• Obama Fried Chicken maybe be sued
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[quote=Delish.com]Barack Obama wears many hats: president, father, husband, beekeeper, beer-maker, gardener, dog-owner, and now ... fried chicken spokesman? Unbeknownst to the president, a restaurant called Obama Fried Chicken or OFC (seem familiar?) has popped up in Beijing, and neither KFC nor Al Sharpton is happy about it. The restaurant boasts a red sign displaying a picture of President Obama sporting a Colonel Sanders-esque get up: bowtie and suspenders with a large, cartoonish grin. Underneath the OFC name is a slogan, which, according to Shanghaiist, translated reads, "We so cool, aren't we?" The Washington Post reports KFC is not happy about the eatery. "We're considering legal action as it is a knock-off and has nothing to do with us and it infringes on our brand trademark," a statement from KFC said. "We find it distasteful." Al Sharpton couldn't care less about copyright infringement - it's the image of the President he's worried about. "It's insulting, offensive, and plays to racial stereotypes," the Rev. Al Sharpton told the New York Post. "What makes it even worse is that when we deal with this global competition between the U.S. and China, for them to be mocking the leader of the free world, I find it even more appalling." [/quote] [img]http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/Fz/obama-fried-chicken-china-xl.jpg[/img] Source = [url]http://www.delish.com/food/recalls-reviews/obama-fried-chicken-knocks-off-kfc-in-china?gt1=47001[/url] Only in china
OFCourse this will only happen in China. Hilarious, though. oh god worst pun i've ever made
I love how they stereotype Obama (look at the photo) in the same way that Asian people are typically stereotyped in the West - the squinting eyes and big grin showing only the top teeth. There are lots of fairly racist Chinese so this is not surprise.
OFC is not as tasty as Martin Burger King, though
This as funny as the Chinese copying a town.
stay classy china, stay classy
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;32623934]OFC is not as tasty as Martin Burger King, though[/QUOTE] I dunno, I'm quite fond of MalcolmDonalds.
Oh my God I must find this place.
I would love to own a bucket from there, before they go under. Hilarious.
Is anyone else seeing the racist American style stereotypical Asian caricature in there? [img]http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4535/user6241147315359.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/Fz/obama-fried-chicken-china-xl.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=GunFox;32624617]Is anyone else seeing the racist American style stereotypical Asian caricature in there? [img]http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4535/user6241147315359.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/Fz/obama-fried-chicken-china-xl.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] REVENGE!
[QUOTE=GunFox;32624617]Is anyone else seeing the racist American style stereotypical Asian caricature in there? [img]http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4535/user6241147315359.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/Fz/obama-fried-chicken-china-xl.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I did! [QUOTE=Contag;32623914]I love how they stereotype Obama (look at the photo) in the same way that Asian people are typically stereotyped in the West - the squinting eyes and big grin showing only the top teeth. There are lots of fairly racist Chinese so this is not surprise.[/QUOTE] I thought I was maybe going a bit nuts there for a minute.
Yeeeaaaah, but we're not doing it to Hu Jintao.
[QUOTE=Contag;32624699]I did! I thought I was maybe going a bit nuts there for a minute.[/QUOTE] Oops, totally missed your post. My mistake.
Looks more like Gilbert Gottfried to me.
But is their chicken as good as the original recipe?
I don't think there's a reason to sue them.It's rather hilarious and China usually stereotypes black people in commerce anyway.
Well, it's China. OFCourse!
[quote]the leader of the free world[/quote] lol
[QUOTE=Atlascore;32625364]Suing someone in China? Good luck with that.[/QUOTE] I agree, apple as unsuccessfully sue Chinese makers making knock off iPhones, etc.
OFC looks like a man who's missing an arm
Found a smaller picture. this is what his face in the OP's picture instantly reminds me of: [img]http://www.chronicle.su/wp-content/uploads/yao-meme-126x150.png[/img] They are being really weird about Obama though.
That's hilarious. A grocery store tried opening up in my area called Obama Grocery and it had a nice picture of him too. Too bad it was taken down before I could get a picture of it.
Americans offended by this? I think its pretty funny.
Let 'em have their fun
I'm not offended by it. Obama Fried Chicken will win best taste in a landslide.
[quote]"We so cool, aren't we?"[/quote] Trolls [quote]the leader of the free world[/quote] Stop calling it that.
[QUOTE=Franke_R!?;32624771]Looks more like Gilbert Gottfried to me.[/QUOTE] Gillbert Gottfried Chicken?
[QUOTE=Zethiwag;32627783]Gillbert Gottfried Chicken?[/QUOTE] [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jDanSGFELyc/TfXvXKx-aRI/AAAAAAAAAqE/Jv9P50U8lpM/s1600/iago7.gif[/img]
[QUOTE=Black;32626119]Americans offended by this? I think its pretty funny.[/QUOTE]I'm not offended, and find it actually funny. Anything semi-racial here in America now a days "cannot be funny one bit"
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