Tiger-Fighter

The short story, “A Tiger-Fighter Is Hard to Find,” is a very interesting read and has a hidden connection between Chinese culture and American culture when it comes to film production. The plot for the short story is how Director Yu is filming a series on how a hero fights a tiger to death  in hopes the series will be sent to Beijing, but the director was struck with a letter that stated how the tiger looked fake. The series has to match te story, Wu Song Beat the Tiger, but the governor worried that the series was not identical to the story and issued for the Director to reshoot the scene, however, with a real tiger. Director Yu agreed to reshoot and had Wang Huping, a young handsome man be the main role to fight the tiger. The first shoot was really successful, but the tiger was tranquillized heavily and was defeated to soon by Huping. After the first try, Huping went crazy and was diagnosed with mild schizophrenia, which later causes major issues down the road. Director Yu wanted to reshoot the same scene again since the tiger did not last as long as it did in the story they are trying to perceive. After another failed attempt, they decided to kill the tiger with authorization and have a real man wear the tiger skin and have Huping ‘kill’ this ‘tiger’ instead. This takes a terrible turn and Huping brutally injures the man wearing the tiger coat. The message I drew from this story is the length many people go for perfect, they risk their own lives just for a simple pat on the back. This story connects to how Hollywood in American treats their actors/actresses as shown in this article, producers push actors to their breaking point all for the fame and glory. This is a known sigma that celebrities will do anything for the attention and to be awarded at some ceremony, but the director gets all the glory. As stated in the short story above, Director Yu later stated how the scene with the fake-tiger was a big hit and how it soon will be shown in Beijing, but doesn’t ever praise them. Moreover, after this news has been shared, the man who was wearing the suit was still recovering and he would not be mentioned or have any fame towards his way since the series stated it was a real tiger. Later down the road the series would not be broadcasting anymore and people wouldn’t be talking about the film. By the time the man who was injured recovers, talks about the film would be no more. Little Dou, not known as the man in the fake-tiger will carry on the physical scars and mental pain of being almost beaten to death, all for nothing. Furthermore, in China another director pushed an actress to death, as stated in this article , it is concluded we still see around the world people push for real-perfection all for fame in the film industry.