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shoalin_soccer

Assignment # 1

I have been choosing the film ¡§Shaolin Soccer¡¨ which starring Stephen Chow for this analysis. A typical Chinese story from a small potato is to be a hero. In the movie, the social arrangement about that there is a classic hierarchy of different class of people in terms of the level of power of having control over other people which miniaturized the real world e.g. commercial, political field. Stephen Chow starting as a monk, which is outside of the social system. But he is living in the society then he needs to fit in the social system. Finally, he succeeds to enter the system and change the mainstream. That¡¦s a reform or revolution in the society.

Furthermore, I would like to make a comparison with the movie ¡§Any Given Sunday¡¨ which American film starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz. Shaolin Soccer is a classical story, how to climb up from a small potato to a hero or famous person, whereas Any given Sunday is putting the emphasis on the conflict betwee...

Posted by: Alexander Bartfield

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