Dave Barry returns
Bob Morris @ Aug 12th 2008 00:30 - Category: Unfiled
Just in time for the Olympics (and the election, no doubt)
There are a lot of ignorant, narrow-minded, uninformed and just plain stupid people who will tell you that the Beijing Opera is weird and boring. I agree with these people.
The biggest problem for me was the pacing. I’m used to American action movies, which routinely feature shootings, stabbings, sex scenes, car chases, helicopter crashes, nuclear explosions and at least one beheading before the opening title. Whereas in the Beijing Opera, it can take a performer as long as eight minutes to convey an idea such as, “Well, here I am!”
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