Ma Sanli
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Mǎ Sānlì (Traditional Chinese: 馬三立; Simplified Chinese: 马三立; 1914–February 11, 2003) was a Chinese comedian in the traditional Xiangsheng or "crosstalker" style.
Ma was born in Beijing; he was of the Hui ethnic group, and the son and grandson of practitioners of Xiangsheng. He was apprenticed to Zhou Deshan in 1929.
He came to be noted for avoiding complication in a way that kept his performances accessible to a mass audience. He pursued his art in Tianjin.
He became a widower in 1984, he later himself died in Tianjin.
[edit] Works
- Buying Monkeys
- Meeting Fiend
- Yellow Crane Tower
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