Dashan - Ambassador to China's Funny Bone

Dashan - Ambassador to China's Funny Bone

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1996

Runtime

0h 50m

Original Title

Dashan - Ambassador to China's Funny Bone

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Guy Nantel

Description

Mark Rowswell may well be one of the most popular comedians Canada has ever produced. A virtual unknown in his own country, Rowswell has an enormous following in mainland China, where he is known as Dashan. His appearances on Chinese television have drawn up to six hundred million viewers. Together wih his Chinese partner and mentor, Ding Guangquan, Rowswell practices a comedic art form known as crosstalk, whose roots stretch back centuries.