英文摘要 |
Upon its release in 1987, Chin Ao Hsun's (金鰲勳) Yes Sir! became a hit with audiences, and eventually led to the evolution of “Taiwanese military-education comedy,” as a new genre; one which would replace the military propaganda that was prevalent in the 70s and 80s. This paper focuses on one and the last of this genre, Forever Friends (1995), directed by Chu Yen-Ping (朱延平). First of all, by analyzing this popular text, the researcher demonstrates how the typecasting of certain celebrities was inverted by the roles they played. Secondly, with the discourse of “vocal politics,” this paper scrutinizes the appearance of different languages, accents, and songs in this film. Furthermore, the researcher interprets how the visual overturn of the masculine celebrity image and the exhibition of auditory diversity casts light on the conflict between the soldier and the state, the personal and the collective, as well as the dominated and the dominant. Thus, this film could be considered a sarcastic critique of the persistent ideologies of patriarchy and autocracy in the post-martial-law era. Finally, the researcher goes further to investigate whether and how this film confronts the trends of “rewriting history” and “vernacular hybridity” in the 90s. |