Friday, November 11th, 2005

Worst Look Of The Year

The bluest eyes.

It was bad news when ex-favorite screen siren Zhang Ziyi signed up to do this flick…(note to Hollywood: anyone interested in doing “Fire In Fontana”? Thought not.)

But wow, what’s next? Breast implants?

Hey, we know you wanna be loved, but you’re making it hard for us, homegirl. Just Do The Rosa Parks.

posted by Jeff Chang @ 7:48 am | 2 Comments

2 Responses to “Worst Look Of The Year”

Carmen Van Kerckhove says:

November 11, 2005 at 1:48 pm

Hey Jeff, I posted about this on my blog, Mixed Media Watch, last week as well. According to comments from my readers, the character in the book is *supposed* to have “blue-grey” eyes. Fair enough, but did they really have to go cobalt-blue for the poster? *cough*westernbeautyideals*cough* 😉

Anyway check out what people had to say:
http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/10/the-bluest-eye/
Jeff says:

November 12, 2005 at 5:18 pm

hey carmen, thanks for this. of course i wouldn’t have known that! having refused to read the book and all.

someone should do a piece on the crossover of ziyi. maybe margaret cho?

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