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1、《高级休闲英语》“Humpback”WinsWideAcclaimPrimMinisterHumpback,a40-partTVseries,starteditsscreeningonBeijingTelevisioninFebruarywithoutmuchcommotion.Againsttheoddsandtothesurpriseofmany,theserieswonovernightacclaimandisnowspreadingrapidlyacrossthecountrywith46localstations
2、signingcontractstoscreenit.Withnolarge-scalepromotion,nopriormediaattention,andnocomplexplot,whatmakestheseriessounexpectedlysuccessful?TherehasneverbeenashortageoffilmsTVseriesaboutemperorsandtheirhenchmeninChina.Butsomepresentedhistoryinasolemnandserioustonetost
3、riveforhistoricalrealism,whileotherturnedhistoryintoanabsurdfarce.Incontrast,PrimeMinisterHumpbacknarratestheperhapsexaggeratedlegendswitharealspiritofhistory,drawinginspirationsfromfolkloreandthelanguageoftheordinarypeopleofthetime.Mostviewershavealsoascribedthes
4、uccesstothestunningperformancesofLiBaotian,WangGangandZhangGuoli.LiBaotianplaysthecleanprimeministerLiuYong.Developinghisownunderstandingofcharacter,hehashelpedinstillintheprimeministerthecleverness,resoluteness,andhumourthatmakeLiu“acomplicatedpersonalitynoteasyt
5、ojudgesimplyaseithergoodorbad,”saysLi.Liuisadaring,uprightprimeministerfreefromthecorruptionrampantinimperialcourt.Butmorethananincorruptibleofficial,hissubtleresistancetotheauthorityofEmperorQianlongisbasedonConfucianphilosophy,whichmeansthatitispracticallylimite
6、d.“Butitisofgreatsignificanceinitselfbyunveilingthecomplexityofhumannature,”Lisays.“PlayingLiuYonggavemealotofscopetoexploreacomplicatedcharacter.”WangGangbroughtthecharacterofHeShentolife,depictingthecorruptofficialwhowasanimplacableforofLiuYong.Wang’sHeShenistre
7、acherous,crafty,greedyandshameless.ButinWang’sinterpretationheisnotevilbutamanwhoseaction“catertotheemperorQianlong’shumanneeds,incontrasttoLiuYong’swhichservetheemperor’sregulatoryneeds,”Wangexplained.AndZhangGuoliportrayedaChineseemperorverydifficultfromtheusual
8、emperorsinmainlandandHongKongfilmsandTVseries.Insteadofbeingdissoluteandcruel,fatuousandself-indulgentorgallantandimpulsive,Zhang’semperoriswise,vivacio
