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Does The Rise Of The Chinese Mainland Investors Shift The Local Pop Concert Influence Away From Hong Kong Organisers? Is Jacky Cheung (張學友) Concert An Example Of The Trend?
“There was no such thing as a fair fight. All vulnerabilities must be exploited.” In the business world, we are all in the middle of nature beauty contest. Pop concerts in Hong Kong usually take place in 2 venues. Hung Hom Stadium, officially the Hong Kong Coliseum (紅磡體育館), has a seating capacity of 12,500 people…
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Purity, Vulnerability And Non-conformity Made Him A Singing Superstar: Charlie Zhou Shen’s “2025 ShenShen’s Concert Tour周深2025深深的巡迴演唱會” In Hong Kong
A man with a pure soul has a very welcoming energy. His aura draws people to him because a pure soul always shines with warmth and kindness. A man is vulnerable when he shows emotional weakness such as fragile feelings and great sensitivity. Women want to protect a vulnerable man due to their innate nurturing…
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When A Musical Is Not So “Musical”, Let Alone An Art-Tech Show: HighLights — The Memories of Charles Kao (一束光—高錕的記憶)
Trees, when they just grow together, do not form a “jungle”. A jungle should have different layers of vegetation like the emergent layer, canopy, understory, and forest floor. Each layer has a unique set of plants which mean a totality of the conditions such as sunlight and humidity. Likewise, when drama (through a sequence of…
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The Growing Importance Of GBA Audience To Hong Kong Cinemas: Salute To Broadway Circuit (百老匯電影院線) & Its Boss Bill Kong (江志強)
A leader’s role is to translate a vision into reality. Vision is the art of seeing possibility out of impossibility. The movie mogul in Hong Kong Bill Kong (William Kong 江志強) has more than 60 years of experience in film business. He once said, “I still believe that people do need entertainment and enlightenment. A…
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Do You Know What Is ACG? The Thundering Japanese Cultural Impacts On Hong Kong : “Demon Slayer”(鬼滅之刃) & “Attack On Titan Final Exhibition” (進擊的巨人展Final)
The only way that you do not get old is to be curious-minded and try new things. In Japanese, “manga” (漫畫) refers to all kinds of cartooning, comics, and animation. Among English speakers, “manga” has the stricter meaning of “Japanese comics”, in parallel to the common usage of “anime” outside Japan. In Hong Kong, we…
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The Rap Song “Spread Your Wings” (大展鴻圖) Accidentally Promotes Hong Kong’s Cantonese Opera “The Flower Princess” To Millions Of People In the Chinese Mainland. How?
The past often holds a cherished beauty. Old art is treasured for its cultural value and historical significance. The challenge nowadays is how to revive old art by encouraging more young people to understand and like it. The Hong Kong-style Cantonese Opera or “Daai Hei” (香港大戲) has been a unique form of performing art in…
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The World-famous “Nanjing Sister Hong Incident” (南京紅姐事件): Infotainment, Yellow Journalism Or “Newstainment”?
All forms of madness in society are justified in the people who create them or those who enjoy watching it. A word to describe news that is also a form of entertainment is “infotainment”. This term combines information and entertainment, and is often used for news reports that prioritize the entertainment value of the news,…
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Anti-heroes And Comic Reliefs: The Good Tricks Used By A Minecraft Movie(我的世界大電影) To Entertain The Audience?
Laughter raises our intake of oxygen-rich air. It stimulates our heart and lungs. Finally, it increases the endorphins that are released from the brain. Only a cinephilia cares if a movie has a serious message or not. Most people watch movies for entertainment. Hong Kong is right now experiencing an economic downturn. People want to…
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The 5 Common Kinds Of “Immersive Theatres”: Do You Think The Thrills Can Stand The Test Of Time?
The art boundaries between “orthodox” and “atypical”, and between “high” and “low”, are speedily disappearing. Thomas Hood, a poet, said, “There are 3 things which the public will always clamour for sooner or later : namely novelty, novelty, novelty.” In life, nothing is new actually and the novelty lies in your reaction to it. New…
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The Bear “Paddington” Travels From London To Peru: Can We Also Use Films To Stimulate Tourism For Hong Kong?
We become what we are inspired. A good movie creates ideas that we could tap into their creativity and relatedness. The Chinese New Year movie for Hong Kong this year includes Paddington in Peru (柏靈頓：秘魯大冒險). Following its old success model theory, the film is half animation and half real characters. It has an easy-to-follow plot,…