The King of Comedy

Tonight I watched a Stephen Chow movie I borrowed from the library: The King of Comedy (1999). Sometimes I wonder how they come up with these English titles that don't really match the movie...

Chow's character is a stubborn actor who keeps returning to the same studio even though they've thrown him out several times: As an extra, he's been invited to higher positions but somehow he keeps messing things up with his over-exuberance at trying to be a good actor. Chow also runs the local welfare center where he's trying to put on a play that nobody is interested in seeing or participating in initially. He develops a romantic interest in a night club girl who came w/ her coworkers to try and learn some acting skillz to better please their clients. These parts of the movie are developed into the 2nd half, when Chow loses a leading man's role only to end up participating in something much more dangerous.

Of course, it's a happy ending. Typical formula as mentioned on the Wikipedia site.