my rating: One gender-ambiguous idol out of several thousand hopefuls.

what possessed me: Culture-minded Pinyacchan pointed this out to me a couple weeks ago as potentially interesting and I wanted to see what was going on in China these days, as well as investigate the humble beginnings of former Super Girl Contest top 50 finalist and current Morning Musume resident panda, JunJun (pictured above left because it’s my site, despite not appearing in the movie at all).

what i learned: Movies like this are tricky to see alone, when you want to go out immediately afterward and sit around talking about the pitfalls of capitalism and democracy, the nebulousness of sexual orientation and gender identity, the abuses of censorship and power in modern media and the benefits of family dependency and filial piety. Sitting alone with a mixed sandwich thinking about the ridiculousness of Chinese hip-hop is a lackluster substitute.

you may also enjoy: Please Vote for Me and other stuff about modern Chinese culture of which I’m hopelessly ignorant.

tangential thought: I love JunJun and while I don’t find her to be particularly androgynous, her face reminds me of Jackie Chan. This kind of unsettles me not because Jackie’s a man, but because he’s not a pretty man.

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