Friday, June 6, 2025

Revive traditional Cantonese opera

Traditional Cantonese opera or yue kak is a dying art form as young people no longer watch shows with content they cannot relate to.So Hong Kong is very creative to use a modern theme like the Trump tariff trade war n Ukraind conflict to lure young people back to watch opera. Come on who cares for megalomaniac Chinese emperors when contemporary megalomaniacs are more relatable in the modern day.Who cares for undying love of concubines when a quick scroll on Tinder can set your heart on fire with hundreds of dates . Hong Kong brings out the best of East meets West literally.When young people flock to watch opera,the artistic skills of the singing and orchestra is preserved and reinvented to suit the modern age.Noone can related to a man with a red or green mask and stylised facial expressions.But the orange wig is universally recognised and come on using long spears and broad swords to fight is outdated but a watergun.wow thats so cool . Maybe entertainment has to come up with new venues and ideas like watching Cantonese opera while dining on fine Cantonese cuisine.or have tourists excited about learning to sing a few lines,dressing up and taking part in the opera as an interactive play.If its the journey to the west opera,i would love to play the character the white bone devil or one of the monkeys.Tourist nowadays prefer immersive experience and instagram moments. better still if a zipline is set up on the stage i would love to be a swordsman flying down with a sword like a hero from the outlaws of the marshes with smoke effect and light and sound show of rain and lightning.thats the most wonderful way to make memories for tourists. hmmm if the hong kong tourism wants fresh new ideas to attract tourists.hire me how about being an apprentice in Nicholas Tze cookery show in which he sets up a Hells kitchen wearing devil horns and cooking fiery Devils curry.so crazy cool la

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