The New King of Comedy (2019)

Stephen Chow's style of exaggerated satiric comedy of the common people

found this films by Stephen Chow by accident, and i was pleasantly surprised to see Wang Baoqiang in the film.
this film is a relatively enjoyable film, but can at times be a bit too plain, and predictable.

this film has a satire comedic style infused with Chow's trademark comic style. A mix of over-dramatic/exaggerated bullshits, dialogues and non-verbals that are often filled with ticklishly funny dumbness. audience who gets it, gets it.

Stephen Chow has a knack of telling a story that has exaggerated/amplified ordeals of the common folk in a seemingly ordinary setting and turn it into something extraordinary that engages the audience's sympathy for the character, the story and the plot. often, the main protagonist is characterized as this innocent/naive and ordinary character who faces various kinds of crunching ordeals. at its core, it is saying that ordinary people can become extraordinary, and achieve extraordinary feats.

i think there are four main supporting characters in this film,
a father whose action sometimes contradicts his words in the way he expresses his love for his daughter
a deceitful man who preys on the innocent and gullible (and probably prey on the desperate)
a has-been actor who earns his second shot on fame/popularity by chance
a colleague who is too shy to profess his feelings until a turn of event in his life forces him to

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