Hong Kong, as a British colony for one-hundred years, took its modern cultural cues from the West. Young modern Hong Kong people have always looked to Britain and the United States for inspiration for their own popular culture, be it music, movies, or television.
The people who worked at TVB during the 1970s and 1980s were influenced by the great Western auteurs of the era. As far as TVB was concerned, its scriptwriters and directors were taking their cues from the great filmmakers of the era...filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, and Francis Ford Coppola. TVB actors such as Chow Yun Fat were studying the work of great Western leading men as Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, and even veteran actors such as Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Gregory Peck for inspiration. To be the best, one must first learn from the best.
What is the current generation of Hong Kong scriptwriters and actors being inspired by? Reality TV? MTV? HANNAH MONTANA? Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Jon and Kate Gosselin? The quality of Western pop culture has gone down too in the past thirty years, so it's not unexpected that this is also reflected in the Hong Kong pop culture that is derived from it.
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