Who is Dong?

Dong translated stand-up comedy in English.

Stand-up comedy, coming from America, is a person standing on the stage to amuse everyone, which is a bit like our stand-up comedy. The difference is that stand-up comedy pays more attention to interaction with the audience.

That is, indoor shooting, each episode of independent stories, short time, humorous content.

Wong Tze Wah, a Hongkong actor, 1990 was introduced to China society from the west. But at that time, there was no translation of stand-up comedy in Chinese. Finally, Wong Tze Wah changed it into stand-up comedy.

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In Hongkong, Xu Guanwen and Huang Yunshi performed in a similar form for the first time. But it was the first time that Wong Tze Wah performed it as a separate program (more than two hours). Wong Tze Wah is the founder of Hong Kong Donkey Laughter, and personally led the second Donkey Laughter figure, Zhang Daming, to the Donkey Stage.

After more than ten years of development, Dong has gradually been widely recognized and accepted by Hong Kong audiences. In addition, the famous stage actor Zhan also founded "Du Dongxiao". In 2005, and joined the ranks of Xiao, hoping to enter this new market.

After that, Sami also plans to enter the market in 2008. Hong Kong's Dong culture has begun to diversify, and Dong's performance style has gradually been recognized by the audience (especially Cantonese).

Some people think that Dong is not a new way of acting for China, but just a stand-up comedy.

Although there is nothing wrong with this understanding or analysis, crosstalk and Dong are slightly different in emphasis and expression. "Dong" pays more attention to the interaction with the audience and the flexibility of improvisation than "stand-up crosstalk". The popular one-man stage speech performance in Hong Kong originated from stand-up comedy in North America, and it is more appropriate to call it donkey laugh.

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