In Response To Keyu

Racial stereotypes have the potential to be either fairly accurate to the race as a whole or only based on a minority of the population. A common Chinese racial stereotype is that they are very smart people who are driven and academically gifted. This stereotype really shows its head in Chinese comedy. I would describe this kind of comedy as dry and intellectual; the kind of humor that you have to think about to laugh at. While I think that I personally have a dry sense of humor at times I really don’t think that my personal sense of humor holds a candle to some of the Chinese comedy I have been exposed to.

The movie King of Comedy by Stephen Chow is a fairly complex example for all the reason’s Keyu explained in her blog. Based on her representation of Mr. Chow and his involvement with this film I agree with her assessment and even though I don’t find this film all that humorous I did think that it was a work of art. It did a good job showing me another culture and another life. Without doing a lot more research I cannot comment on much more than that where these things are concerned. What I can say is that American comedians and creators of comedies could learn a lot from this film, its creator, and the culture surrounding it.