…what do you think you’re doing? No, you are not Chow Yun-fat in John Woo’s classic action epic Hard Boiled, so what is this about…?
I’m a bit late coming to this. Even if my head hadn’t been completely consumed by thoughts of a holiday/family gathering on the other side of the planet, I’ve soooooo made it my business to avoid Morrissey and all he stands for (namely bemoaning media attention while appearing on TV chat shows) that I’d probably have missed this anyway!
Imagine the shock, horror (and supreme offense) when the image of Morrissey on the cover of his latest album striking a familiar pose greeted me across a dimly lit station platform. A very familiar pose. Unmistakably that of Chow Yun-fat on the iconic publicity shots for John Woo’s tour de force Hard Boiled. Just what does Morrisey mean by that? Is he secretly a massive John Woo fan? Perhaps this homage is his idea of compliment, imitation being the sincerest form and all that. For that matter, do I even really care?
I’m not the first to have noticed the simularity, take Idolator’s blog for example, but I for one could do without it!
