Saturday, October 15, 2005

Sex Scandal or Just a Wank?


They tend to do things a little differently in parts of Asia. The shock, horror revelations of
Taiwan TV superstar, Peng Chia-chia, began with a not so entertaining video of the great man beating his meat.
The co-star in the masturbation vcd caper turned out to be a triad boss's daughter, an B grade actress.
Now we don’t often venture off the political stage with our scandal, but it is Friday. Besides, the scandal ridden Taiwanese political landscape is sure to be implicated somewhere in this particular imbroglio.
Actress Lu admitted on Monday to having filmed a popular TV host naked in her apartment, but denied she used the video to extort money from him.
But what began as a little harmless romp landed the superstar in deep doo doos with the cute Lu’s family. This is not the sort of family you mix with comfortably.Peng said that since August last year he has been blackmailed six times because of the five-minute clip of him masturbating.As one commentator has it:
"We clearly see a love-hate relationship between high-profile entertainers and pistol-wielding gang members. Financial and contractual disputes between artists and their agents are negotiated and solved by some of the most sought-after "big brothers" who are well-connected with the police and the business community.But the sword not only defends, it kills. Gangsters never maintain sincere relations with any superstar or showbiz bigwigs. They are, of course, 100 percent money-oriented while, as the old Chinese saying goes, "the bad guys are in the dark and good guys are in the light."

Well I still think it is all a big wank, but then in Taiwan, who can tell?

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