Textual Analysis of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
“Provide a textual analysis of ‘Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon’ stating why it would appeal to a specific audience.” Starring … Chow Yun-Fat (Li Mu Bai), Michelle Yeoh (Yu Shu Lien), Zhang Ziyi (Xiou Long (English dubbed version), Chang Chen (Xiou Hu Dark Cloud (English dubbed version)), Lung Sihung (Be-La-Ye (English dubbed version)) and Chung Pei Pei (Be-Ah-Hui Jade Fox (English dubbed version)) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a Chinese movie set in the 18th century, made for a Western audience. ... The beginning of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon introduces the audience to the storybook warrior Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat). ... But Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is also a movie about relationships - the shy love of Li Mu Bai and Yu Shu Lien, the forbidden love of Xiou Long and Xiaou Hu, and the friendship/sisterhood between Yo Shu Lien and Xiao Hu. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is an interesting film because it falls into more than just one or two genres, the main ones being adventure, drama, action, fantasy and romance. ... Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is not aimed at one age group, it’s suitable for everyone from teenagers upwards. ... Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was produced by Hsu Li Kong, Bill Kong and Ang Lee. ... Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon uses all three of the narrative theories, Propp, Straus and Todorov. Vladmir Propp’s theory of structural universality applies to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon because many of the 8 essential characters appear in the film. ... In Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon there are a few but the main story revolves around men against women. ... Todorov’s theory of the same formula in every story can be applied to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. ... In the middle of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Xiao Long steals the Green Destiny sword from Be-La-Ye’s house, causing a disruption in the story. ... Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was made for a western audience.