One Night in Chinatown

WV2096/2025

Acrylic and ink with mixed media on Steinbach paper.

(inspired by the series 'Warrior')

 

"You... who would have liked to play Hamlet

But the offers you received

They're great love melodramas

And soap operas by the mile

 

In your star uniform

You put on shows and conquests

You had your eyes re-enlarged

But how do you make them blue

 

Hong Kong star

You weren't born where you wanted

You don't have the skin you need

That of the real land of the dollar

 

Hong Kong star

You don't thank the chance

In your junk shop of Las Vegas

You dream in black and white

 

Hong Kong star

You have a Chinese man in your mirror

You're just a Hong Kong star

 

To play with Faye Dunaway

You're not really "on the way"

For the young leading men on your island

Hollywood is an easy dream

 

Hong Kong star

You weren't born where you wanted

You don't have the skin you need It would be necessary

That of the true country of the dollar....."

 

HONG KONG STAR, France Gall, 1984 (translated version).

 

 

 

Done