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“The Father Of Dance-up Comedy” In Hong Kong: Yang Hao (楊浩). The Art Of Blending Talk Show And Dance In A Contemporary Style
Dance is like a magic show with one’s body. The audience like to follow and move. Stand-up comedy is like a magic show with one’s mouth . Laughter from the audience will be the definitive answer as to whether the comedian fails or succeeds. The ambitious dancer in Hong Kong Yang Hao (楊浩) has been…
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11 Reasons Why The “Made In HK/USA” Stand-up Comedian Jimmy O Yang (歐陽萬成) So Successfully Funny In Hong Kong Coliseum
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” The performance is unprecedented in Hong Kong: an English stand-up comedy in a total of 5 shows capturing 35,000 audience in one of the largest stadiums in Hong Kong. The popular and successful comedian is Jimmy O Yang…
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The Outstanding Cantonese Opera Pilot Funding Scheme優秀粵劇演出先導計劃: Decrypting The Catalytic Move That Enhances The Cultural Heritage Of Hong Kong
There is a Chinese idiom “the cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice”. The English saying is “you cannot make bricks without straw”. In the art world, money matters but is only to a certain extent. I never have a moment of doubt that a bright future comes from the willingness and hard work…
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Learning Points From My Concert “You’ve Got a Friend”—What Are The 7 Things That The Hong Kong Audience Want From A Pop Concert ?
The line separating good from bad of a concert passes not through its box office, public attention or budget—but right through the after-concert satisfaction of the audience and the acclaim from the experts within the industry. I just produced a charity concert You’ve Got a Friend (好在有朋友) . Any man who said “I am the…
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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 New Genre Of “Ambient Movie” (環境電影): The Solitary Gourmet (孤獨的美食家), Boring Or Healing?
Is it good to be alone? It depends. Loneliness is a sense of isolation that often happens when one is single or alone. Loneliness persists even when other people are present. “Solitude”, in contrast, is the choice to be alone and use the time either for reflection or simply getting along with oneself. A “loner”…
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Disney’s Snow White (白雪公主) Seems to Be A Box-Office Bomb. Why Is Snow White An Apparent Flop?
I do not agree that the decision over conflicts is to choose what is right over what is wrong. Sometimes, it is a choice of what is good over what is bad. Snow White (白雪公主), an American musical fantasy film directed by Marc Webb in 2025, is caught by the above dilemma, i.e. a difficult…
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A Long Movie Of Almost 4 Hours: Can You Take Up The Time Challenge Of The Brutalist (粗獷派建築師) That Won The “Best Actor Award” For Adrien Brody
The true measure of a great show is not its length, but its excellence. In Hong Kong, local movies are usually 90 minutes. Foreign ones are commonly 2 hours, may be longer. To me, foreign films are too long, and sometimes time-dragging. Nowadays, it is trendy to make online short films. They can be anywhere…
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“It’s Okay Not to be Okay”: The Beautiful Charity Concert “You’ve Got a Friend (好在有朋友)” Presented By HKMWA And Produced By Me With Lead Stars Susan Wong & Brian Chow
With courage and resilience, you act; and life will never ever be insurmountable. “Strumming my pain with his fingers. Singing my life with his words. Killing me softly with his song. Killing me softly with his song. Telling my whole life with his words. Killing me softly with his song…” The “Queen of Hi-Fi” Susan…
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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…