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Intern Jasmine’s Links Of The Daysian

Oh look, it’s just my top two celebrity boyfriends, Kal Penn and John Cho, hanging out and taking calls from the President. [YouTube]

Did you know a white Harvard dropout from the Upper East Side of NYC started one of the first Asian American studies programs in the country? Alexander Saxton, who helped establish UCLA’s Asian American studies program in the 1970s, died last week at the age of 93. [NYT]

Why does Xinhuanet list Heath Ledger as one of their super movie villains of all time using the poster from Brokeback Mountain? [Xinhuanet via Beijing Cream]

Here are some stills and a teaser for Chink, a movie about an Asian American serial killer Continue reading Intern Jasmine’s Links Of The Daysian

Filed under: Alexander Saxton, Asian-American Studies, CHINK the movie, Coca-Cola in North Korea, DNC, Gangnam Style, Hillary Clinton, Hmong, John Cho, Kal Penn, McDonald's, Michelle Obama, snuggie kid, Sullivan and Son, Tiger Woods, Victoria's Secret, Xinhuanet

Is The McDonald’s Asian Salad Racist?

When you hear the words “McDonald’s Asian Salad” uttered together–which bills itself as “the perfect combination of deliciousness with snow peas, mandarin oranges and edamame…topped with Newman’s Own® Low-Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing”–is “racist” the first thing that comes to mind?

Seen tagged in L.A., photo by John Fitzgerald

Or do you, like me, think: “How many times does your mom have to drop you on your head as a baby for you to order salad at McDonald’s?”

[McDonald's website: Premium Asian Salad]

Thanks, Fitz and Meatbars!

Filed under: Asian Food, Asian Salads, Fast Food, Fast Food Salads, Graffiti, Harmony, I'm Lovin' It, McDonald's, McDonald's Asian Salad, McDonald's Premium Asian Salad, McDonald's Salads, Mickey D's, Racist Food, Tagging, WTF?

Separated at Birth: Kato and Hamburglar

Photos taken on the set of Michel Gondry’s Green Hornet recently surfaced, but they may leave those who revere Bruce Lee’s badass legacy as Kato a little cold.

It was our friend Mike who pointed out to us that Taiwanese singer-actor Jay Chou as Kato weirdly resembles another well-known masked sidekick…Hamburglar.

And you know robble, robble, robble rhymes with “trouble.”

[Just Jared: Cameron Diaz & Jay Chou: Green Hornet Hotties]
[More Green Hornet Movie Trouble?]

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Thanks, Mike! Everyone buy a copy of Mike’s film West 32nd when it comes out on DVD!!!

Filed under: Bruce Lee, Cameron Diaz, Hamburglar, Jay Chou, Kato, Masked Men, McDonald's, Michel Gondry, Potential Disasters, Robble Robble Robble, Seth Rogen, Sidekicks

In McDonald’s New Japanese Ad Campaign, The Wacky Foreigner Joke’s on Americans

Put on your glasses or pop in your contacts and get a good look at the picture below, because this is what karma looks like:

Meet “Mr. James,” new face of a McDonald’s ad campaign in Japan. Mr. James is a Wacky Foreigner in Japan who speaks broken Japanese, wears the archetypal nerd uniform of glasses, a short-sleeved shirt with a tie, and ill-fitting khaki pants, has bad teeth, and–we’re only guessing here–is probably someone who’s never gotten laid. Sound familiar?

Clockwise from top left: Wacky Hiro Nakamura from Heroes, Wacky Engrish-Speaking Kentucky Fried Chicken-Grilled Chicken Lovers, I Survived a Japanese Game Show‘s Wacky Host Rome Kanda, Wacky Engrish-Speaking Six Flags Guy

Oh right. Usually THAT GUY has slanty-eyes.

Interestingly, there are some foreigners and non-natives in Japan riled up about this humiliating depiction of themselves, going so far as to compare Mr. James to Stepin Fetchit. Because there aren’t enough positive depictions of beautiful and sophisticated foreigners selling things to the Japanese, apparently. Arudou Debito, née David Aldwinckle, an American who’s become a naturalized Japanese citizen, writes:

“I think a strongly-worded letter from registered NPO FRANCA to McDonald’s USA HQ regarding the issues of stereotyping here would be warranted. Hell, you think McD USA would start putting up a full-body “ching-chong-chinaman” with funny glasses and protruding teeth, saying ‘Me likee McFlied Lice.’ You think that would fly over there? If not, it shouldn’t be allowed over here.”

Guess he hasn’t seen this Six Flags commercial, which began running last year, or this KFC commercial for their new Grilled Chicken, which has been running all summer.

Karma’s one wacky bitch, isn’t it?

[Japan Probe: Mr. James: McDonald's Japan has a gaijin clown]
[Mr. James's Official Blog]

[UPDATE: Japan Probe says we "don't care" about white people. We respond.]

Thanks, Josh!

Filed under: Dorky White Guys, Engrish, Gaijin, I'm Lovin' It, Karma, McDonald's, McDonald's Nippon All Stars Ad Campaign, Mr. James, Reverse Racism, Wacky Foreigners Who Aren't Japanese, Wacky Japs