"Very well, your understanding is better than I thought." After listening to the Kabuki translator, the expression on the face of the originally serious middle-aged man finally softened. "Although he is an old Maozi, he is at least an old Maozi who knows how to appreciate it. Dianguang, come and take them to the backstage of the theater, and explain the plot of Mingshen and the general idea of the clips they are going to play."
The Kabuki known as Dianguang replied loudly "Yes!" After that, he returned to us with a half-bow, and then extended his hand to motion us to the door of the practice room. "I'll show you how the backstage of a modern kabuki works, and I'll explain to you the segment of the show you're going to perform today."
"Okay, thank you." Although I was a little confused about what to do next, I replied with a harmless smile. Walk behind him with Dillon and dangle in the backstage of the Kabuki-za.
Old buildings will always give tourists a unique exotic and elegant artistic feeling. Passing by all kinds of men in kimonos, bowing and saying hello to the young kabuki known as Dianguang, it also reflects his experience in the whole world. The troupe or the status in the industry.
"Kabuki actors are all male, but the repertoire performed by Kabuki has more or less female characters. Therefore, the unique 'female form' transformation art of Japanese kabuki has been formed. The women played by the 'female form' It's not a quest for a feminine authenticity, it's a masculine sense of feminine abstraction."
Pushing open the door of a clothing room with the word 'female shape' written on the door number, you will find a dazzling array of women's kimonos and wigs. Dianguang pointed to this room, which can be said to be a woman's paradise, and explained to us the meaning of the two Chinese characters at the door. After listening to his explanation, I had an intuitive understanding of why the female characters he played would not make people feel awkward.
"In short, it pursues a vision of women that appears more real than real-life women, creating a dreamy, more human sense of drama that surrounds the ambiguous edge of masculine and feminine. In Kabuki jargon, It means 'color qi'." Dianguang continued as he led us to a set of costumes placed on the center shelf.
'Master! So you're here, do you want to have dinner together? ...' An abrupt male voice came from behind us, interrupting Dianguang's explanation. I noticed that he frowned at the person behind us and looked unhappily at the person behind us. Then I heard the man stammering again. 'Um... are you busy? Feel sorry…'
'Long Ye, how many times have I told you, don't be frizzy all the time. Don't you know that you've caused the master's displeasure by running around in the background all day? Get out of here and I'll find you when I'm done. 'Dianguang said something in Japanese, and then the tall, handsome boy bowed at us with a shy face and ran away quickly.
Weird relationship. Watching the interaction between the two, the corner of my mouth tickled quietly, with some interest. Intuition tells me that although the two of them haven't noticed it yet, emotionally, they don't seem to have an ordinary relationship between colleagues.
After an insignificant episode, Dianguang finally began to introduce the repertoire we will perform from the female figure.
"The play you are going to perform is called "Mingshen", and this red and green mandarin duck kimono with sleeves is one of the clothes you will wear. After the practice, you will be dressed in full costumes and perform in front of the audience once. In addition, the segment you want to perform is actually the segment that the master told you to watch."
Dianguang's eyes were extraordinarily soft as he stroked the elegant and expensive costumes and hair accessories on the mahogany clothes rack in front of him. He used proficient English to slowly tell the features and plot of the story.
""Ming Shen" is a traditional drama with the most vivid impression of the female form. Its plot depicts a monk named "Master Ming Shen" who is seduced by a beautiful woman "Yunzhong Juejian Ji" sent by the Heavenly Palace, and loses his body and loses his mana. He was very drunk. In the end, Ji Yunzhong took the opportunity to cut the rope that sealed the dragon god, and the nectar that rescued the people of the people fell from the sky."
"When Juejian Ji in the Clouds seduces the Master Mingshen with a womanly charm, the Master Mingshen will start touching her body reluctantly." Dianguang paused for a while, then looked left and right. Dillon and I went on to say, "I believe this is completely acceptable to you. Don't worry if you don't accept it, because the clip we chose is just a simple drinking scene."
"After Yunzhong Juejian Ji succeeds, she will start to use various excuses to persuade the Lord to get drunk. In this scene, Yunzhong Juejian Ji needs to show a woman's sexiness and a coquettish and gorgeous feeling. But I think it's right As far as you guys are concerned, the master's request will be all you need to say the correct lines." Dian Guang took out two volumes of lines from his arms and handed them over to us.
When I received it in my hand and unfolded it, I saw that the lines, which were written all over the A4 paper, had both Japanese and Roman phonetic phonetics. This is a script book with about ten minutes of scenes.
"I will suggest that you memorize the script first, and then come to the practice room just now to find me. I will guide you some simple movements, and the movements will not be difficult." Dian Guang said with a smile, his face was not very obvious. The relieved expression. Although he looks very responsible, it is obvious that he is still a young boy.
