Gold TVB Producer, Jonathan Chik (戚其義) and scriptwriter, Zhou Xuming (周旭明), jointly created new television drama Let It Be Love <4 In Love>. Following Kenny Wong (黃德斌) and his girlfriend, Janet Chow (周家蔚), eating a meal aboard a bus arousing internet discussion, the third episode staged a transsexual wedding! Unfortunately, the couple ended up breaking up. Since Hong Kong law has yet to allow transsexuals to marry, TVB’s legal department was called to make changes in the dialogue. Later in the series, Let It Be Love will delve further into the topic of homosexual love, thus the transsexual wedding may be a foreshadowing of further exciting plot development! In last night’s controversial episode, Kenny Wong attended his friend, Andy’s wedding. At the wedding reception, childhood photos of the bride and groom were shown. One of the banquet guests, Alvina Kong (江欣燕) commented on the bride, Annie’s photos, “How come the bride looked so masculine after growing up?” Kenny Wong replied, “Andy and Annie met at the right time and right place; their meeting was a precious encounter.” A photo of Annie as a man appeared on screen, followed by his transsexual transformation, which resulted in the guests’ uproar! Alvina had a big reaction, “The bride was a man? Annie is a transsexual?” Kenny Wong invited the bride and groom on stage to issue a toast, upon which Annie and Andy kissed on the lips. Before Annie’s Transformation After Annie’s Transsexual Transformation Housewives and Netizens Shocked After the third episode of Let It Be Love featuring the transsexual wedding was aired, internet forums exploded with heated discussion over the controversial scene. There were housewife viewers who expressed their outcries, which a netizen wrote, “TVB, you are tough, airing a transsexual wedding scene! A man wearing a wedding dress and kissing another man on the lips! TVB, you are strong! I kowtow to you!” Portraying transsexual bride, Annie, was TVB actor Leo Lee. He was a 2007 Mr. Hong Kong participant, winning the Mr. Popularity Award. Leo wrote on his Weibo blog, “Wow, ha ha, I was at home watching with my eyes closed, afraid to look at the screen! I gave my first onscreen kiss to another man in this manner! I thought that this first kiss [with another man] would never happen [in my life]! As a professional actor, this kissing scene was minor. The most important thing is to stimulate everyone! I will be happy if everyone enjoys watching it!” Creds: Apple Daily/Jstars
That was actually very disturbing for me to watch, I was like o_0 It was disgusting (not against it) to see it on TVB.
What's the big deal, seems like the east is still stuck in a time warp, catch up with west sometime soon please.
Is the west the 'standard' of perfection or something, there is plenty in the west that needs to stay in west and not pollute other countries and cultures, you sound whitewashed, just saying.
Only a closed minded person would use words like whitewash, subjects such sexuality shouldn't be a big thing, it's a shame china as a major power is still stuck in the dark ages of thinking, i don't think the west is best but at least you can be who are you without all this "wow, it's the end of the world rubbish", still unacceptable things like this is pretty laughable in this day and age.
i actually found the episode interesting. i was fed up with the recent over-use, similar plot. its like tvb has nothing to air anymore, and they just reuse story lines from a few shows together or something. i do agree though that if you are use to watching western tv series then this would be not big deal. western tv series are much more controversial than just a transsexual wedding, thats just probably the standard
