Making A Memory... ^u.s^

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刚查了下status..显示application being processed further..很担心..不过这样也说明如果正常顺利的话visa也快下了..打电话问中介.发现leon的手机号一直没存.都是要用时拿出小记事本里找号，实在是不应该啊！希望快点下V吧..

回正题.自BBC Sport的奥运宣传片中里面的monkey..找来看看其他的视频.gorillaz还是这么的gorillaz..和猴子都很有缘啊．还真是猿粪哟..

official website: http://www.monkeyjourneytothewest.com/

Music compsoed by Damon Albarn
Art& Costume Design by Jamie Hewlett
Directed by Chen Shi-Zheng

Monkey: Journey To The West is a chinese opera, based on a 1000-years-old chinese novel.
This video is kinda a Trailer. It's a cutted video of some videos from the Monkey show.This 7min-video is for people that weren't on the opera. But for information: the opera is still going to run on early 2008 in Paris (France) and Berlin (Germany).

在中国人看来可能好象没什么惊奇之处还有点不对味．在外国人看来好象很多人都觉的很awesome!

在来一段是个序拉．为什么想弄monkey，怎么找灵感，到最后的形成．整个环节的大体interview．还有附带gorillaz的介绍.blur的那首我最爱的歌的mv片段.jamie hewlett和demon albarn的介绍，采访和创作过程.

google了下视频里的70's TV series是叫Monkey ,sometimes called "Monkey Magic"..还是made in japan..这也是个比较根深蒂固的起源吧，就象jaime说的这电视剧就在他们成长阶段每周五放学后晚上播放的.小时候的烙印真的是影响不浅呀.这也影响了他后来创作唐僧的卡通形象,最后他说的因为电视剧中是由女的扮演这个角色,so must care about him more,u want monkey to protect tripitaka.或许也是在某种程度上反应了唐僧要被保护的弱势形象，所以定位的性别就有点模糊了.tripitaka should be lady-boy ,maybe.汗...OMG..呵呵.不过唐僧的形象确实柔弱...很娘.有点女性色彩和阴柔味也不足为怪了..也很贴切CCAV版那时候的唐僧形象哦..

附上桌面几张

Monkey: Journey to the West is a stage adaptation of the 16th Century Chinese novel Journey to the West, by Wu Cheng'en. It was conceived and created by the Chinese actor and director Chen Shi-zheng, together with the British musician Damon Albarn and British artist Jamie Hewlett (the co-creators of the virtual band Gorillaz). However, the original idea came from Jean-Luc Choplin, head of the Chatelet Theatre in Paris.

The production received its world premiere as the opening show of the inaugural Manchester International Festival, on June 28, 2007 at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, where it ran until July 7. It was subsequently staged at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris between September 26 and October 13 2007. The production received its U.S. premiere at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC in May 2008. A further run was planned for the Berlin Staatsoper in July 2008, but instead took place at the London Royal Opera House.

Billed as a "circus opera", the show is Hewlett and Albarn's first major collaboration since Gorillaz. Albarn composed the musical score while Hewlett designed the visual concept, set and costumes. The adaptation for stage has been written by Shi-zheng, who also directs the production. Dramaturgy is by David Greenspan. The show features Chinese singers and 70 Chinese acrobats and martial artists. The orchestra put together for the production includes members of the UK Chinese Music Ensemble (led by Cheng Yu), Demon Strings and Sense of Sound.

In addition to the production, the Manchester International Festival also ran a programme of educational workshops in local schools, in partnership with the Chinese Arts Centre. In the programme, local children were introduced to the tale of Journey to the West, and learnt about various aspects of Chinese culture, music and dance, including mask-making, puppet-making, Tai Chi and Kung Fu

下面介绍的情节好有意思哦..哈哈．不过跟我记忆中的有点不一样，我只知道是从龙王那拿到了金箍棒，这里面表演的大体情节还是包括概括的比较圆满的哦．大家比较记的白骨精，火焰山都是比较出名的几场．其实我也没看过原著，就是老版ＣＣＴＶ的西游记小时候的烙印实在是太深刻了．．

 Scene 1: Birth of Monkey and His Quest for Immortality

Monkey hatches from a stone egg and makes his home in the forest. Over time, he becomes obsessed with seeking immortality, and travels the world to find a teacher. He finds Subodhi in the Mountain of Heart and Mind, who gives him the name Sun Wu Kong - the Monkey with the Realisation of Emptiness.

Scene 2: Crystal Palace of the Eastern Sea and the Iron Rod

Monkey dives into the Eastern Sea and comes across the Crystal Palace of the Old Dragon King, where he requests to be given a weapon. He is given a magical iron rod, and the Old Dragon King is also cowed into giving him his helmet, armour and shoes.

Scene 3: Heavenly Peach Banquet

Monkey travels to heaven to demand recognition of his newfound power. There he finds seven fairies preparing a banquet for the birthday of the Queen Mother of Heaven. Incensed that he has not been invited, he begins to eat the Queen Mother's magical heavenly peaches, and fights off each of her divine guests who try to prevent this. The Queen Mother then calls upon Buddha to deal with Monkey.

Scene 4: Buddha's Great Palm

Buddha presents Monkey with the challenge of escaping his palm. Monkey is unable to do so, and so he is imprisoned by Buddha.

Scene 5: The Pilgrims

Five hundred years later, Guan Yin chooses Tripitaka to go on a mission to bring back the Holy Scriptures from India. Pigsy, Sandy, the Dragon Prince (who is transformed into Tripitaka's white horse for the journey) and Monkey (released by Tripitaka from his prison) are chosen to accompany him.

Scene 6: The White Skeleton Demon

Believing she can achieve immortality by eating Tripitaka's flesh, the White Skeleton Demon adopts disguises in an attempt to fool Tripitaka and his companions. Monkey sees through the disguises, and on each occasion kills the White Skeleton Demon. Tripitaka, however, is horrified by Monkey's display of violence and expels him from the group.

Scene 7: The Spider Woman

Tripitaka and the other pilgrims travel to the cave of the Spider Woman, who tries to seduce Tripitaka. Pigsy is distracted by the Spider Woman's sexy companions, allowing the Spider Woman to trap Tripitaka. Sandy rushes off to find Monkey, who then defeats the Spider Woman. Feeling sorry for expelling Monkey, Tripitaka asks Monkey to rejoin the group and so he does.

Scene 8: Volcano City

The group travels to a volcano. The only way to pass is to extinguish the volcano using a magic fan belonging to Princess Iron Fan. She refuses to give the fan, and at first Monkey is unable to defeat her. With help from Guan Yin, he transforms himself into a bee, which the Princess swallows, and Monkey is able to defeat her from inside. He claims the fan, and the group continues on its journey.

Scene 9: Paradise

The group arrives in paradise, and is given the scriptures by Buddha. Tripitaka is created Buddha of the Purest Merit. Pigsy is made Janitor of the Altars. Sandy becomes a Golden-bodied Arhat. The white horse becomes the Dragon prince once more. Monkey is made Buddha Victorious in Strife.