Two Faces of the Moon

This book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in extra-marital relationships. Even in the face of profound tragedy, valuable lessons can be learned. In June of 2007, the public disclosure of Hong Kong actress Moon Lee’s two year long extra-marital affair with a teenage adoptive son was history-making both in media impact as well as in its ground-breaking qualities. Not only was the misconduct unprecedented among women in modern Chinese history but also Moon Lee’s methods of denial have also been without parallel. Within these pages, Moon Lee’s ex-husband, both a prominent American surgeon and a director/producer of acclaimed Chinese Action-Musicals, shockingly reveals the whole truth behind the scandalous actions of a once respected and beloved celebrity. Valuable insights about extra-marital affairs can be acquired when the author is willing to share with the readers such embarrassing facts and shameful emotions. This unabashed and very personal expose about the two faces of Moon Lee provides a unique opportunity to understand the complexities of the human mind as it faces the challenges of sexual desire. Yet this book is still not about blame but about enlightenment. By analyzing the truth behind the now notorious Moon Lee affair, this book takes a taboo subject and transforms it into an insightful analysis of Chinese extra-marital relationships.

Introduction In May of 2007, the news of the sudden end of my once storybook marriage to Hong Kong movie star Moon Lee was shocking in many ways. Most disturbing was the fact that a wife and mother who had been held to such high esteem and who had represented Chinese art and culture so admirably would choose a path that would ultimately make her become one of the most demonized women in the history of modern China. This is not simply a book about scolding or blame. This book’s purpose is to revisit events and facts in a way that provides insights to understand more about human nature. Both the magnitude and the uniqueness of the tragedy that Moon Lee had brought upon herself and her family have created an opportunity not to punish her but instead to learn from the experience. So much anguish and suffering have been inflicted that there must be lessons which can benefit all those involved with extra-marital affairs in one form or another. However, Moon Lee’ s unreasonable denial of the facts and her vicious blame on the innocent must make this effort of enlightenment extremely confrontational to her. Indeed, it would be impossible to reveal the truth without making Moon Lee look bad. That result is not caused by my actions but rather Moon’s willful misconduct. However, the combination of duration, incestuous quality, and involvement between employer and junior employee in Moon’s affair creates a unique opportunity to study the complexities of human thought and desire in the setting of an aberrant sexual relationship. Rather than just dispelling the story as a simple nuance of passion gone amiss, there are indeed lessons that can benefit us all. It is not that other women would be likely to enter an ill-conceived relationship like Moon’s and therefore need to read her story to avoid making a similar mistake. Even though her actions and her absurd denials reveal an unprecedented dark side of human nature, they still can provide clues to prevent us from crossing the line from good to evil. And the last reason for me to write and assemble this book is based on the need for Chinese people to be more challenged by an open debate on the taboo subjects of extra-marital affairs and illicit passion. This book’s earlier chapters are about an incredible woman’s journey from heaven to hell in her own lifetime. It is an in-depth factual account of an admired woman’s momentous fall from grace. The truthful telling of this Moon Lee’s story is not intended to further disgrace her. I believe the world of sensible people already know what the truth is. For the year of 2007, Moon’s history-making affair has won her seventh place in Hong Kong’s Sing Tao newspaper for entertainment newsworthiness and also second place for stupidity among entertainment celebrities in Southern Metropolis Weekly magazine in China. The objective public surely knows the significance of my shocking disclosure of Moon’s obscene affair. There would have been little interest if the disclosures were mere slander against a beloved celebrity wife by a husband angling for an excuse to get divorced. 
From telling the truth and analyzing these events, I hope that all the readers can gain better appreciation of how we as individuals can either willfully choose to succeed or fail as human beings. There is really the valuable lesson of how to avoid letting a misconduct based on such a common human urge turn our lives totally upside down forever. Over the first nine months after my infamous discovery of the affair in the bedroom closet, Moon Lee had often attributed her action as her total lost of control with regard to feeling affection for this undeserving adoptive son. It is highly informative that a human being’s entire life and total destiny may hinge on the loss of self-control over just one aspect of life. Even a fleeting moment’s lack of control can lead to an endless downward spiral from which there is no return.

