During my voice recording work last week I came upon this priceless distillation of the plot of a well-known film. It's not quite as good as this all-time classic, but....
The elder brother is a fool. The younger brother does not hate him for it.
Can you guess what it is?? (I'll put the answer in the comments, just in case it eludes you.)
I worry that this perhaps suggests an over-simplistic response to Western cinema in most Chinese viewers. I also worry that it betrays a certain characteristic naivety/intolerance of the Chinese in regard to mental disability. Still pretty funny, though.
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Yes, of course it's.... Rain Man.
Sometimes simplifying things is good. Sometimes... not so much. It loses a little something, no?
Surely a better capsule would be:
"The older brother is a fool. The younger brother is a whack job closet case."
LEGAL DISCLAIMER - above should be read as humorous commentary. Please don't sue me Mr. Cruise.
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