14-JAN-2007
Hot Place in A Cold Winter Day
Michigan's winter cannot quell our pursue for fine performance art. People from all over Southeast Michigan have their eyes on this up-coming ground-breaking heart-warming eye-popping jaw-dropping play, or as we call it, "XiaoPin", ever since news leaked from an un-name University of Michigan student indicating that WANG Qian's new script would be brought to live by a group of veteran actors ...
Ok, we ain't that good yet. So, how about this:
A bunch of people get really bored in the winter, so we come together for bears and a good laugh at that funny costume worn by SONG Jie.
Well, some where between the two extreme lies our motivation to gather at ZHANG Yiqing's home for the rehearsal of the XiaoPin ... um ... hei, WANG Qian, what would the English name of this XiaoPin be?
14-JAN-2007
Joining the Party
Come, come, the winter storm is brewin',
Our XiaoPin will illuminate the world
like a strobe flashin',
Late-comers need not be ashame
Arise from the array of shoes,
you too will be a superstar stinkin', ~I mean~, shinin'.
14-JAN-2007
Tying A Bow
Fairy I is making herself ready to act. This costume will be perfectly complemented by an elegant long handle feather fan, which is what we the earthlings like to call a badminton racket.
14-JAN-2007
Studying the Script Before Rehearsal
As our fairy practices flying, ZHANG Liang studies his lines with WANG Qian. We know that ZHANG Liang's heart is racing because it is required that every actor memorizes his/her lines for this rehearsal.
Relax ZHANG Liang, you play a college student, who never fears being laughed at.
14-JAN-2007
Comfy Footwear for the Jade Emperor
... Jade Emperor's footwear is actually not too shabby.
Wait till you see what Beijing University's president has on his feet, which is shown later ...
14-JAN-2007
"Right On"
Mr. CHEN Shihan, the director, was a professional actor. His advices are invaluable to us amateurs.
14-JAN-2007
Faries' Complaint
Script:
Fairy I: My dear Jady, we two are going to college next year. You won't send us to elsewhere, will you?
Fairy II: Please ~~~ I came here for Ziwei University. You know how hard it was for me to move my residence registration up here.
Actually said:
Fairy I: You dump *$$ J! If you screw up and make us leave here, I'll beat the living c^&p out of your yellow hat with this racket.
Fairy II: You listen to my sis and you listen well. If we don't get into Ziwei University, you will pay!
(Note: Acutally acuatlly, the faries are polite and sweet. But, wouldn't it be funny if they'd be a little ... shall we say, tougher?)
14-JAN-2007
"Yo, Who the Heck Are You?"
This scene IS funny by itself without me making bad jokes.
If you don't believe me, you go see the play and pay attention to that security guard.
14-JAN-2007
Acting and Observing
Xiuxiu (nick name of Matthew ZHANG) is very smart. He and his mother MA Shuping play Child and Mother, who are from Sichuan and are visiting Beijing University. Shuping's accented Mandarin is professionally hilarious.
14-JAN-2007
Me Sa President
"My scene comes next," says QIAN Wenfeng, "and it's so funny that I can't help laughing."
Ok, now, be serious, you play the president of the prestige Beijing University.
Just in case you don't know where it is, it is right next to the number-one-ranked Tsinghua Univerity.
(See, I HAVE to give a shout-out for my alma mater.)
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Good Good Study, Day Day Up
You all remember this phrase, don't you?
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The Haves and The Have-Nots
Drum roll ... ...
Allow me to present to you our honorable guests tonight ...
To your left is Mr. XU Zhihong, university president from a third world developing country ...
To your right is Mrs. Mary Sue Coleman, university president from a western developed country ...
