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Recently the popular “spoof video” form from China, also called e gao [1], has prevailed over the Internet. As an amateur filmmaker, I respect the integrity of a movie, and I don』t relish the thought of gaining by taking apart another director』s laborious work. To be honest I really haven』t frequented the sites that share these videos. However, I did take the time to watch several short spoof videos by Hu Ge, as this creator of spoof material is considered by some to be Mainland China』s Spoof Video Master. After watching and thinking about it, I found that in the pieces under the direction of Hu Ge, this genre is not simply for amusement, as I had expected. These spoof video provide not only playful comic relief, but they comment profoundly on social issues. Hu Ge』s famous parodies are highly satirical.
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Recently the popular “spoof video” form from China, also called e gao [1], has prevailed over the Internet. As an amateur filmmaker, I respect the integrity of a movie, and I don』t relish the thought of gaining by taking apart another director』s laborious work. To be honest I really haven』t frequented the sites that share these videos. However, I did take the time to watch several short spoof videos by Hu Ge, as this creator of spoof material is considered by some to be Mainland China』s Spoof Video Master. After watching and thinking about it, I found that in the pieces under the direction of Hu Ge, this genre is not simply for amusement, as I had expected. These spoof video provide not only playful comic relief, but they comment profoundly on social issues. Hu Ge』s famous parodies are highly satirical. read more