{"id":758,"date":"2010-11-07T13:57:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T05:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2010-11-07T13:57:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T05:57:20","slug":"jump-korean-martial-arts-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/11\/07\/jump-korean-martial-arts-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump &#8211; Korean Martial Arts Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/53692353201009141718052214021419587_000_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-759\" title=\"53692353201009141718052214021419587_000_640\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/53692353201009141718052214021419587_000_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s post uses pictures found on the website of the Changzhou Grand Theatre. \u00a0On Thursday evening, we went to the theatre in order to watch this Korean Martial Arts comedy performance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/53692353201009141718052214021419587_008_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-760\" title=\"53692353201009141718052214021419587_008_640\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/53692353201009141718052214021419587_008_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see already, JUMP is a good name for the production. \u00a0These guys and girls were in the air for most of the performance. \u00a0As for comedy, they kept us laughing the whole time, slapstick comedy at its best.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/53692353201009141718052214021419587_006_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-761\" title=\"53692353201009141718052214021419587_006_640\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/53692353201009141718052214021419587_006_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Underlying the comedy was the real athletic skill of each of these actors. \u00a0The moves they made defied gravity as we understand it. \u00a0Imagine that they leap into the air so high that they can do a 360 degree turn with out a tuck and add in a twist rotation as well as movements that suggest they are climbing and running on air. \u00a0This was the move done by the white-haired and white-bearded director of the performance, the senior citizen of the cast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/53692353201009141718052214021419587_005_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-763\" title=\"53692353201009141718052214021419587_005_640\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/53692353201009141718052214021419587_005_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s post uses pictures found on the website of the Changzhou Grand Theatre. \u00a0On Thursday evening, we went to the theatre in order to watch this Korean Martial Arts comedy performance. 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