Ashton Kutcher Popchips ad yanked offline after some call it racist
ASSOCIATED PRESS May 3, 2012 10:44AM
Updated: May 3, 2012 11:06AM
LOS ANGELES — An online ad featuring Ashton Kutcher as an Indian man has been pulled offline after viewers called it racist.
The images and video for Popchips feature the 34-year-old “Two and a Half Men” star in brown makeup portraying a Bollywood producer named Raj who is “looking for love.” They were removed from YouTube and Facebook after being criticized online.
Other videos featuring Kutcher as a stoner, tattooed Southerner and pasty fashionista remain online.
A spokeswoman for Popchips says the dating parody featuring the four characters was “created to provoke a few laughs and was never intended to stereotype or offend anyone.” She added that the company hopes “people can enjoy this in the spirit it was intended.”
A spokeswoman for Kutcher hasn’t return messages seeking comment.
Do you think it was racist or was it an over reaction?
Louis D. Brandeis
I find some people opinions about this being racist a tad over sensitive.
IMO it's clear that it's a parody.
Come on!
I was looking at this and thinking does that make Sacha Baron Cohen racist. Apparently yes it does according to googling it.
Quoting Veni.Vidi.Vici.:I find some people opinions about this being racist a tad over sensitive.
IMO it's clear that it's a parody.
Come on!
Louis D. Brandeis
Quoting stormcris:I was looking at this and thinking does that make Sacha Baron Cohen racist. Apparently yes it does according to googling it.
Quoting Veni.Vidi.Vici.:I find some people opinions about this being racist a tad over sensitive.
IMO it's clear that it's a parody.
Come on!
Cohen was also the first person who popped into my head.
... and everyone on SNL.
Quoting stormcris:
I was looking at this and thinking does that make Sacha Baron Cohen racist. Apparently yes it does according to googling it.
Quoting Veni.Vidi.Vici.:
I find some people opinions about this being racist a tad over sensitive.
IMO it's clear that it's a parody.
Come on!
Quoting chrlstoncharmed:... and everyone on SNL.
Quoting stormcris:
I was looking at this and thinking does that make Sacha Baron Cohen racist. Apparently yes it does according to googling it.
Quoting Veni.Vidi.Vici.:
I find some people opinions about this being racist a tad over sensitive.
IMO it's clear that it's a parody.
Come on!
I love eddie izzard!
get the fuck over it people!!!!!
Quoting chrlstoncharmed:... and everyone on SNL.
Quoting stormcris:
I was looking at this and thinking does that make Sacha Baron Cohen racist. Apparently yes it does according to googling it.
Quoting Veni.Vidi.Vici.:
I find some people opinions about this being racist a tad over sensitive.
IMO it's clear that it's a parody.
Come on!
As is the cast of MadTV, In Living Color, and the Disney show That's So Random.
That was my first thought too.
I dunno. There is a line and the line gets blurred, but I don't think these guys cross it because they aren't trying to push legislation or an agenda.
Quoting stormcris:I was looking at this and thinking does that make Sacha Baron Cohen racist. Apparently yes it does according to googling it.
Quoting Veni.Vidi.Vici.:I find some people opinions about this being racist a tad over sensitive.
IMO it's clear that it's a parody.
Come on!
Is Yoga a religion?
- stormcris
on May. 3, 2012 at 12:31 PM