Comments on: Swapping Sitcom Actors http://cupofcha.com/2008/02/14/swapping-sitcom-actors.html This is China Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:55:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kmm http://cupofcha.com/2008/02/14/swapping-sitcom-actors.html#comment-679 kmm Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:03:41 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/02/14/swapping-sitcom-actors.html#comment-679 You've got a different taste than me man--I can't sit through a single episode of that show, and this is from someone who can spend hours at a time watching wretched Chinese soap operas just for the cause of practicing Chinese... These producers ought to be really brave and just kill off these characters once the actors can't continue. That would make these sitcoms a lot more enjoyable to watch. You’ve got a different taste than me man–I can’t sit through a single episode of that show, and this is from someone who can spend hours at a time watching wretched Chinese soap operas just for the cause of practicing Chinese…

These producers ought to be really brave and just kill off these characters once the actors can’t continue. That would make these sitcoms a lot more enjoyable to watch.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://cupofcha.com/2008/02/14/swapping-sitcom-actors.html#comment-677 Jeremiah Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:09:09 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/02/14/swapping-sitcom-actors.html#comment-677 Well, who can forget the two Dick's for Bewitched? I can't believe Yang Zi is gone (I need to watch more television, clearly.) She was the emotional center of the show, it's as if they wrote Kate Hepburn out of a "Lion in Winter." Who else could whine and stamp her feet with such audacious verve or deliver such bold choices of facial twitch in preparation of a hissy fit? She was a true artist and...yes, I'm kidding. Well, who can forget the two Dick’s for Bewitched?

I can’t believe Yang Zi is gone (I need to watch more television, clearly.) She was the emotional center of the show, it’s as if they wrote Kate Hepburn out of a “Lion in Winter.”

Who else could whine and stamp her feet with such audacious verve or deliver such bold choices of facial twitch in preparation of a hissy fit? She was a true artist and…yes, I’m kidding.

]]> By: Josh http://cupofcha.com/2008/02/14/swapping-sitcom-actors.html#comment-676 Josh Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:51:17 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/02/14/swapping-sitcom-actors.html#comment-676 @zhwj: Maybe not that odd? When was the last time a TV series decided to use a 12-year old girl to play a 17 year old? Usually they have 30 year olds playing 15 so that they can choose really hot actors/actresses without freaking out the audience for being a attracted to them (90210, Dawson's Creek etc.) Maybe the real issue is that kids can only work limited amounts of time on hollywood sets, while in China children can <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/03/08/wchi08.xml" rel="nofollow">assemble</a> firecrackers. @zhwj:

Maybe not that odd? When was the last time a TV series decided to use a 12-year old girl to play a 17 year old? Usually they have 30 year olds playing 15 so that they can choose really hot actors/actresses without freaking out the audience for being a attracted to them (90210, Dawson’s Creek etc.)

Maybe the real issue is that kids can only work limited amounts of time on hollywood sets, while in China children can assemble firecrackers.

]]> By: zhwj http://cupofcha.com/2008/02/14/swapping-sitcom-actors.html#comment-675 zhwj Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:09:52 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/02/14/swapping-sitcom-actors.html#comment-675 I never noticed that (guess I haven't seen seasons 3 and 4). The original actress, Yang Zi, apparently left because she had to prepare for high school entrance exams. What's odd is that they replaced her with someone so much older. Or maybe not so odd: her character was supposed to be 17 during the first series (I totally did not realize that until I looked up the online <a href="http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/f/jyen/" rel="nofollow">series description</a>), but Yang Zi was only 12 at the time. So maybe the new actress is more age-appropriate. I never noticed that (guess I haven’t seen seasons 3 and 4). The original actress, Yang Zi, apparently left because she had to prepare for high school entrance exams. What’s odd is that they replaced her with someone so much older. Or maybe not so odd: her character was supposed to be 17 during the first series (I totally did not realize that until I looked up the online series description), but Yang Zi was only 12 at the time. So maybe the new actress is more age-appropriate.

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