{"id":98713,"date":"2026-11-10T22:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98713"},"modified":"2026-11-10T22:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:47:24","slug":"review-afterpiece-review-stephen-fung-angela-yuen-anchor-a-bitter-tale-of-theatrical-narcissism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98713","title":{"rendered":"Review | Afterpiece review: Stephen Fung, Angela Yuen anchor a bitter tale of theatrical narcissism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/10\/4587c6d3-5fbe-4a27-845d-b9c95a945ccc_8db3e234.jpg?itok=84KZ8qps&amp;v=1794317919\" \/><\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The narrative tradition of the washed-up male creative attempting to validate his bruised ego at the expense of his muses is a rich one. Cross the backstage chaos of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Birdman<\/em><\/span> with the bitter rivalries of <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">All About Eve<\/em> and the obsessive grooming of <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Pygmalion<\/em> and you\u2019ll have a recognisable template of toxic theatricality.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">That legacy looms over <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Afterpiece<\/em>, a compelling yet preposterous Hong Kong drama. Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Keane Wong Tak-kin \u2013 a former script supervisor for <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Derek Yee Tung-sing<\/span>, who serves as producer here \u2013 the film treats theatre not as an art form, but as an outlet for retaliatory wish fulfilment.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3373815\/afterpiece-review-stephen-fung-angela-yuen-anchor-bitter-tale-theatrical-narcissism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The narrative tradition of the washed-up male creative attempting to validate his bruised ego at the expense of his muses is a rich one. Cross&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[32558,20730,17832,23063,3460,32559,28,8890,5161,10369,16085],"class_list":["post-98713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-afterpiece","tag-anchor","tag-angela","tag-bitter","tag-fung","tag-narcissism","tag-review","tag-stephen","tag-tale","tag-theatrical","tag-yuen","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}