They offered me the office, offered me the shop. They said I'd better take anything they'd got. Do you wanna make tea at the CBC? Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop?
I saw Sook-Yin play at the Harbourfront stage once. It was sad to watch all the people leave as she played and “sang” her songs. But I couldn’t really blame them. The “awkard geek” style is cute in your twenties, not so much in your forties. She seemed tired and bored.
“An NFB website refers to ’œher childhood in a white middle class suburb in the 1960s’, which was the Lynn Valley in North Van. She has claimed her parents fled wartime Hong Kong, which if true, makes her older than her pretty face indicates. (My guess is her age is mid-40s.)”
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I saw Sook-Yin play at the Harbourfront stage once. It was sad to watch all the people leave as she played and “sang” her songs. But I couldn’t really blame them. The “awkard geek” style is cute in your twenties, not so much in your forties. She seemed tired and bored.
I’ve heard some of her “music” and all I can say is she makes Yoko Ono look like John Lennon.
From 2006 :
“An NFB website refers to ’œher childhood in a white middle class suburb in the 1960s’, which was the Lynn Valley in North Van. She has claimed her parents fled wartime Hong Kong, which if true, makes her older than her pretty face indicates. (My guess is her age is mid-40s.)”
http://therunagatesclub.blogspot.com/2006/12/sook-yin-lee-and-shortbus.html
Her cousin is Jan Wong, who could also pass for 35, 40, 45, whatever
She once said 1968, which is plausible, but she could be 5 years older.
“Presented with the Internet Movie Database range of ’œ24 to 35,’ she continues to demur. ’œThey’™re close. I’™d rather not say. Is that okay?’ ”
The band that she was in – Bob’s Your Uncle – released their first single in 1985 :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob's_Your_Uncle_(band)
What an odd thing to be shy about.
Does this mean that in future movie roles she’ll be coloring her bush to hide the gray?
She too is worried about people knowing her real age. I’d peg her early-mid 40s.