VIDEO: Stephon Marbury stars as Stephon Marbury in Chinese play 'I am Marbury'

We're not sure what we expected when word came out in August that Stephon Marbury would be starring in a play about his life in China.

It appears to be every bit as weird as you would have expected, and then some. Marbury, playing himself in "I am Marbury," appears to be the only character speaking English, and is featured dancing, dribbling and dapping. It looks really weird.

Luckily, Christopher Beam of the New Republic is around to help us understand what the heck we just saw:

“I Am Marbury,” an allegorical tale of two Beijing street musicians who get selected for an “American Idol”-style singing competition. Allegorical, because their ups and downs mirror the oscillations of Marbury’s own career. When the pair first arrives in Beijing with a guitar case and a dream, they encounter temptations, including a brothel Madame and a sleazy agent. During one of their musical performances-rendered, somewhat confusingly, as acrobatic basketball games-the nameless protagonist gets a phone call saying his father has died, a reference to a similarly tragic experience Marbury had while playing for the Knicks. The band eventually lands in court, a scene meant to evoke Marbury’s testimony in a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former Knicks executive against coach Isaiah Thomas. The protagonist quits the show and slips into an existential funk, only to be pulled out by the disembodied voice of Marbury, who comes to him in a dream just after winning his second championship with the Ducks. “Live in the moment,” Marbury says, his face looming on a screen above the stage. “Be positive. Believe in yourself. Don’t follow others. … Everything comes from lessons from God. Stand up. Rise up. Cheer up!” Inspired by Marbury, the hero reunites with his band and, through teamwork, they win the song contest.

Well, uhh, okay.

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