The comedic subculture that helped Hongkongers fight their fears and frustrations

We can’t talk about Hong Kong culture without mentioning the mou lei tau subculture.Mou means “nothing”, while lei tau is a play on the phrase lei yau, which means “reason” or “sense”.Accordingly, mou lei tau means “nonsensical”, which aptly describes a brand of comedy unique to Hong Kong.Mou lei tau is a type of slapstick humour that was championed by Hong Kong’s “King of Comedy” Stephen Chow Sing-chi, who popularised this comic style in his movies in the early 1990s.As mou lei tau culture…

from South China Morning Post https://bit.ly/3aDaU7h