Comments on Inside-Out China: Mischievous Dubbing (恶搞): US and China

Hope no one's holding their breath... When Palin w...

2008-10-09T00:40:35.187-04:00

Hope no one's holding their breath... When Palin was announced as McCain's running mate, I commented to my family that she looked like Tina Fey. They pooh-poohed me.

Bien, thanks for sharing your feelings. Micah, tha...

2008-10-07T10:47:42.870-04:00

Bien, thanks for sharing your feelings.

Micah, thanks for the alternative link. Apparently the copyright law is more effective against parodies than pirates. :-)

Anonymous, if people only want to praise their leaders, but no one want to make fun of them, IMO something is amiss in that political culture.

The Chibi/Zhifubao parody got taken off Youtube, b...

2008-10-07T04:34:14.480-04:00

The Chibi/Zhifubao parody got taken off Youtube, but it's still on Ku6:

http://v.ku6.com/show/yj_OlWZMKVBp35Ml.html

(came via ESNW)

It would be fun, but not necessary. The political ...

2008-10-06T19:45:20.692-04:00

It would be fun, but not necessary. The political culture don't have to be as lighthearted as the west. It would just be another way of doing things.

I feet the same way when I watch SNL, the Daily Sh...

2008-10-06T15:37:39.466-04:00

I feet the same way when I watch SNL, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the Corbet Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and even The Orielly Factor...
and thinking about what has been missing in both the more serious political life and the more lighter entertainment life in China. Hope a day that these kind of shows can become norm in China comes soon.