teeveebee Court in Session
Case 118384, the Honourable Judge Ho Farn presides.
Plaintiffs' counsel: Your Honour, my name is Swee Ng Hei and I'm representing my clients, the Ah Hsuan fan club, the Ah Sheh fan club and the Ho Ying fan club. My learned friend, Choi Lei Do Sor, is representing the defendants, the Hor Yee fan club.
My clients are dissatisfied with the results of the Favourite Female Lead Role going to a named Ms Hor Yee and her attitude after. Remarks made by Ms Hor Yee has led to much distress and the general attitude among my clients is that she did not deserve the award at all. We are thus asking the court to help us in defaming her even further and to guarantee that next year, the award goes to Ms Ho Ying as she rightly deserves.
I call upon the Ah Hsuan fan club as my first witnesses.
Ah Hsuan fan club: We swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and bla bla bla...
Swee Ng Hei: Can you tell the court why you think Ms Hor Yee did not deserve the award?
Ah Hsuan fan club: She's ugly, she's arrogant and she's known not to be on friendly terms with Ah Hsuan! Also, Ah Hsuan acts much better than she does! Some more, Ah Hsuan's series this year was the highest rated! How could she have lost out to her?! Also, when other actresses win it, there's never so much controversy and news. That just goes to show she obviously didn't deserve it.
Swee Ng Hei: Thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Defence counsel, Choi Lei Do Sor: Ah Hsuan fan club...can you tell me the name of this award?
Ah Hsuan fan club: Favourite Female Lead Role.
Choi Lei Do Sor: And in your opinion, what does this award mean?
Ah Hsuan fan club: It's given to the actress who acted the best this year.
Choi Lei Do Sor: I see...you say it's given to the actress who acted the best even though there is no 'best' in the name of the award...
Ah Hsuan fan club: But it's obvious...
Choi Lei Do Sor: And because she generated much negative media coverage compared to other actresses in earlier years, she obviously does not deserve the award...in your opinion, is she good friends or even friends with the other nominated actresses?
Ah Hsuan fan club: No, we don't think they really get along.
Choi Lei Do Sor: And this is well-known?
Ah Hsuan fan club: Yes.
Choi Lei Do Sor: So, if you were the media, wouldn't you use such an angle to create more news and discord to sell more papers?
Ah Hsuan fan club: Probably, but...
Choi Lei Do Sor: I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Judge Ho Farn: The witness is excused.
Swee Ng Hei: Your Honour, the plaintiff would like to call their next witness, the Ah Sheh fan club.
Ah Sheh fan club: We swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and ya, bla bla bla...
Swee Ng Hei: Can you tell the court why you think Ms Hor Yee did not deserve the award?
Ah Sheh fan club: Ah Sheh had three series this year, same as her! Why give her and not Ah Sheh? teeveebee loves Ah Sheh, after all! She's not a nice person even! She made funny faces at Ah Sheh when Ah Sheh was talking. And what she said about Ho Ying, so rude! She doesn't even have any fans, they didn't show up to congratulate her.
Swee Ng Hei: Thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Choi Lei Do Sor: Ah Sheh fan club...do you know the name of the award that Ms Hor Yee won?
Ah Sheh fan club: Favourite Female Lead Role.
Choi Lei Do Sor: Favourite Female Lead Role. Not Actress With The Most Series in The Year, or Nicest Person, or Most Polite Person, am I right?
Ah Sheh fan club: Yea...but still she didn't need to be that arrogant and rude...
Choi Lei Do Sor: Tell me, were you there when Ms Hor Yee allegedly made those arrogant and rude remarks?
Ah Sheh fan club: It was all over the papers!
Choi Lei Do Sor: Were you there?
Ah Sheh fan club: No...
Choi Lei Do Sor: Also, how did you know her fans did not show up or were nowhere near to congratulate her?
Ah Sheh fan club: 'Cos I read that YeungY fans and LFung fans turned up to congratulate them but didn't hear of any fans that turned up to congratulate her.
Choi Lei Do Sor: 'Cos you read...were you there?
Ah Sheh fan club: No...
Choi Lei Do Sor: And did you read that other fans turned up to congratulate their idols?
Ah Sheh fan club: No...
Choi Lei Do Sor: So it means that other than YeungY and LFung, other artistes do not have fans?
Ah Sheh fan club: ...
Choi Lei Do Sor: Thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Judge Ho Farn: The witness is excused.
Swee Ng Hei: Your Honour, the plaintiff would like to call their next witness, the Ho Ying fan club.
Ho Ying fan club: We swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and like the rest, bla bla bla...
Swee Ng Hei: Can you tell the court why you think Ms Hor Yee did not deserve the award?
Ho Ying fan club: The award should have gone to Ho Ying! teeveebee changed it the last minute and gave it to her! How could they?! Ho Ying's a better actress than she is anytime and she hasn't even won anything! Furthermore, she's teeveebee's highest paid actress. Doesn't that say she's important? How can they not give her the award? It's time she won it! Also, how could she say that our idol doesn't have a representative piece? Where was she when our idol rocked the screens with the DIF trilogy? And what's this about working harder? Who's she to give advice?! How does she know Hoi Ying didn't work hard?! Just plain disrespectful. Absolutely no sportsmanship.
