What Lee Ang has done
The hysterics in Taiwan over what Lee Ang has achieved; namely a Oscar Best Director, has reached a crescendo. If you managed to read the Taiwanese dailies' headlines, you might be mistaken into thinking that Lee Ang just saved the world by defusing a nuclear bomb with 3 seconds to spare. Or if he was Michael Jordan in the NBA finals saving the Chicago Bulls' asses. The praises heaped on Lee Ang is staggering as every Asian seemed to be jumping on the gravy train preparing to fellate Lee Ang as the best thing since sliced bread. Or as if he is Fann Wong.
You know, I hate such emotional atmospherics. It is during times like these when people lost their head, started thumping their chest like King Kongs, blabbered about the superiority of Chinese aesthetics and said the following emotional gibberish which I quote from AP:
(a) Lee Ang's Taiwanese compatrioits have started calling Ang Lee "the treasure of Taiwan" for his success in bridging cultural barriers between East and West (yeah right);
(b) They compared Brokeback to a Chinese movie (?!) as it also possesses a "Chinese aesthetic that distinguishes it from most American films". The fleeting expressions between the lovers are like those depicted in Chinese love poems (WTF);
(c) Fellow Taiwanese director Chen Yao-Chi said Brokeback Mountain bridges the gap between East and West, calling it an "outstanding cross-cultural performance" (you didn't watch the movie at all, did you Mr Chen?).
Lee Ang bridging East and West? Brokeback Mountain a cross-cultural performance? And comparing Brokeback Mountain to Chinese poetry?
Aiiiyahh! Here comes Captain Obvious to state the obvious again . . .
It is a gay cowboy movie. How many times must I emphasised that? Get over it. Will everyone stop comparing Brokeback mountain to Chinese poetry and as a cultural bridge between East and West?? There is nothing Asian about Brokeback Mountain. Lee Ang made this movie with the Oscar in mind. He definitely wasn't thinking of Chinese poetry, you dolts. I can't believe you dumbasses compare the movie to Chinese art and poetries. How difficult or how "chinese aesthetic" could it be to focus a freaking video camera from mountain to sheeps to gay cowboys? Chinese aesthetics, my foot. The sound you are hearing now are the sounds of thousands of dead Chinese poets doing somersaults in their graves when people started comparing their classic works to a gay cowboy movie. [ Hey Li Bai! Your poem on the moonlight by the bed reminds me of Gay Cowboys! Dreams of Red Mansion? - bleah, kinky lesbian story.] I don't think Li Bai would be pleased.
And why do you think Lee Ang has been keeping quiet despite all these storm of praises raining on him? Because that man has been giggling to himself like a Japanese schoolgirl in a Hello Kitty shop at the sight of so many people praising him (wrongly) of bringing Asian cultural values to Hollywood.
Those excitable Taiwanese douchebags probably hope that westerners would feel this way after watching the movie - Dumbass Westerner : Ooh, look! Gay cowboys movie directed by an Asian director. Now the East-West Cultural Bridge has been built! Thank you Lee Ang! No more cultural misunderstandings. Joy! I feel like eating rice with chopsticks. Where is my Asian porn? Stupid. You think one movie could change hundred of years of cultural mindset?
Repeat News flash : Brokeback Mountain has nothing Asian in it. It is about as "Asian" as a er . . . gay cowboy. Hollywood doesn't give a damn about Asian characteristics and cultural values except to nominate the odd Miyazaki's anime movie like freaking Howl's moving castle which sucks balls and could not hold a candle to Finding Nemo.
This is not the end. Check out the following comment from a Taiwanese housewife.
Mrs Liao I-mei, a Taiwanese office worker, said she was deeply touched by "Brokeback Mountain" for portraying the gay cowboys as ordinary lovers, not perverts. "Ang Lee made me realize that being gay is not a crime," she said. "If my husband fell into the same situation with another man, I possibly could be more understanding."
