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[Episode] When Women Play Male Characters (Patreon)

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Today, let's visit the origins of Chinese cinema, and see the unique phenomenon of cross-gender casting: men play women on stage; women play men on screen!

It is an acting trope called Fan Chuan in Mandarin, and it is much more widely practice than most people realize. Let me introduce some of the examples to you, including the ever iconic role played by Brigitte Lin.

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