After watching this commercial, Shanghaiist began wondering when the internet firestorm of Chinese cultural protectionism would take place, a la "Lebron James in the Chamber of Fear." Then we noticed the Korean writing on the window in the final few seconds of the commercial, which gives Burger King some plausible deniability -- this commercial isn't suggesting that Chinese people have hinged jaws, eat like reptiles, steal the food of others and have poor grammar. No, that's Koreans.
In the end, regardless of who ends up claiming to be the most culturally offended, Shanghaiist is just glad the Triple Whopper is not making its way to China (at least not yet). Obesity and diabetes are already both on the rise here, and we are not sure more meat patties are exactly what the doctor is prescribing.
It's not the meat, it's the potatoes. :) American's eat something like 20 times as much potatoes per capita as Chinese, mostly fried as either french fries or potato chips.
There's nothing racist about this commercial. If dude had been sneaking up a dude's sushi? That'd be racist as hell. But you could have put any race in there, and the joke would have still worked. People wanna talk about asians not being prominent enough in the media. Guess what bra, not every role can be Shawshank Redemption or Citizen Kane. Sometimes fun is cool.
It's not the meat, it's the potatoes. :) American's eat something like 20 times as much potatoes per capita as Chinese, mostly fried as either french fries or potato chips.
There's nothing racist about this commercial. If dude had been sneaking up a dude's sushi? That'd be racist as hell. But you could have put any race in there, and the joke would have still worked. People wanna talk about asians not being prominent enough in the media. Guess what bra, not every role can be Shawshank Redemption or Citizen Kane. Sometimes fun is cool.