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The Fetures Of Postmodernism And Grass Roots Of Steffen Chow's Mo Lei Tau Comedy

Posted on:2009-01-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z S XiaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360272998039Subject:Literature and art
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Stiffen Chow's Mo Lei Tau Comedy is not only a special phenomenon, but is one part of important popular culture. There are always different evaluations of it. As a cultural combinition of special history and culture of Hong Kong, Stiffen Chow's Mo Lei Tau Comedy reflects the features of combinition of multi-culture which is filled with contradiction of pioneer and tradition, post moderism and grass roots. On the one hand, Stiffens Chow's Mo Lei Tau Comedy deconstructs tradition, mocks classic and subverts rules with the rebelling and cynical attitudes and non-logical, scattered, nervous and scrappy comic methods to reflect the features of post modernism. On the other hand, Stiffen Chow's Mo Lei Tau Comedy is rather conservative in the structure of story, the ways of telling stories, images and the expression of feelings. He reflects the characteristics of grass root in receiving and carrying on classic stories, caring about those who are at the bottom of the economic heap and keeping the traditional morality and justice. In the dillema of the contradiction of art and culture, Stiffens Chow consciously critisizes and develops the module of Mo Lei Tau Comedy in order to make a break-through. Based on the analysis of materials, this article analyzes the features of postmodernism and grass roots of Stiffens Chow's Mo Lei Tau Comedy and expresses the mealingness of Mo Lei Tau Comedy to Chinese modern popular culture which includes Hong Kong.
Keywords/Search Tags:Stiffen Chow, Mo Lei Tau, films, postmoderism, features of grass roots
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