HONR 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Xi Jinping, Softcore Pornography, Tian Han
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At the time, women were not allowed to act. Mao desperately wanted her, but everyone else said no--went against their culture. Had to sign a document that she wouldn"t speak for 30 years. She kept a list of people who wronged her. Decided they needed to get over the class system of the past. Students protested all the censorship and human rights violations. Art in the east comes from buddhist, etc. tradition in which the way in which you improve yourself is through perfecting the moment. All movements form a sort of sign language. What a character might be signing might be different from their makeup which might also be different from their body movements/sign language. Purple: respect, sophistication, nobleness and a sense of justice. All of the roles are played by men in peking opera. The dan characters begin studying as children (as little boys) Because he lived his life as a female, he realized how oppressed women were.
