I was watching 'Romance of the Red Chamber' ('Hong(2) Lou(2) Meng(4)' in Chinese..) on cable TV yesterday night. Okay, I wasn't exactly watching. The computer happens to be just next to the TV set in my living room, so I just happened to glance over and read the subtitles.

And that was enough to make me laughandlaughandlaughandlaugh..

"My heart tripped and fell.'

Oh the anguish! The pain! The RIDICULOUS IMAGERY! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahha! I laughed for as long as my sore abs could stand it. Ouch. I think that these old Shaw Brothers movies are superduper wayang. For the audience to understand that, for example, Character A is angry with Character B, they will have to sit through this song and dance segment which consists of both parties narrating what happened first while prancing around like ninnies who drank too much Red Bull. The first time I saw this, I nearly died of confusion and boredom; get on with it already! I really don't know how to appreciate this sort of movies. Then again, how many people of my generation can?

Ugh. And guess what. My Mum's watching the re-run now.