After bowing our goodbyes, I noticed that the pace of his departure quickened considerably. I guess he went to find the boy he just kicked out, and Dillon and I were left in the costume room to recite our lines.
"Brian." Dillon finally spoke after Dianguang closed the door and left.
"Huh? What?" I shook the paper in my hand and handed the other copy to him.
"What did he say just now..." Dillon finished the script with a sullen face, and then asked this sentence with an extraordinarily innocent tone.
Is the accent really that heavy... That urban legend that only Japanese can understand English in Japanese finally came true on Dillon? Although it is difficult for people to understand the sound of r pronouncing l, if it hadn't been for the Japanese students I had known before, I would have been at a loss.
After thinking about it, I decided to briefly summarize it in one sentence, in a situation that Dillon can understand, rather than an expression that is too artistic. "The plot is about a woman who completed a task with a beauty trick, and we're going to play the part of drinking alcohol. You pretend to be a man, just sit and say your lines, don't worry if you don't dance. Okay, start memorizing Words."
I noticed an indescribably odd look on the faces of the photographers who followed us. It seems that he wants to laugh but is embarrassed to laugh, and it feels too uncomfortable to hold back.
Memorizing things was actually not too difficult for me and Dillon because of the romanization annotations. It took us about half an hour to recite, and we answered each other several times without missing any omissions, and then decided to go to the practice room just now to start performing practice. Just as we were walking out of the clothing room, we ran into two siblings, Zoe and Joseph.
"Hey, it seems that our choices are very similar." I waved at them with a smile, and led them the way I saw one of the other onlookers in the practice room earlier. Compared with Dianguang, speaking English is a bit difficult. "I hope you told them before that you are siblings, otherwise the script you get may be embarrassing."
In response to my greeting, Joseph said with a dark face after hearing my second sentence: "Needless to say, we also got the book of "Naruto". It's just that Zoe will play Naruto when she dies. Lord God, you want me to play that Yun Zhongji!"
"Hahahaha!" Zooey looked at her brother who was half a head taller than her, smiled proudly and waved the lines book on me. "If I played Yun Zhongji, it would be too strange soon. If you play Joseph, the embarrassment can be reduced a little bit, and it feels a bit like playing a family wine when I was a child."
"Don't you know?" Zooey blinked at her brother Joseph, and said jokingly: "When he and I played together when he was a child, everyone liked to make him play the princess saved by the knight! I remember Jack Didn't you fight with Beanie for you? Hahahahaha!"
"Shut up! Zoe!!!" Joseph's face was stained with blush, and he danced to cover Zooey's mouth. After failing, he began to push the other party away desperately, "Cough, let's go around with this little brother to memorize the lines. See you later!"
"See you later." I smiled and waved my hands as they walked away quickly.
I don't know why, but all kinds of people and things that I encountered in the speedy advance have kept me from being influenced by Brian's negative personality for a long time. It was as if the matter with my brother Dexter was the final knot, and my control over myself became easier and easier.
Maybe it's God's compensation in the dark, the opportunity to travel the world with Dillon was seized by me, and everything will only get better.
In addition, "My legs are numb, do I have to kneel and sit like this the whole time?" After practicing for half an hour, I managed to stand firm with Dillon's support, and I almost became a water snake hanging on him.
"Yes, the traditional kneeling position of Japanese women, the hips must be against the back heels. The insteps are flat against the floor, and you can only move on your knees in this part of the performance. It's like small steps. , remember that you must keep your upper body upright." Dian Guang, who led the somewhat unruly boy to guide us, said seriously after dinner.
"You know that after you put on a kimono with sleeves, you don't want to be recorded on a TV show with your legs spread apart, right?" Dian Guang's expression was quite like that of his master's little old man.
"Dillon, you are so lucky." I complained to the wood that was holding me with a wry smile. "By the way, why don't you speak?"
"The lines are too convoluted, and my tongue is numb." In a lower-pressure tone than usual, Dillon helped me sit down again and let me rest against him.
"Be content, didn't you see Tevez and Vera, who just chose to hang Weiya and failed, ran here in dismay. Guys who don't know how to insist on customer service difficulties, they will feel better later." I leaned on my side On Dillon's shoulder, Dianguang and the boy looked at him strangely and said.
Just now at the end of our practice, Tevez and Vera came in. They came so late obviously because they failed to hang Weiya at Johnny's stage play, so they want to try their luck here. But when I saw that the two of us were still practicing, my face darkened. It is estimated that he realized that this detour mission is not a good one.
They had a quarrel over whether they were going to go back to the place where Hang Weiya was going to continue practicing. But because Tevez was worried about the time spent on the road, he finally decided to give it a try here.
"Okay, your practice seems perfect to me. The next performance will start in thirty minutes. Come with me to the dressing room and change into costumes." Dianguang stood up and smiled at us He gestured, "Rather than sitting here chatting, you should want to complete the task as soon as possible, right?"