Stephen Zhou Research Paper
Lin Zhong
Professor: Dr. Pauline Beard
Expository Writing 201-03
April 19, 2013
The king of comedy
Look tragedy through comedy
“I made so many tragedies, but the audience thought I had been making comedies all the time”, Stephen Zhou stated.
When we refer to comedy, what comes up to your mind, laughter, humor? Have it ever occurred to you that sometimes the director was trying to express a tragedy emotion behind the comedy atmosphere? When we talk about Chinese comedy, we have to come to the most famous Chinese comedy actor, Stephen Zhou, who acted in a large number of famous comedy movies. He plays an important role in the comedy world. In China, everyone knows his name. Among his representatives, the king of comedy is the most meaningful one to me. …show more content…
Stephen Zhou played a role called “Tianchou”. Reading tons of books about acting and wandering around the film studio to seek opportunities, he was crazy about acting. Unfortunately, the director only used famous actors to act. He did not give up. He opened a cinema and taught acting skills for free. Then by chance, he was able to act again. However, things did not go as well as he thought. Going through some setbacks, Tianchou was appreciated by a famous actress, Juan, who helped Tianchou play a main actor. At last, Tianchou helped a spy arrest the criminals and he made a success in his career. This movie is classified as a comedy, however, when you analyze this film through, you will find that this movie is a mirror of Stephen Zhou’s career
Professor: Dr. Pauline Beard
Expository Writing 201-03
April 19, 2013
The king of comedy
Look tragedy through comedy
“I made so many tragedies, but the audience thought I had been making comedies all the time”, Stephen Zhou stated.
When we refer to comedy, what comes up to your mind, laughter, humor? Have it ever occurred to you that sometimes the director was trying to express a tragedy emotion behind the comedy atmosphere? When we talk about Chinese comedy, we have to come to the most famous Chinese comedy actor, Stephen Zhou, who acted in a large number of famous comedy movies. He plays an important role in the comedy world. In China, everyone knows his name. Among his representatives, the king of comedy is the most meaningful one to me. …show more content…
Stephen Zhou played a role called “Tianchou”. Reading tons of books about acting and wandering around the film studio to seek opportunities, he was crazy about acting. Unfortunately, the director only used famous actors to act. He did not give up. He opened a cinema and taught acting skills for free. Then by chance, he was able to act again. However, things did not go as well as he thought. Going through some setbacks, Tianchou was appreciated by a famous actress, Juan, who helped Tianchou play a main actor. At last, Tianchou helped a spy arrest the criminals and he made a success in his career. This movie is classified as a comedy, however, when you analyze this film through, you will find that this movie is a mirror of Stephen Zhou’s career