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[Anonymous]

I also read the article "Stephen Chow: Let's Do the Kung-Fu Hustle" which talks about the release of Stephen Chow's film "Kungfu Husle" in the US. I think that the article's praise of Stephen Chow as the "best actor in Hong Kong" is fairly understated considering how much the man is actually capable of not only in acintg, but in writing and directing and producing.

I grew up watching a lot of Chow's films even before his success with "Shaolin Soccer", so I'm am excited to see that he is crossing over to the states and having success. However, i feel that a lot of the humor and sarcasm which he put into the movies are lost in the American versions. I thought the dubbing of "Shaolin Soccer" was so horrible. All the jokes and puns which i found funny and critical to the film were either mistranslated or non-existent or badly rephrased in English. It was no wonder that "Shaolin Soccer" only did so-so in American box office because so much of the comdey was lost in translation.

Hopefully "Kung -fu Huste", without the unfortunate bad dubbing which butchered "Shaolin Soccer", will do much better in the states. However i must say that the film is a lot different from the classic Stephen Chow movies which i grew up watching, with more of a focus on action and Kung Fu and special effects than comedy.