What's the connection between comedy and tragedy? Is this concept different in Eastern versus Western culture? What artful essentials in a film are necessary for the audience to accept laughing at something objectively sad, and even wrong? Are you familiar with The King Of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982) and its Chinese counterpart 喜剧之王 (Stephen Chow, 1999)? In this club, we'll watch scenes from both of these critically acclaimed groundbreakers and discuss this fascinating and very human relationship of concepts!_x000D_ _x000D_ They say that comedy = tragedy over time. Would you agree? Is it a certain type of person who can see the humour in the tragic? Or is it more about the filmmaker? Or the culture? In the old schools of film, comedy and tragedy are the only two types of stories, all others are derivatives of those two. But what about the human condition? Is it unnatural to marry comedy and tragedy or is it the evolution of art imitating life?_x000D_ _x000D_ Let's sit back with good friends in comfy chairs as we sip on stiff cocktails, eat tasty popcorn, and watch scenes from two thought-provoking and funny yet dark films from both the East and the West. And, let's have a fascinating discussion about our mutual journey guided by Leon, a psychologist, cinephile and lover of good conversations!_x000D_ _x000D_ 喜剧和悲剧之间有什么联系?这个概念在东西方文化中有什么不同吗?在一部电影中，什么样的艺术要素才能让观众接受对客观上悲伤甚至错误的东西的笑?你熟悉《喜剧之王》(马丁·斯科塞斯，1982)和中国版的《喜剧之王》(周星驰，1999)吗?在这个俱乐部里，我们将观看这两部广受好评的突破性作品的场景，并讨论这种迷人的、非常人性化的概念关系!_x000D_ _x000D_ 他们说，随着时间的推移，喜剧=悲剧。你同意吗?是某种类型的人能看到悲剧中的幽默吗?或者更多的是关于电影制作人?还是文化?在古老的电影流派中，喜剧和悲剧是仅有的两种类型的故事，其他的都是这两种故事的衍生品。但是人类的状况如何呢?喜剧和悲剧的结合是不自然的，还是艺术模仿生活的进化?_x000D_ _x000D_ 让我们和好朋友坐在舒适的椅子上，喝着鸡尾酒，吃着美味的爆米花，观看两部发人深省、有趣而又黑暗的东方和西方电影。让我们在心理学家、电影迷和对话爱好者里昂的指导下，就我们的共同旅程进行一次精彩的讨论吧!