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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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Is True Love About Striking A Balance Between Realism And Idealism? The Inspiring Film Of “Eternity” (換乘真愛). How Is It Compared With “La La Land” (星聲夢裡人)?
Is true love just about passion? Or, is it simply a tranquil journey that 2 persons can slowly develop a bond which generates a deep commitment, making both a more responsible person? Is true love sheerly about strong feelings, or is it through simple sharing, one can reach an unwavering light in dark times? In…
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Two Films ： Kokuho (國寶) & Blood Wedding (血婚): Honouring The Neglected Traditional Performing Arts And Empowering Marginalized Voices Within The Arts
Quite a lot of people dislike traditional performing arts because they perceive such arts irrelevant and outdated in a modern world. Some think traditional performing arts are slow, boring and difficult to understand. It seems young people are losing interest in traditional arts. On the other hand, traditional art forms are definitely important since they…
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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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4 Stages Of Writing: My 15th Book No Time For Hello (怕打招呼) Is Carried In All Bookstores And A Big Thank You To Cosmos Books That Is Celebrating Its 50th Anniversary
Writing is what I go from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. I have been writing since 1980, and I have been publishing since 1996. While being a university student, I was a part-time scriptwriter. While being a lawyer, I began to write for newspapers, magazines and online media. I do not resist change.…
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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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The Truth Behind The Toy Craze “Labubu”: IP Derivative Products, Seeding & Blind Boxes
Toys are often symbols of pride, assurance, joy, and emotional connection. The deeper meaning of toys is nowadays about money, and about a very sophisticated modus operandi in marketing. Do you still have memory retention of the old toys like Astro Boy, Cabbage Patch dolls, Hello Kitty, Doraemon, Barbie and Crayon Shin-chan? BBC News reported…
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Why Pursuing A Law Degree? Reasons To Become A Lawyer? What Will Be The 2 Challenges That A Legal Professional Has To Take On?
“Wanting to be a someone else is a waste of the person you are.” A career is a long journey of good and bad times, and of comebacks. No career can guarantee you good money at all times. In the 1980s when the people of my generation looked for being a lawyer, the handsome reward…