Can Stephen Chow be called the "King of Comedy"? Look closely at his movie to know the answer
Stephen Chow has the title of "King of Comedy", his films are generally interesting and classic, plus he has acted in the autobiographical film "The King of Comedy", so he has the title of "King of Comedy".
However, since Stephen Chow did not act in movies, his films always seem to have a feeling less. Including this year's "King of New Comedy", the box office is generally not said, the rating is not high, many viewers feel that it is not fun, it is a bad film. Therefore, Chow's title of "King of Comedy" has also been threatened, so can Stephen Chow be worthy of the title of "King of Comedy"? My answer is: Of course it deserves it.
We have to re-examine the concept of comedy, and the editor believes that comedy focuses on comedy, but comedy and funny are not the same concept. Funny is funny, comedy is comedy. Comedy may be funny, but funny cannot be called comedy.
For our Chinese, comedy is the most beautiful ending. Some people say that tragedy is the destruction of good things for people to see. Then I would like to say that Stephen Chow's comedy is to repair the most tragic and broken things for the audience to see. His comedy is not about being funny, but about turning all the tragic things into something beautiful in a way for the audience to see.
This is Stephen Chow's comedy, and it is also in line with the happy ending that Chinese longs for.
If you look closely at Stephen Chow's movie, you will find that it is full of incredible things.
For example, in the classic "Yangtze River No. 7", migrant worker Zhou Tie lived the life of a low-level person, very hard, and finally died of an accident, which is reasonable and unexpected. After all, as a migrant worker, doing high-risk occupations, it is not inconceivable that this situation will occur. Just when everyone was sad and uncomfortable for Zhou Xiaodi to lose his father and fall down for the top pillar of this poor family, a miracle occurred, and Qizai saved Zhou Tie.
I think that there is a joy in everyone's heart at this time, this joy can not be brought by being funny, this joy is also a real comfort from the heart, not a simple smile on the face, this is a feeling of nirvana rebirth.
In addition to "Yangtze River Seven", you have the same feeling when you watch "The King of Comedy". Yin Tianqiu was obviously an ordinary person, and at the crucial moment, there was a leak, and just at the moment of a thousand gunshots, he took a pistol and defeated the three thieves. The contrast between before and after was particularly large, but no one knew why Yin Tianqiu's marksmanship and courage had become so high at that time, but he just felt comfortable inside. But to think realistically, it is impossible, Yin Tianqiu only has to die, leaving only Liu Piaopiao alone waiting for him to return home. Zhou Xingchi used a miracle to change the movie for a happy ending, which met the needs of most people for the victory of justice.
There is also this truth in "Kung Fu", the little bastard played by Zhou Xingchi is obviously an ordinary person, who has offended the Axe Gang and the Fire Cloud Evil God, and there is no way to live according to the reason. However, he was miraculously opened to the second vein of Ren Dou, becoming a martial arts wizard that was rare in a hundred years, and even made great progress in martial arts in a short period of time, becoming a master who could defeat the fire cloud evil god. This is actually very magical, according to normal logic is not clear, but Zhou Xingchi gave the protagonist such an adventure, so that the goodness and justice represented by the protagonist defeated the evil, so that the audience could see comfortably.
If you look closely at Stephen Chow's films, you will find that his films are all the same process. An ordinary person, living a very simple or even a little miserable, tragic to the end can not be miserable, there will always be a miracle. Let this miracle turn sorrow into joy. "God Eater" and "Shaolin Soccer" are also like this.
He is to present the tragedy to the audience, and then in some way, turn the story that originally ended the tragedy into a comedy, and there is a kind of "peak circuit" magic.
Other people's comedies are almost always taken from life, discovering some fun and funny lines in life to make the audience laugh. There are very few Chow Films that leave people with a feeling of relief after the sadness. For example, it's like you're sitting in a nightmare where all that happens is something you can't accept, and you've experienced grief. When the pain was extreme, I woke up and found that everything was the comfort and joy after the dream.