Comedienne Margaret Cho isn't laughing about a photo in which Miley Cyrus and friends appear to be poking fun at Asians.
The Korean-American comic admits she was appalled by the image, which first appeared online last week (ends06Feb09) - and she's still not happy after two separate public apologies from the teen star.
Cho has even penned a song, in which she slams the Hannah Montana star.
The Bam Bam and Celeste star sings, "I wasn’t necessarily a fan of her, her dad, or Hannah Montana/I tend to prefer the songs of Rihanna/Racism against Asians is simply bananas"
She adds, "Oh Miley!/Chinky eyes make you look wily/Prejudice isn’t thought of so highly/It doesn’t make us all smiley... All you have to do is pull at your face/To make your eyelids resemble our race/This kind of joke has no proper place/Miley Cyrus is a disgrace!"
Cyrus first apologised for the ill-advised pose after the Organization of Chinese Americans director, George Wu, demanded she say sorry. And when Wu suggested the singer/actress' first statement wasn't convincing, Cyrus apologised again.
Earlier this week (beg09Feb09) Cyrus took to her website to issue a second apology.
She wrote, "I want to thank all of my fans for their support not only this week, but always! I really wanted to stress how sorry I am if the photo of me with my friends offended anyone. I have learned a valuable lesson from this and know that sometimes my actions can be unintentionally hurtful."...
The Korean-American comic admits she was appalled by the image, which first appeared online last week (ends06Feb09) - and she's still not happy after two separate public apologies from the teen star.
Cho has even penned a song, in which she slams the Hannah Montana star.
The Bam Bam and Celeste star sings, "I wasn’t necessarily a fan of her, her dad, or Hannah Montana/I tend to prefer the songs of Rihanna/Racism against Asians is simply bananas"
She adds, "Oh Miley!/Chinky eyes make you look wily/Prejudice isn’t thought of so highly/It doesn’t make us all smiley... All you have to do is pull at your face/To make your eyelids resemble our race/This kind of joke has no proper place/Miley Cyrus is a disgrace!"
Cyrus first apologised for the ill-advised pose after the Organization of Chinese Americans director, George Wu, demanded she say sorry. And when Wu suggested the singer/actress' first statement wasn't convincing, Cyrus apologised again.
Earlier this week (beg09Feb09) Cyrus took to her website to issue a second apology.
She wrote, "I want to thank all of my fans for their support not only this week, but always! I really wanted to stress how sorry I am if the photo of me with my friends offended anyone. I have learned a valuable lesson from this and know that sometimes my actions can be unintentionally hurtful."...
- 2/12/2009
- WENN
TORONTO -- Four U.S. films -- Lorene Machado's Bam Bam and Celeste, Adam Rapp's Winter Passing, Joshua Stern's Neverwas and David Ayer's Harsh Times -- will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Tuesday. In all, Toronto announced eight world premieres among nine new titles, with many key distributor territories still up for grabs. Machado's Celeste will unspool as part of the Discovery series, with Margaret Cho and Bruce Daniels starring in a road trip pic about best friends set to appear on a reality TV show. British filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are bringing their freak-show mockumentary Brothers of the Head, which will debut as part of the Visions program. In the Special Presentations program is Training Day scribe Ayer's directorial debut Harsh Times, which is about two unemployed friends, played by Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez, finding trouble in South Central Los Angeles.
- 7/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Four U.S. films -- Lorene Machado's Bam Bam and Celeste, Adam Rapp's Winter Passing, Joshua Stern's Neverwas and David Ayer's Harsh Times -- will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Tuesday. In all, Toronto announced eight world premieres among nine new titles, with many key distributor territories still up for grabs. Machado's Celeste will unspool as part of the Discovery series, with Margaret Cho and Bruce Daniels starring in a road trip pic about best friends set to appear on a reality TV show. British filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are bringing their freak-show mockumentary Brothers of the Head, which will debut as part of the Visions program. In the Special Presentations program is Training Day scribe Ayer's directorial debut Harsh Times, which is about two unemployed friends, played by Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez, finding trouble in South Central Los Angeles.
- 7/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Four U.S. films -- Lorene Machado's Bam Bam and Celeste, Adam Rapp's Winter Passing, Joshua Stern's Neverwas and David Ayer's Harsh Times -- will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, festival organizers announced Tuesday. In all, Toronto announced eight world premieres among nine new titles, with many key distributor territories still up for grabs. Machado's Celeste will unspool as part of the Discovery series, with Margaret Cho and Bruce Daniels starring in a road trip pic about best friends set to appear on a reality TV show. British filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe are bringing their freak-show mockumentary Brothers of the Head, which will debut as part of the Visions program. In the Special Presentations program is Training Day scribe Ayer's directorial debut Harsh Times, which is about two unemployed friends, played by Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez, finding trouble in South Central Los Angeles.
- 7/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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