Hungary TV cuts controversial show - "Micuko"

[sandra]

from the Japan Times:


VIENNA (Kyodo) The Hungarian television station TV2 has yanked a show
that drew the ire of the local Japanese community, Japanese diplomats
said Friday.

The diplomats said TV2 told the embassy in Budapest that the show has
been removed from the fall lineup, which kicked off earlier this month.

The program, "Micuko -- the world in slanted eyes," features a
Hungarian TV reporter in a black hairpiece and fake teeth who passes
herself off as a goggled-eyed Japanese woman to ambush and interview
Hungarian celebrities.

The show, launched in March and suspended in May, infuriated the
Japanese community in Hungary. The embassy filed a protest with TV2 and
the Hungarian Foreign Ministry in late April.

"Micuko" producers told the embassy in May that TV2 had decided to
suspend the show for three months and the program would return in
September under a new name.

The Japan Times: Sept. 28, 2003

[younggiftedandblack]

wtf??? Why would anybody think a show like this would be acceptable??

[Green_Circle]

Overreacting or legitimate beef? Where are Hungarians getting these inspirations?

[AliBabaIncorporated]

There are Japanese people in Hungary?

[younggiftedandblack]

Originally Posted by AliBabaIncorporated

There are Japanese people in Hungary?

:laugh: I said the same thing to myself.

[YuheiCarreau]

I went to Hungary once.

[Green_Circle]

Originally Posted by YuheiCarreau

I went to Hungary once.

Yes and....... was it crawling with Asians or what?

[YuheiCarreau]

Originally Posted by Green_Circle

Yes and....... was it crawling with Asians or what?

I didn't see a whole lot in and around Budapest, but I definitely wasn't the only one around. Plus the guy I rented an apartment from was studying Japanese, and his father had been to Japan for the Olympics in the 60's. So it's not like Hungary and Japan have zero contact with one another.

[Green_Circle]

Originally Posted by YuheiCarreau

I didn't see a whole lot in and around Budapest, but I definitely wasn't the only one around. Plus the guy I rented an apartment from was studying Japanese, and his father had been to Japan for the Olympics in the 60's. So it's not like Hungary and Japan have zero contact with one another.

You know I recall seeing CNN or Fox News, forgot exactly which. The women from Hungary were going to the far east to get married with Asian men from China, Korea and Japan and those guys would go to Hungary and those other surrounding countries to seek wives and such after the USSR breakup. I distinctly remember because there was a Western journalist interviewing one of these pretty young women and he asked her if she was ashamed at what she was doing. These were women who wanted more than their countries could offer, I guess and sought a better life in the Far Eastern countries. :blink:

[hooligan]

more yellowfacing, good times. you'd think the european countries would be more sensitive to other races considering what happened to the jews 50 years back.

[yoMAMA]

I wonder what atilla the hun will think about all this?

:blink:

[Green_Circle]

Originally Posted by yoMAMA

I wonder what atilla the hun will think about all this?

:blink:

I think he'd be forced to rape and pillage! :blink:

[younggiftedandblack]

Originally Posted by Green_Circle

You know I recall seeing CNN or Fox News, forgot exactly which. The women from Hungary were going to the far east to get married with Asian men from China, Korea and Japan and those guys would go to Hungary and those other surrounding countries to seek wives and such after the USSR breakup. I distinctly remember because there was a Western journalist interviewing one of these pretty young women and he asked her if she was ashamed at what she was doing. These were women who wanted more than their countries could offer, I guess and sought a better life in the Far Eastern countries. :blink:

With all the single professional women in those countries why wouldanyone go to Hungary to seek a wife????

[YuheiCarreau]

Originally Posted by younggiftedandblack

With all the single professional women in those countries why wouldanyone go to Hungary to seek a wife????

You could ask the same question about American men who go to the Phillipines for wives...

[AngryABCGirl]

canceling a Tv show because it's offensive to a small minority? how underheard of!