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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Walnut Folk Dance 10th Anniversary



Here is our "Chicago" jazz with Joyce Huo, Amy Hao and Jenny Chung:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGYneF_i0fs&app=desktop

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

莫言作品【蛙】:人文關懷“把自己當罪人寫” (2009)

“蛙”以計劃生育這一敏感題材為背景﹐塑造了鄉村婦產科醫生﹑計劃生育幹部姑姑這一典型形象。在姑姑身上﹐既有聖母般的光環﹐又有地煞般的猙獰﹐是亦神亦魔的合體人格。姑姑晚年生活在地洞中﹐以捏泥娃娃表達懺悔的心理﹐是莫言對人在歷史場域中的自我擔當自我懺悔意識的呼喚。

莫言把小說命名為“蛙”﹐乃是取“娃”﹑“媧”的同音之意﹐其圖騰的意味十分明顯。 這部號稱“醞釀十餘年、筆耕四載、三易其稿”的小說,無論從出版的時間來看,還是從試圖表現“鄉土中國六十年”的創作意圖來看,都可以被理解為是作家嘗試用自己的創作對共和國歷史進行清理和反思的嘗試。

莫言的小說《蛙》深刻的剖析了人性,雖然是在寫家鄉的故事,但是仍然深刻的表達出了一部人性的故事。

Sunday, September 22, 2013

X-Men: First Class (2011, Movie)

This is the prequel to the" X-Men Trilogy". This story looks at X-Men/mutants before the mutants were enemies with one another. Set in the early 1960s during the Cuban missile crisis, the viewer is introduced to two powerful mutants. this story explains why Xavier is in a wheelchair, how Magneto becomes Magneto, how Magneto got the helmet he wears, and why Mystique sides with Magneto and not Xavier. It's a good comic book movie. 

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013, Movie)

The film is similar in style to such franchise films as Underworld and others, but it very heavy on special effects and less so on style and story. The film is violent and the witches are killed in various and sometimes outlandish ways, but the action is non stop and unrelenting. Definitely it is not a children's movie either.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

青 鳥 (青 い鳥) (Blue Bird) (2008, Movie)

日本直木賞作家重松清的短篇小說《青鳥》所改編成的電影。校園霸凌倒不是是受害者的角度來看,而是從被欺負的野口同學轉學之後,學校、全班同學的反應來看待霸凌事件。欺負別人的人並沒有意識到對方的痛苦,以為是一種好玩,所以正造成了霸凌行為。這種以自我為中心的毛病,通常是比有意識的作為更令人寒心阿。

口吃的老師:「欺侮的行為……並不是因為討、討厭才變成欺侮的。也不是因為人數眾、眾、眾多,才演變成欺侮的。把人踐踏在腳下,讓他感到痛、痛、痛、痛苦,卻沒察、察覺自己造成他人的痛、痛、痛、痛、痛苦……對於他痛、痛、痛、痛苦的呼喊聲,充、充、充、充耳不聞的話,才是欺侮的行為……。」

這是一部劇情簡單的電影。