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Gong Li's Japanese geisha photo shoot raises the ire of netizens Tuesday December 23, 2008 China

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Posted 23 December 2008 - 10:05 AM

Gong Li's Japanese geisha photo shoot raises the ire of netizens
Source: Northeast
Date: Tuesday December 23, 2008
Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net



Gong Li (巩俐), who has not been seen for a long time, recently did an autumn photo shoot for a fashion magazine in Beijing. She appeared to be very cold in front of the camera, but when the photographs were revealed, it incurred a lot of criticism from the netizens. Many of them wrote that this photo shoot of Gong Li is like a 'Singaporean acting as a Japanese'. Looks like the fact that Gong Li registered to be a Singaporean is still unforgiven by many netizens.

It is reported that this photo shoot's theme has got to do with the late autumn. In the pictures, other than wearing many different elegant clothes, she also dressed up like a geisha, and like a rich wife.

Maybe because of the fact that Gong Li has become a Singaporean, after the photos were released, she came under the netizens attacks. "How hard her face contours look! Not soft at all! She's not even considered as pretty!" and "She has already become a Singaporean, why does she want to act like a Japanese?"
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Post icon  Posted 23 December 2008 - 10:57 AM

heh reminds me of the film 'Memoirs of a Geisha' :P she looks nice though!

and OMG, why are people still so agro at the whole Singaporean thing <_<
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 11:15 AM

I think she looks really pretty
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 11:33 AM

all these whining from netizens is crap that it's irritating already..geez.. <_<
Xmas is coming..just chill out at least for once.. :whistle
anyways, Gong Li is still Gong Li, whatever citizenship she has..btw, she looks gorgeous in those shots..^_^
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 11:47 AM

Gong Li looks well off for her current age, wonder what keeps her looking so young?
Seems like the netizens are out to get her cause of the citizenships...haha
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 11:51 AM

-.- those idiots are still talking about this....? get a life plz stupid idiots she is still the same gong li and sexy as ever.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 12:25 PM

god i love the 2nd photo.. its really elegant.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 12:35 PM

I think she looks stunning. The angular features of her face are amazing!
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 12:46 PM

isn't singaporean mainly consist of chinese anyway..why the big fuss...she look nice..can't lie about that.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 12:54 PM

Gong Li looks very nice in the japanese attires. In my opinion, I think she dressed like a geisha though...
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 01:31 PM

She looked amazing in those shoots.

Boy am I very offended by the comment <_<
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 02:22 PM

i think her photo was beautifully taken... she is like a damn high end jap diva there.. fuhh~~~ HOT HOT HOT~~ :iloveyou: :iloveyou: :iloveyou:
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 02:52 PM

I think she looks great! Like always XD

Those comments were rather uncalled for -.- what's the fuss about her citizenship there're better things to be angry at.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 03:09 PM

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I'm equally offended as well. The comments make it sound like we're not supposed to have anything to do with Japanese stuff :(

I'm tired of the comments made by this people. Her choice to become a Singaporean has been finalised, so they should seriously stop harping on it already. What's more, it's just a photoshoot. Chill, man.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 03:41 PM

if they don't like the fact that she's wearing geisha clothing, then they could just think of it as traditional chinese clothing (tang dynasty).. lol
nevertheless, she looks amazing in them. don't know why people are complaining.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 04:07 PM

I don't understand why netizens have to be so offended over her choice of being a Singaporean. I'm seriously very offended by their endless comments of Gong Li this, Gong Li that...
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 05:04 PM

There's too much national pride...didn't that start wars? Anyways, Singaporean or not, you can't deny her beauty and why does dressing up in a photo shoot have to do with anything. It's simply clothing. It doesn't define who a person is. I think she looks lovely.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 05:12 PM

She looks great--even better than in Memoirs of a Geisha! I also wish these netizens would get over the citizenship thing. Isn't her husband Singaporean? What's the big deal about getting the home citizenship of your spouse?
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 08:05 PM

She is really pretty whatever she's wearing...we should understand that those comments come only from those immature netizens and they do not speak for the majority...I wonder if they really know Gong Li or maybe they're just jealous of where she is right now...As for those netizens who post these remarks, here's an advice: Stop being regionalistic...we may speak different languages / dialects and my come from different countries but we are all citizens of this big wide world and if we can't get along with each other, what then are we?!
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 09:05 PM

gong li look very elegant in the photoshoot. it's her choice if she wants to change citizenship so those netizens should just leave her be.
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 10:09 PM

gong li still rocks at her age.....hate her or love her she is amazing and full of talent
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Posted 23 December 2008 - 10:13 PM

oh please CHINA get over it, why soo bitter just cause she gained citizenship from another country, and i love her outfits they're all soo pretty and she looks really high fashion with her poses and expressions
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Posted 24 December 2008 - 02:01 AM

i think that she looks good in the pictures and that others are haters.
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Posted 25 December 2008 - 04:35 AM

Wow, she looks really good, her icy expression is very cool. (no pun intended) lol. But yeah, careful not to take too much to heart what they say as netizen often complains a lot
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Posted 25 December 2008 - 05:46 AM

She looks pretty to me...don't know what they're talking about.

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Posted 25 December 2008 - 06:31 AM

wth, why can't singaporean act like Japanese? dude, there are many chinese girls out there trying to act japanese too. Those netizens always over react on the dumbest subject. Why do they always think that they are so high and mighty and always get to step all over the celebrities. I bet 80% of them aren't very good looking either.
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Posted 25 December 2008 - 10:24 AM

The whole controversy makes no sense. If outraged individuals want to complain about the content or style of the shoot (and it seems that they always do) their unhappiness should be directed toward the photographer, the editor of the article, the fashion editor of the magazine or even the stylist hired for the shoot. The person actually pictured in photos has almost no input regarding anything. While a star like Gong Li may (or her reps may) make some demands, they almost always center around the context of the article--where it is placed in the publication, who is on the cover (if not the star herself) and how it is publicized.
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Posted 25 December 2008 - 12:13 PM

Whyd do ppl care so much...its over already
and she looks good in the pics
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