Alright, hear me out here. It's less news and more of a recent "entertainment" trend in Hong Kong. But this video needed to be shared with the world, and if there is anything that Kung Fu Hustle should have taught us it's that we can draw intellectual conclusions from even the most seemingly base subject material.
The Director is Wong Jing, an artist that claims to be successful because he "gives the people what they want, not what he thought that they should want"
He specializes in deliberately trashy movies full of sexual titillation, dirty jokes, and dumb plots. When I saw this trailer I naturally assumed that it was a serious attempt, that once again Chinese filmmakers just couldn't measure up to western standards in terms of acting, effects, or writing. Little did I know that it was the cross-cultural equivalent to a SciFi channel original movie.
For me, the idea that foreign art is a creature not dissimilar to our own is still a strange one. But this movie appears to be SELF AWARE GARBAGE, an accomplishment not to be taken lightly.
(The above statement is unironic btw)
Maybe the movie is not worth mentioning. Maybe I just wanted to share this silly trailer. Certainly it's evidence that China is on its way towards replacing Japan in terms of stupid s*%# that Americans learn to love for no reason.
But then again, maybe there is something to be learned from all of this.
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