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Chinese have no sense of humor?Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, January 18, 2007 3:32 PM
"I have concluded that we Chinese do not have much of a sense of humor." That's what Wang Xiaofeng said in a recent blog post, translated into an abridged English version by Raymond Zhou: Chinese sense of humor? You've got to be joking.
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Comments on Chinese have no sense of humor?Yawn. Wang Xiaofeng's logic seems to go: "Spring Festival TV is boring and safe" however "the rent-a-crowd audience applauds madly" therefore "Chinese aren't funny". This is even more pathetic than his usual drivel. On the positive side, that kind of argument is a game everyone can play: "Wang Xiaofeng's arguments aren't logical" however "they are translated into English" therefore "English speakers aren't logical". I can't speak for Chinese, but Taiwanese have a sense of humor. Sure, it's juvenile, scatological, mildly retarded, and frequently directed at foreigners (white, black, or Asian, as long as they're not Chinese), but it's there. Some Chinese do have a sense of humor but it is very silly and juvenile. It involves a weird but obvious play of words for day to day things. The play of words is most often pretty plain. But the very fact that words could be modified somehow excite the Chinese and they laugh. So Jackass: The movie is a sublime masterpiece huh? Damn hypocrites. wow who ever said this is stupid and i find it racist(to himself..)as well as offensive. Having no sense of humor is neither racial or genetic. It's based on the way you were raised.Proof: |
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