King of Comedy

Stephen Chow, a Chinese comedian, devoted nearly thirty years to his career of acting. It is a controversial topic when people are talking about Stephen; some people enjoy his performance while others discern him by claiming that he is over-acted. I had been obsessed with Stephen since I was in junior school. One day I was attracted and entertained by a clamorous, amusing hoody with a loose black suite. That was the first time I encountered with Stephen in the movie All for the Winner. 

From my memory, Stephen is the one with undisputed acting. He could be a schizophrenic patient, a hoody and a spy; no matter he acts, he is so talented that he is able to be the new character. People fail to imitate Stephen as he has his unique accuracy in analyzing the character, the exquisiteness in expressing his emotion and the rhythmic sensation in changing his moods. 

The movie King of Comedy above is my favorite work from Stephen. The poster of this film attracted my attention as all the people were smiling with tears in their eyes; I wonder what would happen in this movie. It depicts the process of the protagonist, Wan Tin-aau, striving to become an actor. At the moment when he is given an opportunity to act, the director changes his mind. There is a love story behind the main plot when Wan Tin-auu meets one of the club girls, Lau piu-piu, to teach her how to act.

King of Comedy was marked as the transition work of Stephen from an actor to a director. He put great effort in this movie; it was said that every single supporting role was well selected by Stephen. Stephen vitalized these roles with his own experience from his early career. For instance, you may notice that one scene that when a person was acting a corpse as a minor role during the film and a cockroach stayed on his face and he kept still until the director interrupted. Stephen represented a mediocre man who strive to achieve his dream but faced with challenges and never changed his passion to acting. He showed off his talent in acting to his audiences that one could smile with tears.

There were not many evident details that deliberately made people laugh. I laughed because I was moved and understood what Stephen wanted to convey. King of Comedy was more like a biography of Stephen rather than simply a comedy; many lines in this film conveyed Stephen's voice. Compare to his other work, this movie may not be the funniest one, but it is the one that Stephen truly acted with sincere and effort. 

What do you think of Chinese comedy and what do you think of Stephen chow? Do you agree with me?

Comments on KK's blog

People are exposed to too much information nowadays and therefore, social media becomes an important role in people gathering information efficiently. Posts on social media, such as facebook and vine, are short and direct, which means that people do not spend much of their time reading information as what they would spend on television or newspaper. It could be said that social medias trivialize people's time. Furthermore, in order to capture more people's attention, issues that posted by social medias often associated with videos and imagines, which create convenience for people to collect information in a efficient way. I agree with KK's point that social media is one of the good ways to find motivation and entertainment.

So, what are things posted on social media? Take facebook as an example, people post selfies of themselves to record their daily lives as well as interesting things that they see or happen on them. Just as what KK said, she loved to watch animals doing silly things. I am obsessed with collecting funny animal pictures and videos as well. 

The video above is a compilation of funny moments of cats and I burst out laughing with my friends when we watched it. I am curious about why animals make people laugh easily. Comparing to people watching funny videos of human beings, they would only laugh at certain points. However, when people are watching videos of animals, they generally start to giggle as soon as they see the animals. So, what is the exact reason behind this phenomenon?

On one hand, people laugh at animals because of their appearance. There is no doubt that we look different from animals. Especially dogs and cats, they are born with fluffy body and bright eyes. In this way, laughter are created due to the adorability from people to those animals. Therefore, it is easy for people to laugh when these animals creating some interesting facial expression, even if they are simply staring at you. About 40% of funny animal videos consist of their unique facial expression.

On the other hand, people create laughter as animals do what they are not supposed to do and do not do what they are expected. For example, when a dog is wearing a costume and glasses, people find it extremely hilarious because how could a dog dress like a human. Another example is that animals are expected to be very happy when their masters feed them. It would make people chuckle if at this moment, a cat reluctantly looks at its food and slams it away. 

Comments on Funny Bone Humor

Seeing others being awkward or stupid does make people laugh. Just like what Kirby said, the most basic reason, explaining the comical effects of people falling and the America's Funniest home Videos, is that people laugh at the goofiness or foolishness of others. This Funny Bone Humor reminds me of my own experience from my childhood.

When I was young, I could not control myself and I always fall on the ground. Any obstacles, for example, pebbles, paper and even a pen could cause me to fall. There was a partial reason due to my body, but the majority was that I did not pay attention to my surroundings. My peers would burst out laughing if they saw me slip. At the beginning I was quite upset that my friends laughed at me. However, one day I found out that if I laughed immediately after my small misfortune, most children would look at me curiously rather than think that I was funny. Later on, every time I felt embarrassed, I made fun of myself before others and this action largely reduced the chance that people would laugh at me. 

Although my story differs from that of Kirby, we both laugh to transfer a signal that we are good rather than we are feeling awkward. It could be said that this is my funny bone humor. In this situation, children may feel superior at the beginning as they saw me suffered from small misfortune. Superiority theory could explain why they laughed. However, when I started to laugh at myself, they gradually reduced their laughter and became curious about why I laughed. It was interesting to remember that some kids mimicked what I did and laughed together with me. In that way, they laughed because they found a companion.