
The Monkey King
Musical puppet play
Unmissable hero of Chinese popular culture, the White Monkey, Sun Wu Kong, king of the monkeys, is a disreputable character. Full of himself, whimsical and pretentious, he has nevertheless won the sympathy of all Chinese for centuries.
His arrogance pushes him to attack much harder than himself, his humor seduces the restive, his cunning arouses the admiration of all. He has a few reasons to be sure of himself: Buddha presides over his birth. He learns the art of Transfiguration in an instant, and even the King of the Oxes doesn't scare him. But the Monkey King is too ambitious: he wants to be Emperor instead of the Jade Emperor. Neither force nor cunning can calm him down. So, the Dragon King derails at the bottom of the oceans and the King of the Underworld is sent to hell. It will end badly (momentarily) for the White Monkey, but that's another story!
