The Man Who Did Not Bother With Trifles

Lu Bans second short titled The Man Who Doesnt Bother about Trifles 不拘小节的人 bùjū xiǎojié de rén He carefully toned down the political satire here switching his target to intellectuals instead of bureaucrats The main character Li Shaobai is a rude literary critic who goes to a conference to lecture about satirical literature Li is absolutely full of himself and constantly misunderstands other people Like Before the New Director Arrives The Man Who Doesnt Bother about Trifles was greeted with plenty of positive responses Still while Lu tried to be more careful with this second short this didnt stop some critics from taking issue with its ridiculous main character and humor