While Jay Chou no doubt holds court in today's Mando-pop scene,
he gets no love from the movie-goers who snigger at his
expressionless performance in Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden
Flower. It indeed is quite brave of him (though it's arguable to
strike while the iron is hot) to diversify and have a hand in
directing so early in his cinematic career, and coming up with
quite an interesting, engaging story, though like any creative
work, his story did make him seem quite intelligent, in spite of
his usual laid-back demeanour.
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