Sorry - tl;dr coming up! And caps.
Off AF here:
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/TVB-42nd-Anniversary-Awards-Results-talk701837.htmlBest SeriesRosy Business
Best ActorWayne Lai - Rosy Business
Best ActressSheren Tang - Rosy Business
My Most Favourite Male CharacterWayne Lai - Chai Gau - Rosy Business
My biggest peeve about the TVB awards show is that they are rigged as hell. You might say, "Well, what award show isn't rigged?" But at least if they
are, they're more subtle about it! TVB just suck
major balls when it comes to being inconspicuous while playing favorites.
They pushed the award show back and probably had some official reason for it. But netizens believed it was so
Beyond the Realm of Conscience could finish its run and be on top of people's minds. Tavia Yeung and Charmaine Sheh were top on the list of "Best Actress" nominees for their roles in this but I never understood why, other than the fact that they're both under TVB management. People thought Tavia should win because it's her breakthrough role and she did it very well. Now, I didn't see much of the drama but from the last few episodes I
have seen - which is the climax for Tavia, really, since it's in those episodes that she should be 200% evil - she didn't come off very villainy. I can see she's getting it but she isn't
there. A good villain always makes me feel an incredibly strong urge to reach into my TV and strangle them; I've done nothing but roll my eyes at Tavia's "villain" and raise an eyebrow or two whenever she "laughs evilly." And this is the role she's nominated for in the "Best Actress" category? Please, child. Yes, it may be her first time playing a villain but to be a forerunner for that reason alone? Either HKers have seriously low expectations of their fa dans lately or they just don't remember what villains are supposed to be like anymore.
And as for Charmaine Sheh, OH GOD SO MANY WORDS SO LITTLE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE THEM TO YOU. Here, let me be simple: SHE SUCKS. In the very beginning, she was tolerable. Then she just became redundant and boring and too comfortable in her mold. ENOUGH WITH THE GOODY TWO SHOES ROLES. I'M SO SICK OF THEM I'M EVEN EXPRESSING MY DISTASTE FOR YOU AND THOSE ROLES AND YOU IN THOSE ROLES IN ALL CAPS. Her character in this drama is like the
epitome of a goody two shoes, which makes it even worse. Some netizens didn't like her because the role was too godly and unrealistic. Like, YES WE GET IT CHARMAINE YOU LOVEEEEEEE BEING A GOOD PERSON NOW GTFO. WE GET IT. I would've cried then written a very angry letter to TVB HQ in HK if she actually won "Best Actress" again. My dad said she doesn't have an "evil face" so there's no way she could play villains; hence, reason why she's always playing this good girl. If she turns evil, she always turns back good. SO WHAT? BE LOGICAL. TAVIA DOESN'T HAVE AN "evil face." SONIJA KWOK DOESN'T HAVE AN "evil face." THERE ARE SO MANY FA DANS WHO DON'T HAVE AN "evil face" AND HAS PLAYED VILLAINS AND HAVE BEEN AT LEAST SOMEWHAT DECENT IN THEIR ROLES. My dad pretty much shut up after that tirade because.
Seriously.
At least it looks like a large part of HK was rooting for Wayne Lai and Sheren Tang in
Rosy Business. Now
that is what we call good acting. I don't know about Sheren Tang since I'm not a particular fan of hers and a lot of the dramas she's been in the past few years bored me to tears other than RB (I mean, come on,
War and Beauty? YAWN.) But I know Wayne Lai deserved the award more than anyone else. Last year when he won "Best Supporting Actor" I nearly died from joy. He was always,
always nominated - year after year after year after year - but he never won once. Why? Clearly because he's not under the TVB flag. So last year when he came up for it again for his role in
The Gentle Crackdown II, I wanted him so badly to win because he was just phenomenal - yet again! - so when he did, I was overjoyed. No one in that fucking industry deserved this award more than Wayne. Every show he has been in, he's given his 110% and never once was he appreciated until last year. Then all of a sudden, he's everywhere, including being a male lead for the first time. TVB is
shameless when it comes to over-promoting a recent award winner even though he/she was on the back burner all this time before but for once, I don't mind - it's Wayne. Then he came up for "Best Actor" category this year and I
knew if TVB didn't give it to him, there'd be a riot. Moses Chan? Please. He was so forgettable as a king in BRC. He does keep me marveling at his fantastic ability to remain stone-faced through every role he takes on, though. Take an acting class, child.
But this award...
Best Performance of the YearTavia Yeung
I feel like TVB just wanted to hand her an award so that the top awards aren't going to all the non-TVB contract actors and actresses. Best performance of the year? HA. TVB, get a reality check, please. No one cares about Tavia right now. It's Wayne and Sheren's spotlight.