A good friend of mine posted this letter in yesterday’s Taipei Times. Did anyone read it? I though he made some good points.
[quote]This past weekend, South Korean heart-throb Rain was …called upon by the folks at the Louis Vuitton fashion company to help them celebrate the grand opening of their new flagship (“LV Maison”) store on Zhongshan North Road. The event, apparently, was a huge success, lasting into the early hours of the morning. The fact that Rain would be on hand for the party was not the least bit surprising.
What was rather surprising, however, was the distasteful use of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial to help call attention to the affair (as if LV needed any more promotional help in Taiwan).
With the clever use of a projector, the memorial was made to look like a handbag, LV logo and all. It’s bad enough that the pride and joy of Taiwan, Taipei 101, doubles as a Sony advertisement, but government officials apparently feel it is acceptable to bastardize national monuments in the spirit of capitalist sentiment.[/quote]
No love lost here for CKS, but KK has a point. Taiwan shouldn’t be pimping out its tourist attractions to the highest bidder. It’s tacky.
[quote=“Maoman”]A good friend of mine posted this letter in yesterday’s Taipei Times. Did anyone read it? I though he made some good points.
[quote]This past weekend, South Korean heart-throb Rain was …called upon by the folks at the Louis Vuitton fashion company to help them celebrate the grand opening of their new flagship (“LV Maison”) store on Zhongshan North Road. The event, apparently, was a huge success, lasting into the early hours of the morning. The fact that Rain would be on hand for the party was not the least bit surprising.
What was rather surprising, however, was the distasteful use of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial to help call attention to the affair (as if LV needed any more promotional help in Taiwan).
With the clever use of a projector, the memorial was made to look like a handbag, LV logo and all. It’s bad enough that the pride and joy of Taiwan, Taipei 101, doubles as a Sony advertisement, but government officials apparently feel it is acceptable to bastardize national monuments in the spirit of capitalist sentiment.[/quote]
No love lost here for CKS, but KK has a point. Taiwan shouldn’t be pimping out its tourist attractions to the highest bidder. It’s tacky.[/quote]
I think CKS whoring for ladies purses is funnier than hell.
I too think its funny as hell. They’re all at it, why should Taiwan be any different? Haven’t you ever seen the Eiffel Tower lit up with laser ads? And I can’t be bothered googling for a pic, but I remember when Britain’s Houses of Parliament were emblazoned with a building-sized naked photo of Gail Porter (Z-list Brit. celeb) advertising something-or-other.
Anyway, why the hell should the DPP give a toss about a monument to Cash My Check, anyway. He’s their bloody nemesis, for heaven’s sake.
Major props to Konraad, though, for his AT plug. Way to go, man! :bravo:
I think it is entirely appropriate to have CKS holding a purse – he sure took a lot from the US:
The Generalissimo, or “Peanut” (as his wartime adviser, General “Vinegar” Joe Stilwell called him,) allowed billions in US aid to disappear into relatively few pockets made Chiang’s nickname - General Cash-My-Cheque.
[quote=“Maoman”]A good friend of mine posted this letter in yesterday’s Taipei Times. Did anyone read it? I though he made some good points.
[quote]This past weekend, South Korean heart-throb Rain was …called upon by the folks at the Louis Vuitton fashion company to help them celebrate the grand opening of their new flagship (“LV Maison”) store on Zhongshan North Road. The event, apparently, was a huge success, lasting into the early hours of the morning. The fact that Rain would be on hand for the party was not the least bit surprising.
What was rather surprising, however, was the distasteful use of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial to help call attention to the affair (as if LV needed any more promotional help in Taiwan).
With the clever use of a projector, the memorial was made to look like a handbag, LV logo and all. It’s bad enough that the pride and joy of Taiwan, Taipei 101, doubles as a Sony advertisement, but government officials apparently feel it is acceptable to bastardize national monuments in the spirit of capitalist sentiment.[/quote]
No love lost here for CKS, but KK has a point. Taiwan shouldn’t be pimping out its tourist attractions to the highest bidder. It’s tacky.[/quote]
Oh, and Boss…
If you don’t embrace the cheesy aspects of Taiwan then this place will chew you up.
Learn to love the cheese and you will learn to love Taiwan.
Mmmm. I have an idea. Let’s knock the damn memorial down and sell the site to LV!
It’s not wrong that one of Taiwan’s most famous tourist attractions gets pimped out to LV. It’s waaay wrong that the memorial of this notorious butcher is one of Taiwan’s most famous tourist attractions!
Didn’t you know that he was also called “Cashmere Shek?”
Seriously. According to Jonathan Fenby’s biography, Chiang actually lived very simply and frugally but tolerated corruption among his cronies, especially his wife Madame Chiang, TV Soong (her brother), and brother in law Kung. Madame Chiang’s family robbed China blind and fled to Taiwan and then New York with their ill-gotten gains.
Chiang’s son, Chiang Ching-Kuo was also reputed to be very clean when it came to money.
