And you thought American culture was uptight when it came to sex. At least we never banned an actress because she simulated sex on screen! Which is what the Chinese have done with Tang Wei, the female star of Ang Lee’s WWII-era spy/drama/hedonistic fest called “Lust, Caution”. Because of Wei’s sexually explicit scenes in the film, the Chinese Government have decreed that all Chinese State media are to shun the poor girl. Which kinda sucks for Wei, because she currently has a nearly-million dollar deal with skin care brand Pond, and her commercials for them were running in China, the product’s biggest customer base, and with the ban in effect, Tang Wei’s face is to be completely wiped from China’s State-run TVs.
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In addition, all awards shows in China were advised to exclude Tang and the producers of “Lust, Caution” from their list of guests, while discussions about the film and Tang on online forums were deleted, Hong Kong newspaper Oriental Daily reported Friday.
A spokesperson for the Asian Film Awards, where Tang was announced Friday as a presenter, said organizers had no knowledge of any ban and had not been contacted by Tang’s management. The awards are set for March 17 in Hong Kong. It was not clear whether the ban would extend to awards shows in the former British colony.
Why the ban? Because, you know, Chinese people are not having sex, and would, like, explode or something if they saw a Chinese woman simulating sex scenes in a movie.
And you wonder why these people were celebrating when they launched some dude into orbit a mere 40 years after the Soviets and NASA stopped giving a crap about “space exploration”. Sheesh, who has time for that?
Tang Wei, caught trying to sneak into China for some chow mein…
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