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#CantoneseOpera is one of the most ‘different’ performance traditions I’ve ever encountered but Pak Suet-sin / #白雪仙 and her partner Yam Kim-fai / #任劍輝 have won me over. Their chemistry is extraordinary. Pak is luminous and her face is constantly ‘talking’ to you. Yam has a lovely mixture of nobility & vulnerability. The energy is VERY different from #Takarazuka.
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3087193/how-cantonese-opera-legend-pak-suet-sin-lgbt-icon-and-yam
How Pak Suet-sin and Yam Kim-fai brought gender-bending to Chinese cinema

Pak and Yam’s on-screen relationship made romance in its most platonic form appealing, in an era where the terms ‘homosexuality’ and ‘lesbianism’ barely existed

South China Morning Post
Dec 10, 2022 at 9:20pmWeb
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One difference I picked up on is how strong & developed the female (dan) characters are. Unlike #musumeyaku they don’t just seem to exist to help the male (sang) characters shine. The music, singing styles and formal stylised acting take a lot of getting used to and at first I thought the barriers were too high. But there came a point where it hit me. I thought: this is so beautiful & powerful. #YueOpera #CantoneseOpera