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TAR14 EP9: 'Our Parents Will Cry Themselves to Death' (China)
Neobie:
One more from MM:
--- Quote from: MM ---The mother had been telling Luke not to dwell upon it, but seeing how upset her son was she had to say a few words. They cut a lot out of that, she kept saying "Let it go, forget it..." But Luke felt very wronged; he couldn't calm himself down and ran off. His mother did say "Enough, it's pointless to continue arguing like this".
When they were filming this, I was standing by the side. Both sides were in the wrong, the blacks were indeed jeering.
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Alright, here are a few more peeks into the Chinese psychology...
(These posts are reflective of the cultural peculiarities of the Chinese society, but remember the 90% of posts that are similar to those like those on TWoP - their views on the racers are pretty much 100% similar! The Chinese and the American have much more in common that they'd like to admit...)
Is Victor gay? His Chinese is so girly.
To that girl contestant, do you know China? You were never so worked up over going to other places. Americans are disgusting, always playing up biases.
- Why do you guys think that way? Are you guys without bias? Don't you guys think lowly of India and such? Anyway, that's just an individual's view of China, how can you extrapolate it onto the American people as a whole?
- Many foreigners have been brainwashed. I believe the girls act that way because of the American media. CNN and BBC never show the good side of China, always talking about farms, being backward, human rights and stuff. If they have to say something good, they'd always add a "however" at the back and then continue with the bashing. The foreign media is not 100% just, it's just selectively just. I've heard idiotic questions over in the UK because of this media bias, things like "Do you have 29in TVs over in China?"
- Let's not get too worked up. Watching the India episodes I myself was thinking "Why is the place so dirty? Their quality of life is sad. The trains are terrible." I know if I join a race that went to America I'd be caught saying "There are guns everywhere, that's real scary!"
Why does the crowd swarm upon the racers each time they come to China? I'm speechless. And Guilin looks so run-down in this episode.
- Of course people would take a peek! It's our cultural signature! Guilin isn't famous for its infrastructure; it's the scenery that's breathtaking. Just watching the episode I can smell the crisp fresh air already...
On the Phuket leg: The son is letting the mother pull the rickshaw! I can't continue watching anymore...
Calling people "bitch" in America is not as serious as it seems. Girls joke throwing around phrases like that. Anyway, a gentleman uses his pen, not his sword (approximate transposition of a Chinese idiom into an English one); getting physical - do you still consider yourself a man?
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: Neobie on April 21, 2009, 11:05:30 PM ---[...]how Victor still sounds sissy when he speaks Chinese...
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massive LOL, I totally agree :lol:
apskip:
I know no Chinese, but I have heard that there are 4 different endings for words. Some of them involve an upward pitch and some a downward pitch. Those upward pitches could sound "girlish" to observers who know nothing about the Chinese language, but that is built into the Chinese language and should be accepted as the way it is for about 700 million chinese males.
If I am wrong on this, those who speak Mandarin should feel free to correct me.
Neobie:
Oh crap... We got Matt fired... :'(
--- Quote from: MM ---Someone got fired last season after his photos were posted online.
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That spoiler never leaked out of RFF as far as I know (not even Sucks), and it was deliberately buried after just a few days. Does that mean TPTB's spying on us as much as we're spying on them? They must hate us.
Apskip, you're right about the four tones, but I don't think it's because of that - it's the Chinese who are calling him sissy!
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: apskip on April 22, 2009, 09:52:01 AM ---I know no Chinese, but I have heard that there are 4 different endings for words. Some of them involve an upward pitch and some a downward pitch. Those upward pitches could sound "girlish" to observers who know nothing about the Chinese language, but that is built into the Chinese language and should be accepted as the way it is for about 700 million chinese males.
If I am wrong on this, those who speak Mandarin should feel free to correct me.
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If you pay close attention, in spite of all the tones, Victor keeps this nerve-wrecking accent he uses when he yells something in an über-chipper way. I lol'd a lot from this
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