Jim Chim should be the undisputed "king of theatre" in Hong Kong. Owing to my reluctance to follow the tide of hype, I have not seen his shows until last Friday. However, it gave me a less than pleasant experience.
Named "King of the Jokers", the "drama(?)" seemed to be reviewing the history of comic in Hong Kong. The thought was fine, the result was else. Too much cliches, too little jokes.
By adopting the format of "雙星報喜", Jim, together with Tyson, tried some up-to-date jokes in it. However, the mimic was perfunctory. To me, the classic plastic hammer should appear, at least. Another scene, the part on Stephen Chow was also lighthearted. Performed by Tyson and Harriet, funs were tried to make with classic quotes and Chow's remarks alternately. However, the connection was weak.
The part on nowadays comic was more relevant, but the content was superficial. Everybody knew that Stephy was shallow, and the "post-80's" generation was shallow as well. On the solo audition part, Jim reproduced a typical materialistic actor in mind, but not in form. I doubted the actor who asked for money would have the skill Jim performed. And the tribute to Charlie Chaplin as the real king of the jokers was also common sense.
One of the even more serious problems was that, those impersonations shown in the advertisement could hardly be seen in the show. It was a prima facie misrepresentation.
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