Edmond O Wong

Thursday, December 08, 2005 [New Post]

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha will play on the big screen tomorrow, and the TV is flooded with its commercials, entertainment news, stars interviews and, especially, critiques.

The foremost critique is that the main characters, which are Japanese Geishas, were played by two Chinese actresses. I couldn't care less about the movie, but the previous critique is completely unjustified; otherwise, all fictional movies will be accused of the same thing: Bruce Willis(played in Die Hard) isn't a real cop, Robin Williams(in Peter Pan) can't really fly, Daniel Radcliffe(in Harry Potter) can't really do magic, etc.

The actors' job is to make their roles believable and to give life to the story through their interpretation of the characters. So let that be the subject of the critiques. Make some sense, people.

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