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The movie Begins in Beijing during China's Communist era. The focus on the lives of the opera singers displayed the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution, the strict traditions and the new beliefs and ways of the most recent government revolution. The picture first shows the opera singers in modern time, reuniting in 1977. The film follows the two stars over a period of fifty years. Their names are Chang Dieyl, and Duan Xiaolou. They are in full costume of their characters in the play and they are discussing their past. The history of the drama is presented by flashback of the singers when they are being trained harshly to become actors. Their childhood reveled the brutal treatment of woman and children and how tough life was for one to become successful. Many things that were learned in class were prevalent in the movie. The play within the movie was even focused on Filial Piety, or the wishes of the families interest before the interest of the children. The play also displayed the dedication and loyalty to the emperor by the suicide of the concubine for him. There was a great respect for elders in which all the children excepted beatings if they made a mistake. The teachers of the acting school p
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Approximate Word count = 1134
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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