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Song Liling:
Comrade! Why in Beijing opera are woman's roles traditionally played by men? Comrade Chin:
I don't know. Most probably a remnant of the reactionary and patriarchal social structure. Song Liling:
No. It's because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act
Comrade! Why in Beijing opera are woman's roles traditionally played by men? Comrade Chin:
I don't know. Most probably a remnant of the reactionary and patriarchal social structure. Song Liling:
No. It's because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act
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Comrade
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Why in Beijing opera are womers roles traditionally played by men
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I don't know
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Probably a remnant of the reactionary and patriarchal social structure
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No
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It's because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act
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Movie Summary
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling - but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

