From: chungdan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Zhong Qi Iao (Daniel))
Subject: [television] continuous soap opera "Blue Sea and Love Sky"
Followup-To: soc.culture.taiwan
Reply-To: chungdan@leland.stanford.edu
Organization: Electronics For Imaging, Inc.
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 16:49:59 GMT


     [This was typed up on Monday, but failed to reach the network.]

     C^i tiu artikolo estas en Anglolingvo.  Esperanta traduko estas havebla.

     If you have watched the traditional-setting continuous soap opera
"Blue Sea and Love Sky" 
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to the last episode, please do not reply, because you already
know what will happen.  And if you in your city are only watching this
before the fortieth episode, you may want to *not* read this, because
from your viewpoint, the story has not happened to this stage yet.

     So, Tian1 Iang3 (i+ang) and U"e^4 (u"+e^) Ing1 (i+eng shortened)
were split apart by exterior forces.  I was expecting their marriage and
still am so.  In a previous article, which I think failed to reach the network,
I suspected that they may will be prevented from marrying, because the ending
song sings: "living in your thoughts".  But on second thought, this could
have been those which did not marry, that is, Hong2 (h+u+eng shortened)
U"3 Xu"an1 and also Ie^4 Ru2 Mei2.

     Although the pair started social-class
incompatible, Tian1 Iang3 (originally Shi'3 (sh with i' added) Huai2 Ren2)
does not belong to a gang anymore, and A1 Ing1 returned to her home.
This was ten episodes ago.  Their coming apart was cheat-caused by others,
notably, by Ru2 Mei2, who wants Tian1 Iang3 by force, and Tian1 Iang3's
"dry-mother", who is not content with Tian1 Iang3 becoming the head of the
"gang", and also by the (internal, i.e. father-side) grandmother of
A1 Ing1, who is the country governor also a traditional household woman
with power in the house, and by the elder sister and elder-sister's-husband
of A1 Ing1, who envy A1 Ing1 (in what way?).  Thus the pair does not deserve
to be parted.

     Then appeared the real mother of Tian1 Iang3.  She thinks (?) it a pity
for them to part.  I think that she can help to their coming together again.
She knows Tian1 Iang3 now, and U"3 Xu"an1 always, and also A1 Ing1
She is now the only hope.  Also, Tian1 Iang3 is *not at all*
interested in Ru2 Mei2 (although they were forced to agree marriage),
and A1 Ing1 is *not at all* interested in U"3 Xu"an1; the other two are only
supporting legs of the quadrangular table.  Look at the picture at
advertisement breaks: there are Tian1 Iang3, Jiou3 (j+i+ou) Jin1,
A1 Ing1, and U"3 Xu"an1, and Ru2 Mei2 is *not* in the picture.  Of
course I am not being unfair to Ru2 Mei2, but I think the scriptwriter
will be giving fairness where fairness in due, that is, to the pair whom
I think will marry -- namely Tian1 Iang3 and A1 Ing1.

      Comments?  (Follow-ups go to "soc.culture.taiwan".  You may
want to restrict the distribution to "ba" for San Francisco.)

					Zhong1 Qi3 Iao2 (Mr.) [Monday]

[Postscript: My observation was right.  Tian1 Iang3 and Ru2 Mei2, and
U"3 Xu"an1 and A1 Ing1 did not marry.  The scriptwriter even put it in
the same episode.]
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