Maya & Miguel
The Romance of the Western Chamber
Clip: Season 1 | 2m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Maya finds herself enraptured by an exhibit that talks about a popular Chinese play.
Maya forgets to buy tickets for the summer blockbuster movie all her friends are eagerly awaiting, and suggests that they go instead to the Natural History Museum. Maggie isn't quick to forgive her but before she knows it, she finds herself enraptured by an exhibit that talks about a popular Chinese play called The Romance of the Western Chamber.
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Maya & Miguel
The Romance of the Western Chamber
Clip: Season 1 | 2m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Maya forgets to buy tickets for the summer blockbuster movie all her friends are eagerly awaiting, and suggests that they go instead to the Natural History Museum. Maggie isn't quick to forgive her but before she knows it, she finds herself enraptured by an exhibit that talks about a popular Chinese play called The Romance of the Western Chamber.
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I'D BETTER GO AND GET IT.
WELL, SINCE I'M HERE, I'LL JUST PEEK IN.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT FOR.... WHOA!
NICE OUTFIT.
"THE ANCIENT CHINESE WERE GREAT LOVERS "OF ENTERTAINING DIVERSIONS LIKE THEATER.
"IN THIS MODEL, A CHINESE AUDIENCE WATCHES "ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PLAYS OF THE TIME, "THE ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER.
"A LONG TIME AGO, A YOUNG MAN NAMED CHANG "CAME TO STUDY IN THE GREAT CITY, HOPING FOR A BETTER LIFE."
CAN'T BLAME HIM FOR THAT.
"ON HIS VERY FIRST DAY IN THE CITY "AS HE WAS PASSING THE GREAT TEMPLE, HE SAW HER.
"HER NAME WAS T'SUI YING-YING, AND HE'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO BEAUTIFUL IN HIS LIFE."
I SAID, "YOU'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO BEAUTIFUL IN YOUR LIFE!"
OK, OK. THAT'S BETTER.
"AS SHE WALKED TOWARD HIM, IT SEEMED AS IF HIS WHOLE LIFE WAS CONTAINED IN THAT MOMENT."
"AS SHE GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HIM, "SHE KNEW SOMETHING BIG WAS HAPPENING, TOO, SOMETHING BIGGER THAN BOTH OF THEM."
NI HAU.
NI HAU.
YING-YING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU ARE THE DAUGHTER OF THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER TO THE EMPEROR.
LOOK AT THAT BOY.
HE'S DRESSED LIKE A MERE STUDENT!
I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS WEARING THIS JACKET OUT IN THE WESTERN PROVINCES.
Maggie: "BUT CHANG WASN'T GIVING UP SO EASILY.
"HE GOT A JOB TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE "IN THE TEMPLE WHERE YING-YING'S FAMILY LIVED JUST SO HE COULD LIVE IN A ROOM NEAR TO HERS."
GARBAGE?!
YOU REALLY LIKE HER, OK?
Maya: MAGGIE!
MAGGIE!
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