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PKU ―Drama Week‖: First Round of
PKU Drama Star Contest Ends
PKU NEWS 2009--12—23
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Peking University, Beijing, Dec. 23, 2009: On the evening of December 19, the first
round of the 2009-2010 Peking University (PKU) ―Galaxy of Time‖ Drama Star ended
at the Centennial Hall, which brought a successful end to Drama Week.
Just as what Sun Xiaoru, a judge of the contest, has said: ―We need courage to
challenge the classics, but wisdom to deconstruct the classics.‖ In the School of
Journalism and Communications‘ (SJC) production, ―There is Thunder, but No
Storm‖ is a rewritten drama based on the classic drama ―Thunderstorm‖. A senior in
the SJC, who is obsessed with filming and directing, wanted to set up a cast of
―Thunderstorm‖ in his last year of the college. However, they were faced with
difficulties ever since the beginning.
After an entire semester‘s work, the production was finally unable to be performed,
but this ―Thunderstorm‖ dream was deeply etched in these young hearts. By showing
the characters‘ differences in and out of the drama, ―There is Thunder, but No Storm‖
delivered a theme that there will be storm after the thunder if we have dreams.
Facing difficulties, people may choose some extreme methods if their minds become
extreme and fragile, such as suicide by jumping off a building. The ―Lost and Life‖
production from the School of Software and Microelectronics showed us the last four
hours of a girl that committed suicide, Xiao Xi. The production, with its clever
directing and script, impressed the audiences deeply.
Then, the Law School‘s production titled ―Dream in a Dream‖ caused to atmosphere
to suddenly stiffen. The story started with a fictional contest — ―College Students‘
World Cup‖. When the protagonist woke up, he found that it was just a dream. They
have interlaced the dream with historical events, such as the Nanjing Massacre,
China‘s entering of WTO, and China's National Day parade, which were showed in
the form of metaphor. Not until the end of the play did the audiences understand the
drama‘s historical connotation and its ingenious design.
The final drama was ―There are LV Bags Everywhere‖, which told a simple love story
between Zhang Xiaoxiao, a frustrated boy, and Baobao, a florist. Although the story
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