About Tragedy

I do not know why Chinese play writers are so fond of tragic endings? It has become a plague. The worst of all, the person who eventually perished is always the more charming one. Can't we think of anything better than making them die? After all the hardship that two loved souls had been through (BTW, most of them were under bizarre circumstances that any person with half of a brain would be able to overcome easily, except our poor leading roles), one of them would still bid farewell to this world, wait, I did not say “bid farewell to his loved one”, did I make a mistake? No, he would not have time! How cruel is that? The play writer enjoyed torturing us poor audience, from the beginning all the way to the end. We got no break!

I am not against tragedy, however, a good one will not only make people sad, but also feel much more beyond that. When a tragedy is imminent and inevitable, the audience will accept it. What is not acceptable is a “designed” one that the play writer made it happen because of his/her own twisted mind. Sigh...life is already either too heavy or too ordinary for most people, we should not be punished again by something that is supposed to be entertaining. Or have I become too vulnerable?