Meet Cao Cao – a foreigner who performs on Chinese TV
Last Sunday night, I was watching TV on Flat Bertha and came across a TV show called Mingren Tang, which has the curious English name of E-talking. I think the Chinese name literally translates as ‘Celebrity Hall’. Sunday’s show looked at English schools in China and had several guests, including Li Yang, the founder of Crazy English and Cao Cao, an American who performs on Chinese TV.
Being a foreigner myself, I was most interested to see what Cao Cao was up to. On the show, one of the Chinese guests suggested that ‘laowai’ are easily satisfied by their experiences in China. In the following video you can see how Cao Cao backed up the Chinese guest’s claims by spoofing foreigners who proudly say the names of the most simple Chinese dishes. I find it distasteful that Cao Cao is happy to pay out his fellow laowai (much to the amusement of the audience). The problem with sucking up to the Chinese (or sucking up to anybody for that matter) is that they probably respect you even less after you’ve finished brown nosing. In this clip, you can see that the host and one of the Chinese guests are quick to make fun of Cao Cao’s extravagant hand gestures. Despite his good Chinese, I still think the host, the Chinese guests and the audience still perceive him as a foreign idiot. Some of this is self-inflicted, but most of it is inevitable.
I think I've seen this clown on TV before, and I have to agree with your assessment. At the very least, he could've chosen a more original Chinese name- even Da Shan is better than just lifting something out of the Three Kingdoms. This idiot is doing nobody any favours with his clowning around.
i don't know what kind of person Li Yang is in your foreigner‘s eyes.I think he just a disgrace clown who pretent a good teacher.Cao Cao is cool,those hosts are really stupid person i think.
The guy has found a way of making money in China... it's his choice. Because that's what the Chinese need: a laowai to laugh at. I myself took part in a TV show where laowai had to show "Chinese artistic talents". You should have seen the happy faces of the "jury" when white people were singing 月亮代表我的心, or juggling, or doing taichi...
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