Chinese Actor Edison Chen, previous movie star and role model, current a normal guy
Review on Edison Chen Sex Scandal: Chinese Actor Edison Chen, previous movie star and role model, current a normal guy, which results from the nude photos, naked pictures and sex video. What a pity.
I would like to express my sympathy for Edison Chen, the Chinese actor. I don’t think he is terribly wild, or sex-crazed, or any other such thing. In reality, he is a handsome, single man, who dates beautiful, single girls, who happen to be celebrities.
Any normal boy like Edison Chen with the opportunity might take advantage of the chance to date the same stars. And, while it may not be a really good practice, it’s pretty normal to have sex after a movie or dinner. His fault was in taking pictures of it. But even then, a normal, single man, would want pictures of dates with the stars. I don’t think the media furor is warranted. It’s only normal — though perhaps not wise — behavior from a normal young man.
Edison Chen, though a victim himself, is a celebrity who can never be a “role model.”
The racy photos of the seemingly calm Chen — a 27-year-old Cantonese-Canadian actor — and some of the most sought-after female celebrities in the fame and fortune-obsessed city of Hong Kong have been spread virtually everywhere throughout Chinese-speaking cyberspace for the past few tumultuous weeks.
It is well known that the girls have been disgraced and Edison Edison Chen has apologized amid a tsunami of camera flashes in a packed press conference of more than 300 juice-hungry local and foreign journalists.
However, there are some very important but apparently forgotten points that I want to make here. First of all, before the investigators announce whether or not Edison Chen did force or drug the girls to take the photos in sexually suggestive poses, both the girls and Edison Chen are victims.
Edison Chen is a victim himself. Legally he’s not a victimizer at this point, as the Hong Kong police have not yet completed their probe.
“I have failed as a role model. However I hope that this matter will teach everyone a lesson,” said a contrite Chen who refused to take any questions from the media.
But wait a minute, what kind of “role model” has Chen ever been? And what lesson should all of us learn from this brouhaha?
Chen’s spoiled-kid, bad-boy, Eminem-like image has secured him numerous endorsement contracts with such international brands as Pepsi, Nike, Levi’s and Samsung. Perhaps he’s been an effective product endorser and talented musician enjoying a huge teen following in Asia, but a critically acclaimed actor in ultra-competitive Hong Kong? Not really — he hasn’t been that.
Not until this sex scandal broke out and sent shockwaves across the Chinese community did Chen receive instant, overnight international media coverage, thanks largely to CNN, Google and YouTube.
Media reports have suggested that the fact that Edison Chen is from a broken family meant he was raised without proper parenting, which led to a life of sex, drugs and drunk driving, contributing to his brattish persona both on and off screen. The implied message is that such a man can never be a suitable role model for an impressionable teen audience.
No matter if you like Chen or not, many supportive fans consider it a loss now that Chen has announced his indefinite retreat from Hong Kong’s glitzy, bling-bling showbiz industry.
“I have decided to do this to give myself an opportunity to heal myself and to search my soul. I will dedicate my time to charity and community work over the next few months,” said Chen as he concluded his seven-minute, gingerly worded statement.
Indeed, Asia’s Eminem became a victim the moment the sexually graphic images were copied from his computer when he sent it in for repairs.
But while the musical, cinematic up-and-comer can be pleasantly consumed by all of us as a gifted entertainer, he can not be looked up to morally from now on. Let entertainment be entertainment and leave charity work to the professionals and interest groups.
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