Retired from a career as a well-known surgeon in Denver, Colorado, Dr. Law started his interest in the field of entertainment by producing Warriors of Virtue in 1996, a high budget family feature film distributed by MGM, Warner Brothers and Columbia Artist worldwide. In China, he also produced a prize-winning CCTV children’s film Xiwa as well as the acclaimed television series April Rhapsody. After the acquisition of The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts by the Law family in early 2002, Dr. Law became the C.E.O. and President of The Centre and its associated production company Sight, Sound & Action Ltd. Most importantly, Dr. Law has utilized The Centre to act as a launch site for a new genre of musical theater known as Action-Musicals. In order to support Dr. Law's unique productions, he has also organized and owned his own performing arts troupe in Beijing, Law Brothers Chinese Performing Arts International. Since 2002, six Action-Musicals (Of Heaven & Earth, Terracotta Warriors, Senses, Heartbeat, Tang Concubines, Phoenixia) have been performed nearly five hundred times in major venues of many cities of North America, a feat that is without equal in the history of Chinese performing arts abroad. In 2005, Dr. Law was nominated for a Toronto Dora Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the production Heartbeat. The same show was also nominated for Best Costume Design and Best Choreography. In 2006, Dr. Law's latest Action-Musical extravanganza Tang Concubines actually won two Dora Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Choreography. During the summer of 2008, three Sight, Sound & Action productions will be mounted in nearly sixty performances as an Action-Musical festival to celebrate the occasion of the Beijing Olympic Games. This will include the world premiere of the first Chinese Rock Musical Monkey King. These efforts of Sight, Sound & Action are unprecedented and history-making in Beijing. In all his work, Dr. Law continues to dedicate himself to making Chinese performing arts a matter of pride and joy in the international entertainment marketplace. His record of success in this area is made possible by his unique position of owning his own content, his own performance troupe, and his own world-class theatrical venue in North America. 罗启仁先生个人简介 罗启仁先生是美国科罗拉多州丹佛市的前著名外科医生，退休后，罗先生开始潜心娱乐方面的投资， 1996年斥巨资与美国米高梅电影制片公司、华纳兄弟、以及哥伦比亚电影公司合作拍摄了轰动一时的儿童影片《五行战士》。在中国，罗先生也投资拍摄了CCTV获奖儿童影片《禧娃》以及备受赞誉的电视剧《人间四月天》。在罗氏家族2002年初赢得加拿大久负盛名的温哥华大剧院经营权之后，罗先生开始担任该剧院的执行总裁和随之成立的Sight, Sound & Action 音乐剧制作公司的董事长。被大家津津乐道的是，罗先生利用温哥华剧院这个平台，开始推广一种全新的音乐剧——动作音乐剧。为了推广这一独特的艺术形式，罗先生还在北京组织了自己的表演剧团—罗氏兄弟娱乐发展有限公司。自2002年起，陆续推出了六大动作音乐剧（天地七月情，兵马俑，魅，热鼓热舞，大唐贵妃，凤舞九天），在北美各大城市主要剧院上演多达五百多场，场场爆满，受到媒体的高度关注和一致好评。演出的场次之多是中国艺术海外演出历史上从未有过的。2005年，罗先生凭借《热鼓热舞》获得加拿大多伦多多拉奖的最佳音乐剧导演奖提名，而《热鼓热舞》也同时被提名竞选最佳服装设计奖和最佳舞蹈奖。2006年，罗先生导演、制作的最新动作音乐巨制《大唐贵妃》一举夺得了多伦多多拉奖最佳服装设计奖和最佳舞蹈奖。2008年夏，适逢奥运会在北京举办之际，罗氏演艺公司将凭借三大剧目，六十多场的演出场次，推出动作音乐剧艺术节，为奥运加油喝彩。三大剧目中就包括了全球首次公演的第一部摇滚音乐剧《美猴王》。此次的投入也是公司历史上前所未有和具有里程碑意义的。罗先生多年来一直致力于将中国的艺术推向世界的娱乐文化市场，使中华文化瑰宝成为全世界能够共享的骄傲和快乐。剧目表现形式上的独创性、自有出色的演艺剧团、以及世界上一流的推广平台——温哥华大剧院，成就了罗先生在音乐剧领域的成功。