The Big Story - What Now? (How Jack Neo can stage a comeback - and how his affairs have changed the rules of celebrity engagement)

How Jack Neo can stage a comeback - and how his affairs have changed the rules of celebrity engagement

by Phin Wong

05:55 AM Mar 13, 2010

WE'VE seen it play out on television and in the newspapers dozens of times: The disgraced public figure - the good wife standing stoically, if a little worn - by his side, as he addresses the cameras and tape recorders at a press conference, delivering a prepared statement admitting his transgressions.

But this wasn't Tiger Woods apologising about his penchant for cocktail waitresses to a curious mob of journos in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

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I'm glad to report that at his press conference, he did not kowtow to the world and all its inhabitants the way Tiger Woods and Michael Phelps (insincerely) did.

The bad news is that he neglected to apologise to his wife. Major boo-boo.

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The entertainment scene in Singapore has never been particularly salacious. If Hong Kong's sensationalistic, telefocus-lens, car-trailing tabloid scene is a solid R(21), our entertainment coverage hardly qualifies as an Ashton Kutcher PG-13.

Aside from one or two publications, the rest of the newspaper and magazine players play relatively nice.

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Jack shouldn't jump back into making the films he used to make. The public won't buy it and he'll appear as if he hasn't learnt his lesson. Once again, start small - shoot a telemovie. Graduate to a small film that shows personal and artistic growth instead of one blatantly made to be profitable.

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Full article at TODAYonline.
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100313-0000073/What-now?