Favourite TV Drama Clips: 13
Number 13 in my personal Top 20 favourite school CP scenes from TV drama is on the face of it very controversial.
It’s from Don't
Stop Believin’, a drama series about a
passionate teacher in an under-performing school in Singapore. It was one of
the most-watched dramas on Channel 8 in that country in 2012. It ran for 20
episodes.
Zhong Guo’an is the disciplinary master of
the school. In front of the whole school, he canes Junliang who is involved in
a case where a female student, Jessie is molested.
It aired late (at 9.00 p.m.) and if this
clip is typical of the programme, that should come as no surprise.
SPOILER ALERT: The beating looked not only
authentic, but very severe. Not a bit of it. The producers later revealed how
the scene was shot and if you want to find out you can see here.
Picture and video credits: Channel 8,
Singapore
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I always enjoy watching this caning. The procedure itself is impressive enough with the whole school assembled just to witness a public caning. In the full episode there is first the discussion between the staff about what punishment should be awarded which concludes that a caning is appropriate.
ReplyDeleteThen there is the brilliant clip that shows how they filmed it. There must always be such planning and preparation, and repeated takes until the director has enough, but must be one of the very few cases where we see this aspect. Absolutely brilliant.