Study on the "Gender Misplaced" Characters in Chinese Comedies

In 2015, with the expansion of the Chinese film, comedy films gradually gained popularity among the public due to its relaxed cheerful styles, those film also suitable for all ages. Moreover, comedy genres has been continuously changing in response to market requirement. However, following the rise as one of the most favored genres, comedies' merits were increasingly exploited for commercial purposes. Consequently, an influx of low brow and crude comedic works results in a decline of indigenous comedic films’quality.This paper focuses on Mahua Funage Films, the representative of Chinese comedic films, gained exceptional success and have positive reception by audiences from 2015 to 2023. According to Maoyan film rankings(film statistics website in China), among the top 30 domestic comedy films in recent years, there are 9 films in which Mahua Funage (including the production team or actors) participated, and the scores are as high as 9.1, achieving in both box office and reputation in nearly 5 years. Notably, some of Mahua Funage’s films related to the themes of ”Gender Misplacement”.Thus,this paper aims at scrutinizing portrayals with ”gender misplaced” in Mahua Funage's comedies while delving into historical background behind their comic allure and analyzing factors contributing the decline of the reputation by abusing “gender misplaced".