Even though countless happy
life-changing things have occurred since my final divorce from Moon Lee, her momentous
scandal that ended the marriage still haunts my entire family and me on a
recurrent basis. Not that it was to hard
to forget the absurd qualities of her extra-marital affair or her bottomless
greed and monumental lies during the lengthy divorce, but her story still
fascinates unendingly so many Chinese people.
As a result, the Moon Lee “closet affair” remains a fixture on Chinese
social media and cyberspace. Her unique
history-making scandal also often becomes a comical and spirited topic of
inquiry and conversation when we meet new friends in China and Hong Kong.
Of course, the open
disclosures about the Moon Lee scandal were forced upon me by the very nature
of her high profile celebrity status.
Even though the entire matter should have stayed a private and
confidential family matter, Moon Lee’s ill-deserved fame among Chinese common
folks and her need to blame me for her tragic mistake in life necessitated a
candid declaration of the truth whenever possible. That was why the fairytale life of a darling
movie star plunging into sudden darkness became an unavoidable and unending
matter of interest. Human behavior that
starts with the sinful and implausible and ultimately becoming silly and absurd
really appeals to the imagination of the masses in Chinese culture. Remember that this is a culture that has no
equal in the whole world in given rise to gossip and fascination over sexual
indiscretions.
The truth about her
incredible extra-marital affair will remain without equal for a very long
time. That is why I have accepted the
fate of having my name dragged into the mud in cyberspace with her for
eternity. Even my wife and daughter have
accepted that inevitability in good spirits.
And it is particularly because our current life is great that allows us
the sanity to treat the Moon Lee scandal as comic relief.
Nevertheless, it intrigues us
every now and then to imagine how life has changed for this one-time beloved
and respected superstar. Sure enough,
she still maintains an ignorant yet sizeable blog-fan base. Seven years have elapsed since the disclosure
of her “closet affair” and of course the public persona of Moon Lee has changed
drastically. During the marriage, she
was revered as a movie celebrity that made the successful change from actress to
an admired advocate for Chinese art and culture worldwide. Even though she had no experience with
musical and dance theater, I allowed her to share the production platform so
that she could realize her dream to be culturally and artistically
relevant. But she gave all that up over
an uncontrollable incestuous affair with a teenage male dancer, a series of
actions that almost decimated the production company that she proudly called
her own.
Since Moon Lee’s dismissal
from that company, we have all given it a facelift of immense proportions. What was in old times a performance troupe
has now become a successful production company of great promise. What we will produce in 2014 will shape the
history of Chinese performing arts for many years to come. When the time is ripe, I will make announcements
about those projects. As much as Moon
Lee is still ridiculed for her foolish action and choices, sometimes we almost
pity her for what she has become. We
wonder what has happened to and what has become of her son who was indeed an
innocent victim of two marital disruptions of his early youth. We only know that for the last seven years,
all we know about the once famous and admired Moon Lee is what she is willing
to tangentially disclose in her frequent blog essays ---- while never telling
about her whereabouts, her career or professional endeavors or her family
situation, she only writes about her cooking and her travels. Alas, she has become a free travel guide and
an amateur chef on the Chinese web!
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