Patrice Wilson, the producer best known for creating Rebecca Black's "Friday," is attempting another viral hit with his latest video, "Chinese Food," performed by Alison Gold.
The video follows the young Gold as she heads to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. Dressed as a geisha, a traditional Japanese entertainer, she sings praises for fried rice and noodles while Wilson raps in a panda suit.
Viewers have jumped on the video, arguing its racial insensitivities and cultural inaccuracies.
There are geishas in this "Chinese Food" video. You know, geishas... like from JAPAN. http://t.co/cWaPOdlBgl— Sadao Turner (@SadaoTurner) October 14, 2013
.@ArkMusicFactory Thanks for the offensive video! You know that Geishas are from Japan... and chinese food is... well... not from Japan— Ethan Fedida (@ERFedida) October 15, 2013
Even if #AlisonGold wrote a song about Japan instead of #ChineseFood, it's still wrong on many levels to dress prepubescent girls as #geisha— 鍾翔宇 XYZ (@XYZrap) October 15, 2013
The latest video follows the formula of Wilson's other projects: A young tween girl sings catchy hooks with ridiculous lyrics, set to a cheesy aesthetic that's gone viral for being "so bad it's good." (Currently, the video has 14,000 dislikes to 3,000 likes on YouTube.)
Add a cameo by Wilson -- and you have his signature satirically tacky cocktail for viral videos.
Or ... maybe it's all a setup.
Who wants to bet Jimmy Kimmel teamed up with Patrice Wilson to prank the world with that Alison Gold ‘Chinese Food’ song?— Erik Veland (@ErikVeland) October 15, 2013
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