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House of Flying Bananas

Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, March 26, 2007 4:45 PM

A group of American students of Chinese has produced a spoof kung fu film and posted it to Youtube. Apparently shot in Vermont, the film is titled House of Flying Bananas. The dialogue is in laowai-inflected Mandarin, with English subtitles.

It's a fun piece of silliness, which you can watch below or on Youtube.

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wow. uh..wow.

Posted by: Chip | March 27, 2007 12:12 PM

Ha, funny clip. I don't think I've ever seen so many "greengoes" speak Chinese at the same time before.
P.S. a few subtitles towards the end don't quite match the dialogue, but it's understandable.

Posted by: George | March 27, 2007 1:41 PM

George -- um, I think that was part of the joke.

Posted by: Kevin | March 28, 2007 9:38 AM

If I didn't have enough motivation to study Chinese already, this would so seal the deal for me. And where can I learn those moves?

Posted by: Chris | March 28, 2007 12:24 PM

Those students are from Middlebury College's summer Chinese school.

Posted by: Anonymous | March 28, 2007 5:31 PM

Those sweet slo-mo moves and banana action kicks aren't available to just any mild-mannered monk in a blue blanket. Years of practice, little grasshopper, years of practice. Plus some ancient green tea and quick video editing.

Posted by: Wen Jiang | March 31, 2007 10:56 PM