roam the countryside. On the stage transformed into a masculine temperament, his futile efforts made everyone worried, but made himself laugh. Seeing such a pitiful and ridiculous performance, I was almost moved to tears. He is just doing one thing he is suitable for and loves, why should he be forced to give up his life support because of the change of secular aesthetic standards? People often know how to settle down, but they don't know how to make life. What the world lacks is not only people who know how to make life, but also a lack of people who have a heart of tolerance and let others make life.
The maid next to him has become the hottest first-line female star because of her long-term stealing and her own efforts, which makes it even more difficult for him to accept. Fortunately, after a dramatic run-in, the two rehearsed together an urgently awaited "Orsay". Luo", confirming the fact that he can return as a male actor. In the final scene, the two of them worked so well together that I, an old fan who thought I was a little smart, was tricked into thinking he was killing the actress on stage while she struggled to get off the ground. When they got up, they let go of their dangling hearts, along with their volatile prejudice and stubbornness. It's still a happy ending in the end, she lets him find his male identity after years of being lost, and the drama is complete.

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  • [Ned is showing Maria different sexual positions; Maria is now on her stomach underneath him]

    Maria: So, who am I now?

    Ned Kynaston: You're the man.

    [laughs]

    Ned Kynaston: Uh, you're the woman.

    Maria: [giggles] And you're?

    Ned Kynaston: I'm the man, or so I assume. Seldom get up here, quite a view.

    Maria: But I'm the man-woman.

    Ned Kynaston: Yes, you're the man-woman.

  • Nell Gwynn: A man isn't how he walks or how he speaks. It's what he does.

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