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Category Archives: Guest Contributor
Lip-Service: Lip-Synching in Chinese Pop Music
by David Moser
When we showed up at the studio for the taping, we discovered that there was no microphone for our singer, no recording equipment or hookups for our amplifiers, and not even any electrical outlets on the stage. “How are we supposed to do our number?” I asked the studio crew. They looked at us incredulously. “You actually want to sing the song live?” they said
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by David Moser
by David Moser
Do whatever the hell you want, as long as you don’t do it on paper or via broadcast
Do whatever the hell you want, as long as you don’t do it on paper or via broadcast
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Tagged @classic, censorship, expatriates
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Stifled Laughter: How the Communist Party Killed Chinese Humor
The Chinese government has systematically stifled crosstalk by bowdlerizing its tradition, restricting its natural growth and evolution, and reducing the form to a sycophantic, unsatisfying — and unfunny — shadow of its former self.
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Tagged @classic, crosstalk, humor
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David Moser on Mao impersonators
I first became aware of this phenomenon in 1992 when I turned on a Beijing TV variety show and was jolted by the sight of “Mao Zedong” and “Zhou Enlai” playing a game of ping pong. They both gave short, rousing speeches, and then were reverently interviewed by the emcee, who thanked them profusely for taking time off from their governmental duties to appear on the show.
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The Three Stooges in China
“Can you do the laugh?” I ask him. “You know, that laugh?” He nods. He knows what I’m talking about. “Nyuk nyuk nyuk!” he suddenly erupts, in an imitation of Curly so compelling that I’m suddenly transported from Beijing to my family’s living room floor in Eureka, Kansas, circa 1959…
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