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I have this thing for pinup girls. Can’t stand stick thin models stalking down the catwalk looking as if they want to murder someone for depriving them of some greasy fries. They have this perpetual frown on their faces, and they twitch their toothpick of a body in such a painful manner I always suspect they might snap their limbs clean into two.

Pin-up girls, however, are classic beauties. They look healthy, happy, and their full figures makes even me – OKAY I think I better stop here. The animated pin-up girl arts makes me so happy. The shading is so awesome. Especially the shading of the skin. Pin-up girls always have this radiant pink glow. Unlike the models now who are either “snow white fair” or “bronzed tan”.

Honestly why is our perception of beauty so warped nowadays?

ANYWAYS. In response to the recent news of Jack Neo (there are many many headliners recently I notice) getting angry for having his MarkLee/Fann Wong movie (I don’t even bother to remember the title.) critisized for being a rip off of some Korean film; I SO AGREE. I never did like him. I just felt his films were embarrassingly childish and painfully afbf (act funny bo funny). The only reason why they sell is because there’s plenty of local references and satire, not the genuine excellence of the movie.

So when Jack Neo commented on how he thought Stephen Chow’s recent CJ7 was a rip off of a series of his movies, I could only laugh in response. OMG, PLEASE. He is STEPHEN CHOW for goodness sake. Why would a genius want to kope B grade movies? Granted, CJ7 was not one of his best works, but it was cute, and YES, Xu Jiao ROCKED like crazy.

According to Jack Neo, in CJ7 there was something about patching up old shoes and getting punished by the school for the lousy state of schools, a main theme of his show Homerun. HA. HAHAHA. FIRST OF ALL, THE PLOT FOR HOMERUN WAS TAKEN FROM AN INDIAN FILM, SUCKA. (Credits to Xinyi for her SUCKA phrase) SECOND, in CJ7 only a minor part was about the shoes. NEXT, in Stephen Chow’s highly acclaimed Shaolin Soccer, there was also something about sports shoes being patched together. HA, in your face J.N!

He also made other random accusations which did not make sense and seemed like pathetic attempts to frame Stephen Chow into some plot stealing man. YEAH RIGHT, YOU WISH, Neo. It made me cringe in shame for Singapore when someone local does something to determinedly foolish. Jack Neo asked why we insulted instead of supporting local work.

First of all, if you actually stop making unfounded, arrogant claims and lap up criticism (which if you’re dabbling in the art scene you should ALWAYS accept no matter whether they are true or not), you MIGHT make it big. I never liked him much, but what happened made me disrespect him even more, because it seemed incredibly childish to have retaliated in this matter.

If he had said something like, “I have my own integrity, and if you choose to believe I ripped it off, it’s your own choice.” I would have thought he was adept at handling such matters, but no. He went on to ramble and ramble and made a complete fool of himself. I believe that no criticism can be unconstructive. Even if it was said in a not so nice way, it should ALWAYS be taken into consideration so you can improve you work.

Yes, Jack Neo. Prove your capability through your work, not empty talk/accusations. When a man over forty can make a teenager feel sickened by his immaturity, there’s much to be said about him.