July 1 this year is the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. Many celebrities sent their blessings to Hong Kong and the motherland on social platforms. TVB also held a cultural evening to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
At the party, many well-known Hong Kong artists including Jackie Chan , Alan Tam, Andy Lau , Nicholas Tse , William Chan and many other well-known Hong Kong artists appeared and sang.
Among them, Andy Lau's masterpiece " Chinese " sung for the first time in 25 years broke the audience. This song was originally created to celebrate the return of Hong Kong to . This time it was even more appropriate and moved many people. .
This time the party was very big, but many netizens lamented that they did not see the "Four Heavenly Kings" united.
Indeed, as a well-known Hong Kong star who is very popular in the mainland, only Andy Lau among the "Four Kings" appeared to sing this time. The other three Jacky Cheung , Dawn , Aaron Kwok did not appear at the party.
However, although the 61-year-old Jacky Cheung did not appear at the party, he also recorded a video to express his blessings for Hong Kong. However, no one expected that this video would cause quite a controversy.
I watched his video. The general meaning is that he said that Hong Kong has experienced a lot in the past 25 years, with ups and downs, but because he was born in this city and grew up with Hong Kong, he Believe in Hong Kong and hope that this city will become a better city than before. At the end of the
video, Jacky Cheung said, "Come on Hong Kong."
In my opinion, there is nothing controversial about this video, but many netizens have questioned Jacky Cheung’s position in this video, mainly on the following three points:
First, he only mentioned in the entire video "Bless Hong Kong", but did not mention "the motherland" at all, which is very different from other celebrities who sent blessings;
Secondly, he said "up and down, high and low" in the video, and used " Still hope, still believe" such a tone, so many people questioned whether he "had any dissatisfaction".
The third point is his expression. Some people think that his expression looks "reluctant, as if he was forced out of business", which leads to more people to be suspicious of him.
In the end, due to too many doubts and too much controversy, the comment area of the video "fallen", the video was quickly deleted soon after, and Jacky Cheung was directly complained that he was "not as patriotic as Andy Lau."
After reading the comment section of his video, not everyone questioned his position. Many people believed in his patriotism and angrily criticized those who questioned Jacky Cheung for "moral kidnapping" and "cutting out words." The program is online."
Actually, in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with Jacky Cheung’s video. The fact that he did not mention returning does not mean he is unpatriotic.
He looks a little tired, and he does not speak as enthusiastically and beautifully as other artists, but it would be too hasty and unfair to characterize a person just because of this.
You must know that although Jacky Cheung is very low-key now, judging from his past performance, even if he is not as patriotic as Andy Lau, Jackie Chan and others, he will never be the one with problematic stance.
I still remember watching an interview with Jacky Cheung. It was on the occasion of the return of Hong Kong in 1997. At that time, a Japanese reporter interviewed him: "Mr. Jacky Cheung, what do you think of the return? I heard that some people in the entertainment industry are very dissatisfied."
Faced with such a tricky question, Jacky Cheung said righteously:
"I can only sing and not participate in politics. But I know what I should do as a Chinese. Hong Kong was occupied by the British at the time, but the territory and people were It still belongs to China, and we Chinese know what we should do.”
The older generation of Hong Kong stars have always been very bold and direct in their patriotic speeches. Most of them have experienced the period of colonial oppression and know Hong Kong well. The importance of returning to the motherland.
So for this video of Jacky Cheung, there is really no need to deliberately find fault with the words. What’s more, if he is really serious about the text, he also used "city" to refer to Hong Kong in the video. Does this indirectly explain his position?
doesn’t mean to argue, I just feel there is no need to maliciously speculate on a patriotic artist. If Jacky Cheung is judged just because of these, then he is too unfair, right?
Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Chow Yun-fat, and Alan Tam are all patriotic, but they behave in a low-key manner like Jacky Cheung, do not participate in performances, and do not mention "the motherland". This does not mean that there is a problem with his stance.
You must know that for an artist to be popular for so many years, it is not enough to rely on his works alone. His character is the most important thing. What's more, even if you are pretending, you can't pretend for so many years without revealing the truth, right?
Therefore, I still hope that everyone will look at this matter rationally and not be led astray by some people with ulterior motives.
