Asian Film Award, what a dissapointment!

Briefly glanced at the Asian Film Award ceremony last night, I could sense that how odd the live situation can be. There were sitting some excellent actors and actresses off the stage, on the stage a single male host presenting every now and then different awarding guests who seemed to have no passion of what they are doing there, not matter how good they tried to act like a pretty one, not until the best actor and actress were awarded, I had to turn off the TV since it made me feel bored and close disgusted. It seems to me that they would like to copy from the Oscar, but didn't have strong culture to back up this. Therefore, the whole ceremony looked like a typical amertuer work. Asian film without Asian identity. Tanwei didn't attend this award. Through online news I only realised that Tang Wei was boycotted in China, her ads was boycotted, no more film roles for her inside China, and I hope she was not 'imprisoned'. I imagine that it were around cultural revolutionary time, she would for sure end up staying in prison for this. Luckily, that horrifying time was over. Stupid, isn't it? for the stupid political reason, a excellent actress is baned to act. I doubted she had any motive for free speech but acting what was in the history. The government and maybe the masses in China are not ready to listen to opinions other than their own on history. I guess the government wanted to warn everyone else who has attempt to try out any "unpatriotic role" like the role of "Wang Xiang Zhi" in Lust and Caution Tang Wei played. Certainly the communist part holds a very strong vision of and experience in exercising the power of film and literature. For the government, maybe it is something they have to do to protect their public image and glorious history in this current unstable Chinese society. However, how long their authoritarian parenting style can really work in the growing society of individualism. For Tangwei, never know if it means any positive or negative impact on her career or life. 塞翁失马，焉之非福。If I were her, I would make use of the money and time to study films in Europe, learn several languages and enjoy life there before anything would happen... Bless her...