Oh. My. God.
You douchebag. Go get your own opinion, will you? I need to lay down before I died of this contagious disease called dumbassness.
You know, I hate such emotional atmospherics. It is during times like these when people lost their head, started thumping their chest like King Kongs, blabbered about the superiority of Chinese aesthetics and said the following emotional gibberish which I quote from AP:
(a) Lee Ang's Taiwanese compatrioits have started calling Ang Lee "the treasure of Taiwan" for his success in bridging cultural barriers between East and West (yeah right);
(b) They compared Brokeback to a Chinese movie (?!) as it also possesses a "Chinese aesthetic that distinguishes it from most American films". The fleeting expressions between the lovers are like those depicted in Chinese love poems (WTF);
(c) Fellow Taiwanese director Chen Yao-Chi said Brokeback Mountain bridges the gap between East and West, calling it an "outstanding cross-cultural performance" (you didn't watch the movie at all, did you Mr Chen?).
Lee Ang bridging East and West? Brokeback Mountain a cross-cultural performance? And comparing Brokeback Mountain to Chinese poetry?
Aiiiyahh! Here comes Captain Obvious to state the obvious again . . .
It is a gay cowboy movie. How many times must I emphasised that? Get over it. Will everyone stop comparing Brokeback mountain to Chinese poetry and as a cultural bridge between East and West?? There is nothing Asian about Brokeback Mountain. Lee Ang made this movie with the Oscar in mind. He definitely wasn't thinking of Chinese poetry, you dolts. I can't believe you dumbasses compare the movie to Chinese art and poetries. How difficult or how "chinese aesthetic" could it be to focus a freaking video camera from mountain to sheeps to gay cowboys? Chinese aesthetics, my foot. The sound you are hearing now are the sounds of thousands of dead Chinese poets doing somersaults in their graves when people started comparing their classic works to a gay cowboy movie. [ Hey Li Bai! Your poem on the moonlight by the bed reminds me of Gay Cowboys! Dreams of Red Mansion? - bleah, kinky lesbian story.] I don't think Li Bai would be pleased.
And why do you think Lee Ang has been keeping quiet despite all these storm of praises raining on him? Because that man has been giggling to himself like a Japanese schoolgirl in a Hello Kitty shop at the sight of so many people praising him (wrongly) of bringing Asian cultural values to Hollywood.
Those excitable Taiwanese douchebags probably hope that westerners would feel this way after watching the movie - Dumbass Westerner : Ooh, look! Gay cowboys movie directed by an Asian director. Now the East-West Cultural Bridge has been built! Thank you Lee Ang! No more cultural misunderstandings. Joy! I feel like eating rice with chopsticks. Where is my Asian porn? Stupid. You think one movie could change hundred of years of cultural mindset?
Repeat News flash : Brokeback Mountain has nothing Asian in it. It is about as "Asian" as a er . . . gay cowboy. Hollywood doesn't give a damn about Asian characteristics and cultural values except to nominate the odd Miyazaki's anime movie like freaking Howl's moving castle which sucks balls and could not hold a candle to Finding Nemo.
This is not the end. Check out the following comment from a Taiwanese housewife.
Mrs Liao I-mei, a Taiwanese office worker, said she was deeply touched by "Brokeback Mountain" for portraying the gay cowboys as ordinary lovers, not perverts. "Ang Lee made me realize that being gay is not a crime," she said. "If my husband fell into the same situation with another man, I possibly could be more understanding."
Oh. My. God.
You douchebag. Go get your own opinion, will you? I need to lay down before I died of this contagious disease called dumbassness.
posted by Captain Obvious at 1:16 AM
2 Comments:
"If my husband falls into the same situation as another man" is no diff from "if my husband fells into the same situation as another woman"-- I cannot be understanding.
Taiwanese are obviously trying to claim credit. It is as if the whole Taiwan had a part in the movie.
oops, butter fingers. typo errors in previous comments.
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