Swee Ng Hei: Thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Choi Lei Do Sor: Ho Ying fan club...I would like to ask again, the name of the award in question.
Ho Ying fan club: It's the Favourite Female Lead Role.
Choi Lei Do Sor: Oh? I thought it was The Lead Actress Who's Never Won Before Award. You mean, it's not? Interesting...Also, tell me, this representative piece, the DIF trilogy...was it for 2003?
Ho Ying fan club: No. The DIF trilogy was in the early 90s to mid-90s.
Choi Lei Do Sor: I see...so, it means she hasn't had one since then. Could Ms Hor Yee have been commenting about this current year?
Ho Ying fan club: But she didn't say the year! She just said our idol didn't have a representative piece!
Choi Lei Do Sor: But she could have meant this year, could she have not?
Ho Ying fan club: We don't know, she didn't say.
Choi Lei Do Sor: Exactly. She didn't say. Another thing...this comment about changing the winners at the last minute, you mean to tell me you were privy to the results before they were announced?
Ho Ying fan club: No, we just read in the papers...
Choi Lei Do Sor: Ah, read in the papers again...I see...thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Judge Ho Farn: The witness is excused.
Swee Ng Hei: I have no further questions or witnesses, Your Honour.
Judge Ho Farn: The defence can proceed.
Choi Lei Do Sor: Thank you, Your Honour. I would like to call upon my clients, the Hor Yee fan club to present their side of the story.
Hor Yee fan club: We swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and yadda yadda yadda...
Choi Lei Do Sor: Your idol has been accused of not being deserving of the award and of being rude and disrespectful to her fellow colleagues. Do you have anything to say in her defence?
Hor Yee fan club: We all think it's a matter of sour grapes. Our idol won. Their idol didn't. Who's being the unsporting ones here? They can all say what they like. The fact is that our idol won for her role in King of Yesterday and Tomorrow. It was an extremely enjoyable and likeable role in the highest rated modern series of the year. As for her being disrespect and rude, maybe she was a little. But it's because of the fact that she won this award that this whole thing is being blown out of proportion. It's just something else for the sour grapes to latch onto.
Choi Lei Do Sor: Thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Swee Ng Hei: Hor Yee fan club, do you not think that your idol's remarks were wrong and disrespectful?
Hor Yee fan club: Who knows what she was thinking at that time? We cannot read her mind. Sometimes when you say something, other people may interpret differently than what you intended it to be. Her remarks could have been written by the media to purposely show that she was disrespectful and rude.
Swee Ng Hei: So, what you're saying is that you found her remarks rude and disrespectful too?
Hor Yee fan club: It was written and read that way, yes...
Swee Ng Hei: Ah! So, you admit that your idol was wrong! I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Choi Lei Do Sor: Hor Yee fan club, can you tell the court what the article said?
Hor Yee fan club: It said that the reporters mentioned to our idol that Ho Ying was disappointed in not receiving the award as a wedding gift, and our idol replied, "Really! Maybe she's lacking a representative piece. If she works hard, she'll get her chance."
Choi Lei Do Sor: Does it seem funny to you that the two items don't seem to be related?
Hor Yee fan club: Yes, it doesn't seem as though our idol was replying to the reporters' statement at all.
Choi Lei Do Sor: Thank you. I have no further questions, Your Honour.
Judge Ho Farn: The witness is excused. Counsels, please prepare your closing submissions.
Choi Lei Do Sor: One, the award is for Favourite Female Lead Role, not Best Actress, not Favourite Actress, not The Lead Actress Who's Never Won Before, not Actress For The Most Series, not teeveebee's Pet. Female Lead Role means the role, the character in a series. Favourite means likeability. The most likeable lead female character in a series. Does that make sense? Two, it is a well-known fact that Ms Hor Yee does not get along well with her other female colleagues and is not well-liked among their fans. The reporters could very well have used this angle to create more discord, which we all know means more news. The people love a good gossip. Papers sell. Reporters happy. Thus they continue fueling the fire. The fact is, my client's idol won the award. This is clearly a case of sore losers making a mountain out of a mole hill. I ask that the court throw this case out the window. Thank you.
Swee Ng Hei: It is clear that Ms Hor Yee is guilty of being rude and arrogant to her fellow colleagues. Her unsporting attitude has caused much distress among my clients, especially the Ho Ying fan club. It has also been established that they are many more other actresses more deserving of the award than her, in terms of higher ratings, most-loved by teeveebee and being with the station the longest. It is clear she is unworthy of the award. We ask that the court retract the award and give it to either one of our client's idols. Anybody but her. That way everybody will be happy. Thank you.
Judge Ho Farn:
(Credit: Legal terms and procedure to junny.)
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