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English Title: The Curse of Turandot
Chinese Title: 图兰朵：魔咒缘起
Genre: Romance, War, Fantasy, Adventure
Duration: 111 min.
Director: Zheng Xiaolong
Writer: Wang Xiaoping
Producer: Cao Ping, Duo Yong
Released Date: 2021-10-15
Watch On: 爱奇艺, 腾讯视频
In 1998, the distinguished Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou staged the opera inside Beijing s Forbidden City, with an enormous corps of Chinese dancers and traditional Chinese sets and costumes, as well as Italian musicians. In 1998, the distinguished Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou staged the opera inside Beijing s Forbidden City, with an enormous corps of Chinese dancers and traditional Chinese sets and costumes, as well as Italian musicians.
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China embraces, woke America denounces ‘Turandot’
The Curse of Turandot, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s 1926 opera, opened in 64,000 Chinese cinemas with box office receipts of RMB 15 million (US$2.3 million), a disappointing result for a film with a RMB 300 million budget.
Directed by Xiaolong Zheng, the film preserves little of the original plot except for the East-West romance between the mythical Chinese Princess Turandot and the Persian Prince Calaf, played by Disney Channel regular Dylan Sprouse.
One Chinese movie critic praised it as “a popcorn movie” and warned viewers not to expect too much, while others were less charitable. Nowhere in the Chinese media, though, was a voice raised against alleged stereotyping, cultural appropriation or so-called Orientalism.
Meanwhile, in New York, the Metropolitan Opera revived Franco Zeffirelli’s opulent staging of the Puccini opera, to the virtuous outrage of the politically correct media.
New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini, for one, inveighed: “Much has changed since the pandemic forced the closure of cultural institutions around the world, including a wave of anti-Asian hostility that has compelled the arts to re-examine lingering prejudices and racist stereotypes.
“For some, Turandot – not just Zeffirelli’s extravagant production, but the opera itself, set in the fantastical Peking of legend – is an example of the problem. As much as I love the music, and as often as I’ve seen (or put up with) this staging, it was impossible not to view it this time in this context.”
Grumblings about Asian stereotypes in the opera have been around for years. In fact, Turandot never had anything to do with China – not, that is, until the Chinese adopted it as their “de facto national opera,” as the UK Opera News wrote in 2012.
Based on a 12th-century story by the Persian poet Nizami, it became a staple of Western theater thanks to Carlo Gozzi’s Venetian version of 1762, translated and adapted in 1801 by Friedrich Schiller.
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- Sam - 1 star
I was really disappointed with "Are there any subscription services that offer the curse of turandot". The storyline was confusing and hard to follow, and the acting felt forced and unnatural. The music was also a letdown, with no memorable songs or melodies. Overall, I would not recommend this subscription service to anyone looking for a quality musical experience.
- Emily - 2 stars
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- Michael - 2 stars
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