The New King of Comedy
Stephen Chow / Qiu Litao
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The New King of Comedy is a comedy film directed by Stephen Chow in 2019 (co-directed with Herman Yau), starring Wang Baoqiang, E Jingwen, Zhang Quandan, Jing Ruyang, and others, released in mainland China on February 5, 2019. The film is not a sequel to the 1999 King of Comedy, but the story is continuous in spirit, and Chow has called it the story of a "female version of Wan Tin-sau." The protagonist, Ru Meng, is an older young woman from a small town who has spent over a decade as an extra on film sets, working countless times as a stunt double, and has never let go of her dream of becoming a leading lady. Her relatives, even her father, do not approve of her "illusory" acting dream; only her boyfriend Charlie saves with her toward a "wedding fund." On set she meets her childhood idol, the actor Marco, once wildly popular but long past his prime; the deeply insecure and hot-tempered Marco belittles her in every way, and for the first time Ru Meng doubts her dream. After a chain of blows—being cold-shouldered by her best friend, deceived by her boyfriend, humiliated by a star—she decides to return to her parents and find stable work, only then to learn that she has been shortlisted for a large casting call for a famous director's new film. The film continues Chow's fondness for small people and the theme of "effort, struggle," blending a play-within-a-play structure, the myriad scenes of a film set, and mo lei tau humor, while also giving weight to Ru Meng's parents, who oppose her on the surface but support her in secret. This entry is based on the film of the same name; if the reader's copy is a film tie-in book or a novelization, the specific publication information, content, and table of contents may differ from this entry, and the actual edition should be consulted.Editor's review
二十年后，周星驰再次把镜头对准跑龙套的人。这一次他放下了特效奇观，回到《喜剧之王》的起点：“努力！奋斗！”不再是尹天仇一个人在街坊福利会里的自嘲，而成了小镇女青年如梦在片场一次次被摔、被骂、被替换之后，仍然愿意站起来的理由。 影片最动人的地方在于它的“不体面”：如梦穿着三天不能卸的死尸装给父亲过生日，为了一个露脸镜头可以不要工资，只求“给盒饭就行”；被导演断言“到宇宙大爆炸那一天都不可能做演员”，她还要追问一句“那宇宙爆炸之后呢”。周星驰把喜剧的糖衣裹在现实的苦药外面，笑点之下是许多普通人在职场与家庭夹缝中的真实处境。 父母这条线同样值得细看。父亲嘴上说“出了这个门口就不要再回来”，下一秒又问“家里的钥匙带上了吧”。这种笨拙的中国式亲情，是全片最柔软的部分。对怀念九十年代港片、又想在笑声里被轻轻戳一下的读者与观众，这是一部值得重看的作品。Who it's for
A good fit for
- 喜欢周星驰无厘头喜剧与“小人物”母题的电影观众
- 正在为梦想苦撑、需要一点鼓励的年轻读者
- 想和孩子或长辈一起看一部笑中带泪华语片的家庭观众
- 关注华语电影工业、片场生态与演员群演的影迷
Not a good fit for
- 只想看纯贺岁合家欢喜剧、不愿被现实刺痛的人
- 期待《喜剧之王》原班人马直接续作的怀旧观众
Reading tips
- 把它当作《喜剧之王》的镜像来看：同一母题，性别与结局都换了，对照观看更能体会周星驰二十年来的变化。
- 留意父女对手戏与片场群像等细节，它们比主线情节更接近影片真正想说的东西。
- 观后可延伸阅读《喜剧之王》的影评与周星驰早年跑龙套的访谈资料，理解故事的现实来源。
- 若手中有影视同期书或改编小说，请先比对版权页与目录，确认所读版本与电影是否一致。
FAQ
《新喜剧之王》是《喜剧之王》的续集吗？
不是严格意义上的续集。周星驰明确表示两部影片并非前后承接，但故事一脉相承，都是讲龙套演员追逐表演梦，只是主角由尹天仇换成了女性如梦，因此被称为“女版尹天仇”。这部电影是谁导演、谁主演的？
影片由周星驰执导，邱礼涛联合执导，周星驰等编剧。主演包括王宝强（饰过气演员马可）、鄂靖文（饰如梦）、张全蛋（饰查理）、景如洋等，2019年2月5日在中国内地上映。这是不是一本小说？ISBN 是多少？
同名电影本体是2019年上映的院线影片，并非图书。市面上可能有影视同期书或授权改编小说，但本次未能核实到确切的书名版本、出版社与 ISBN，故相关字段留空，请以实物版权页为准。如梦最后成为女主角了吗？
影片为如梦安排了相对圆满的结局：她入围知名导演新片的选角并最终试镜成功。周星驰曾表示，希望让观众看到“人生不会永远都跑龙套”，弥补二十年前尹天仇错失机会的遗憾。This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Stephen Chow AuthorStephen Chow is a widely known film creator and actor in Chinese-language cinema, whose works often use comedy as a vehicle for observing how ordinary people cope with and make choices under the pressures of real life. The library currently holds one work by him, The New King of Comedy. In terms of subject matter, it belongs to the categories of film/TV original fiction and quality fiction, and continues a motif common in Chow's work: small people chasing their dreams. An unknown extra keeps pursuing an acting career despite repeated setbacks, and the story presents the hardships and dignity of struggling people at the bottom through absurdity and warmth. Because public information is limited, no specific account is given here of his life, education, or awards. In terms of writing and narrative style, the related works tend to wrap real-life concern in exaggerated comic episodes, leaving readers with thoughts about effort, opportunity, and self-worth after the laughter, and thus enjoy broad recognition and lasting influence among readers and audiences.
Qiu Litao AuthorQiu Litao is an author whose publicly available personal information is limited. Only one work by this author is currently included in the database, namely The New King of Comedy. This work is often categorized as premium fiction and a film or television original novel, suggesting that Qiu Litao's writing is closely tied to film and television storytelling and focuses on carrying or extending screen stories in novel form. Because basic details such as dates of birth and death and nationality are unknown, the available public material is limited, making it difficult to provide a complete picture of the author's life and overall body of work. Based on the existing entry, Qiu Litao writes for the general reading market, with subject matter centered on comedy and film or television adaptation, and the work has a certain recognizability through its connection to well-known film and television content. Readers seeking to understand the author's style and influence may do so by considering the text and screen background of The New King of Comedy; if more works are added later, the author's creative profile may become clearer.