Stooges in Hong Kong
Director: Norman Chan
Year: 1992
Rating: 6.0
No, those are not
the Yipsters – but not much bigger! Talking about Amy Yip, let me say upfront
that the pictures in this review are a blatant exploitive attempt by me for
Internet ratings ! Don't go any further if such things upset you.
Anyway, this is an absolutely goofball film
that is basically a series of skits and sight gags tied to a clothesline
of a plot. Anything and everything is a target in a torrent of jokes – some
of which I got – but most of which went whizzing by. Now this isn’t exactly
sophisticated humor – most of it is totally tasteless having to do with penises,
breasts and vibrators. There were also parodies of things from Rocky to Saturday
Night Fever to John Cleese’s “silly walks”. Much of it is absolutely stupid,
but if you throw enough out there some of it is sure to be funny and I found
myself laughing at some ridiculous bits.
What plot there is revolves around James
Wong and Tommy Wong. One is the actor; the other the writer in a TV comedy
show that is a big hit. Amy Yip plays the harridan wife of James and spends
much of her time trying out new vibrators. The film pokes fun at the
TV industry and the fickle audience as well.
Think of a low brow version of Benny Hill
(!) and you will get the gist of this film, but if you are in the right mood
or just like the Yipster – of which there is plenty here – it might be worth
a viewing. Apparently at one point in her career Amy did have a TV show -
I would have loved to have seen those - I mean that!
