Peacock (2005)

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Peacock (2005)

Postby williamwan » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:16 am

Male teacher of Qiang is not Tong Ping but Song Ping / (??) .

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail ... ay_set=eng

Girl with Lu Yu Lai is not Zhang Jingchu but Li Wen-Ying. She is the classmate of Gao Wei-Qiang.

Can anyone confirm and update?
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Re: Peacock (2005)

Postby dleedlee » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:33 pm

That's definitely not Zhang Jingchu.

Li Wen-Ying: also listed also as Assistant Director? Doesn't seem possible.
...Okay, checked credits and it does say Second Assistant Director!

...Changes made.

I can't remember a Fat Girl and Fat Girl's sister in the film...maybe that was part of Wei-Qiang's section that was cut?
Also, probably a different Wong Tung / Wang Tong than the writer with 1967 credit? Maybe worth a split.
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Re: Peacock (2005)

Postby williamwan » Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:18 am

The Fat Girl is actually the applicant for parachutist post. She & her sister ask Zhang jingchu to help in her application since Zhang seems to know the Male parachutist in charge of enlistment.
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Re: Peacock (2005)

Postby dleedlee » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:39 pm

Ah, ok, I don't remember them as being that fat. Thanks for clarifying.
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Re: Peacock (2005)

Postby Brian Thibodeau » Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:13 pm

dleedlee wrote:Ah, ok, I don't remember them as being that fat. Thanks for clarifying.



Maybe it's just me, but some characters designated as "fat" -- or called "Fatty" in the subtitles :shock: -- in Chinese movies are often anything but fat. I get it with someone like Eric Tsang or Lydia Shum, but other times the actor/actress would barely quality as "pudgy" (in the west, of course) and still gets that "fatty" tag :lol: . Different cultural perceptions, I guess?
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Re: Peacock (2005)

Postby williamwan » Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:49 am

In chinese culture, any plump person is considered fat. I don't think chinese has a word for plump. Perhap my chinese is not good enough. Cd anyone enlighten me.?
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Re: Peacock (2005)

Postby Brian Thibodeau » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:39 pm

williamwan wrote:In chinese culture, any plump person is considered fat. I don't think chinese has a word for plump. Perhap my chinese is not good enough. Cd anyone enlighten me.?



That's what I've noticed too. It seems the words "fat" or "fatty" in Chinese culture rarely if ever carry the same connotation that they do in western culture, although I wouldn't be surprised if some self-conscious people are nonetheless hurt/stigmatized by it.
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