Laughing Magician's Treasury - A Collection of Ma Ziming's Xiangsheng Performances

Author: Ma Li Jia Compiler
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book compiles the xiangsheng (comic dialogue), taipingge (a traditional Beijing song form), and some quyi (Chinese folk arts) works performed by Ma Zhi Ming. The words on paper are silent and invisible, but as long as you summon the energy and flavor of "Old Ma" during his performances in your mind, I believe you will also be amused by these humorous words and burst into laughter. This book is prefaced by Xue Bao Kun, a renowned quyi theorist and professor at Nankai University. Some key chapters are followed by Ma Zhi Ming's reflections on his creative adaptations. It is a rare collection of Ma-style xiangsheng. This book compiles representative works of Ma Zhi Ming's xiangsheng performance art, the main inheritor of Ma-style xiangsheng. The content includes: "Geographic Map," "Dispute," "The Bodyguard," "Listening to Quyi," "Reporting Dishes," and more.