Character #348: 班 bān
2 Lessons
Make a Movie 班
KEYWORD:
Work Shift
Pinyin:
bān
Actor:
b- Male
Set:
-an
Room within Set:
Outside the Entrance
Prop(s):
王 King
刂 Sword
王 King
Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020
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Natalia Kovalenko
Location - an (outside of my friend ANdy's house
Actor - Brad Pitt
Props - 2 chess kings and a vegetable peeler
Brad Pitt, having miserably failed in his Hollywood career, now makes a living peeling vegetables. Before his WORK SHIFT he stops by his friend ANdy's (location owner's) house. They sit outside and play chess. They play for so long that now the only pieces left of the board are two kings. Suddenly Brad looks at the time and realizes his WORK SHIFT has already started. He takes out his vegetable peeler and starts peeling the potatoes he brought with him.MB Team
Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocnuWSnQoUI&t=2116s
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Stephanie Arapian
Bruce Willis exits my -an set, heading for work, complete with lunch pail and tie (a la Flintstones- thanks!) - But is stopped by Zorro impressively dueling Two Kings on either side of him. It's mesmerizing and highly entertaining, but they're shifting back and forth, blocking the exit every time Bruce tries to leave.
A whistle sounds (a la Flintstones 😆) and suddenly there's no more time - the Work Shift has begun! Bruce bulldozers past them, stunning them with his lunch pail.
Hajna Detre McGrath
Working 9-5 by Dolly Parton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4
John Nomura
Outside my an- set, my b- actor stabs a sword into the ground between two enemy kings facing each other and says your 2 countries were bought so now you two are on the same WORK SHIFT TEAM. Shake hands and get to work.
Nick Sims (戴燚）
Bruce Lee (b-) is outside Olivia’s (-an) working in an ice factory. One supervisor has a crown on (王) and so does another supervisor (王). Bruce is being asked to work more than his fair share. He takes an exacto knife (刂), points left then right at the two supervisors wearing their crowns; I will only do one WORK SHIFT!