On Farewell My Concubine

Forget about the past, now we are standing on this bright stage. You are the overlord, I am the concubine; Your hero lamented at the end of his life, I will never die. You wrap my skirt and I'll hold your hilt. At this moment, I am trembling, singing, and you are slowly reconciling. This is a once-in-a-thousand-year fate. I'm afraid of wind and frost, I'm afraid of year after year. Do you think my flower-like face has been eclipsed in parting? Do you think my smart eyebrows have been dusted by years? Brother, overlord, let me sing with you all my life. Sing the lingering charm of this thousand years of death and pain, and sing the wind and rain in Wan Li. In Farewell My Concubine, the concubine is young and beautiful. Cheng Dieyi, played by Leslie Cheung, has integrated himself into the role of concubine. His love for his brother Duan Xiaolou is sincere and loyal. No matter how the outside world changes and what others think of him, he is just like a concubine, and even if he dies, he will not change that affection. As far as Butterfly Clothes is concerned, he lived his true self. Life is like this. How many promises he once made were finally lost in the wheel of secularism and reality. Some people may think that he is stupid and not worth it for an impossible relationship. Some people may think that he is crazy and obsessed with the characters in the play, but I want to say that he is really, really affectionate, really meaningful and really Cheng Dieyi.

Teacher Duan Xiaolou is right. He regards Dieyi as his good brother. He married a prostitute, Juxian. He is also right about some things. Until the end of the film, the two played the role of Farewell My Concubine again. Duan Xiaolou played this role very successfully. They're all fine. What is wrong is that era, that era that is not understood, that sad era. As spectators, we only sigh and groan.

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