h a l f b a k e r y"My only concern is that it wouldn't work, which I see as a problem."
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both terms are very dated! |
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They span so fast it just flew off the end. |
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//hybrid of dance, ballet and kung fu could be formulated// Wuxia films take a step in this direction: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers and The Bride With White Hair all share quite wonderfully graceful sequences between protagonists - well worth a watch. |
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Also, the film "Zatoichi" (as well as being very funny)
has some beautifully choreographed samurai fight
sequences - well worth watching. Zatoichi also nicely
recognises this similarity of fight sequences and dance
by having everyone, in a rather random plot
non-sequiter, break into dance at the end of the film,
in an almost Bollywoodesque way. |
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"Disco Disco Chuck, Disco Disco Chuck" etc. to the tune of Disco Duck. |
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//sequences between protagonists// |
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Technically, of course, each film can have only one protagonist. Any second character is a deuteragonist, and any third, a tritagonist, or possible gooseberry. If it is not obvious which *one* is the protagonist, then I suppose they're all just agonists until the fight is over. At which point, a badly dubbed voice says "I show *you* ... who is just deutelagonist". |
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