The Long Season

  • Review of The Long Season Chinese Drama: Wonderful Metaphors in the Ending

    Review of The Long Season Chinese Drama: Wonderful Metaphors in the Ending

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    In Hualin, a small northeastern town in the 1990s, a speeding train whizzes past a cornfield. The camera slows down, the young and old Wang Xiang meet marvelously. The old Wang Xiang chases the train, running and shouting: “Look forward, don’t look back.” When you look back, everything is deserted. When you look forward, the…