Don't give 'em spray paint.
Posted on 04/19/2022 8:30:48 AM PDT by simpson96
While many Shanghai residents are scrambling to find food and dying from lack of medical care during the third week of the city’s harsh coronavirus lockdown, others are indulging in a craze for paying shirtless African dancers to record customized cheer-up videos.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) noticed the “video well-wishes” fad includes some productions featuring “Caucasian women, believed to be from Russia or Ukraine,” but the most popular options feature muscular shirtless African men dancing around with signs and goofy festive paraphernalia:
The dancers in the videos hold up a blackboard with Chinese characters for specific residential complexes’ names and messages of support. The actors will follow a Chinese man who reads the blessing messages aloud in Mandarin.
It costs dozens of yuan to make a video that lasts for around 30 seconds. The foreign actors will also sing or dance if the customers pay an extra fee of 100 to 200 yuan (US$15.70 to $31.40).
Some African men are seen holding guns in the videos, posing like mercenary soldiers. Others are dressed in the traditional clothing of various regions of Africa.
The videos are usually around 30 seconds long and cost up to $30, depending on how much singing and dancing they include. They are produced by Chinese agents working overseas who advertise through Chinese social media. Customers apparently prefer to call them “blessing videos.”
The dance videos were originally designed to celebrate birthdays and similar occasions, but they have become so popular as morale boosters during the grinding Shanghai lockdown that the suppliers can barely keep up with demand. Some agencies report producing over 200 videos a day over the past week.
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HAHAHAHA Where is the white supremacy?
In other news, the NBA playoffs started this week.
“But it is not just them; it seems that a lot of women do this to themselves and the question needs to be asked: just who are they trying to impress?”
Although I knew it was gonna cause trouble at Easter Service on Sunday, I had to ask my wife if it was “Bring a Stripper to Church Day”. Although she knew exactly what I meant, I still got the eye roll. Seriously, some of the women there looked like they just finished a shift at “Lou’s Topless Extravaganza”. Some of the teenage chickees would NEVER have left the house if they’d been my kids...not without changing clothes. On Easter Sunday!
We’re talking a white bread, mid-to-upper income church.
Man! It’s hard to imagine getting that bored.
“Three class rings and a Rolex!”
...’cause they’re such good dancers?
And to provide, er, entertainment to unsatisfied Chinese wives.
The wonders of human ingenuity.
Don't give 'em spray paint.
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