Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

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Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby cerebus on Fri May 16, 2008 4:16 pm

My goodness Jess, how you've changed since I last saw you! It seems that Jess is now an elderly Chinese gentleman bearing a remarkable resemblance to Chen Pan Ling's eldest son Chen Yun Chao. At least that's the case if one is to believe the captions under the photos in the article on Chen Pan Ling in the latest issue of Inside Kung Fu.

In several photos of Chen Yun Ching and his older brother Chen Yun Chao, the listing refers to them as "Chen Yun Ching and Jess OBrien"....
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby Bär on Fri May 16, 2008 4:18 pm

Maybe he got into some funky external alchemy lately.
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby cerebus on Fri May 16, 2008 4:23 pm

PS: Great article by the way, excerpted from Jess' new edition of his book...
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby JessOBrien on Fri May 16, 2008 4:29 pm

Oh Shiiitttttttttt.....

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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby JessOBrien on Fri May 16, 2008 4:30 pm

I'm gonna be writing some very apologetic letters for something that's not even my fault...

IKF why you gotta fuck me over like this!?????

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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby cerebus on Fri May 16, 2008 4:36 pm

Maybe you should also suggest to the folks at IKF that they might wish to write a letter of apology to Chen sifu (afterall it IS their mistake...)
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby JessOBrien on Fri May 16, 2008 4:37 pm

Mr. Chen was very generous in allowing my interview, and this is how I repay him. Wow. That hurts big time. All the interviewees in my book trusted me to treat them with respect, and that was something I did my best to honor. Now IKF has flushed a lot of goodwill down the toilet. Assholes!!!!!

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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby cerebus on Fri May 16, 2008 4:40 pm

Hopefully, if you explain the situation (with, of course, profuse apologies) Chen sifu will understand that it wasn't your doing....
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby Darth Rock&Roll on Fri May 16, 2008 5:25 pm

lol. ef-er fucked by dave cater.

next time talk to gene ching instead, at least he won't fuck up like that. :D

edit: no offense intended, i am merely being facetious.
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby qiphlow on Fri May 16, 2008 6:10 pm

hope it's not too damaging, jess.
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby Formosa Neijia on Fri May 16, 2008 11:02 pm

Jess,
Chen Yun-ching likely hasn't heard yet. Even when he does, I doubt he'll do anything other than chuckle. He will be asked about it during the upcoming tour in the US, though. Do you want me to mention it to him? I can explain the situation in Chinese.

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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby Walter Joyce on Sat May 17, 2008 7:26 am

JessOBrien wrote:Mr. Chen was very generous in allowing my interview, and this is how I repay him. Wow. That hurts big time. All the interviewees in my book trusted me to treat them with respect, and that was something I did my best to honor. Now IKF has flushed a lot of goodwill down the toilet. Assholes!!!!!

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Jess,

I appreciate your sense of responsibility to get things right to those you interview, but unles you mislabeled the photos, you did nothing wrong here.
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby Steve James on Sat May 17, 2008 8:30 am

Walter Joyce wrote:
JessOBrien wrote:Mr. Chen was very generous in allowing my interview, and this is how I repay him. Wow. That hurts big time. All the interviewees in my book trusted me to treat them with respect, and that was something I did my best to honor. Now IKF has flushed a lot of goodwill down the toilet. Assholes!!!!!
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Jess,
I appreciate your sense of responsibility to get things right to those you interview, but unles you mislabeled the photos, you did nothing wrong here.


Right. It's up to IKF to print a public retraction. Then, that issue can also be sent to the persons in question.
It wasn't done with malicious intent (afawk), just an editorial goof that should have been caught.
If, otoh, they don't want to print an apology for the mistake, then you might have some recourse.
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby Kurt Robbins on Sat May 17, 2008 5:46 pm

You never know how people will take things.
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Re: Jess OBrien Is An Elderly Chinese Man!!

Postby JessOBrien on Sat May 17, 2008 8:58 pm

Hi guys, I got the article, it looks pretty dang good! Unfortunately the captions are all wrong. Dave is right that Mr. Chen is not the type to get upset over something so trivial. He's a very kind hearted man. But I still feel bad, it should have been a really cool piece!

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