"We Love You Long Time" Billboard in Portland's Chinatown

The Phrase That Refuses to Die, courtesy of KXL-FM.



Hey Portland, for real? This is apparently an actual billboard for talk radio station FM News 101 KXL.

WE LOVE YOU LONG TIME. That's it. You've got to me kidding me. It's no coincidence that it overlooks NW 3rd and Couch -- that's Portland's Old Town Chinatown. Somebody at this radio station thought it would be a good idea to pay money to greet the neighborhood with this pointless, racist phrase -- a phrase that's been plaguing Asian Americans since 1987 (thanks, Full Metal Jacket). A phrase that really needs to die.

I'm sure some asshole at KXL thought they were being pretty damn clever.

(Thanks, Laura.)

The Musical That Refuses to Die

"Asian America has its own story to tell. Don't Buy Miss Saigon."



The hit musical Miss Saigon is the longest running and most enduring pop culture representation of Vietnamese people in the Western world. It's also full of racist, sexist and colonialist lies. Now, twelve years after closing on Broadway, everybody's favorite musical me-love-you-long-time is attempting to make a comeback.

With upcoming runs of the show in Minneapolis and several other cities, the Don't Buy Miss Saigon campaign aims to create awareness about this shitty Orientalist musical that refuses to die:

No Thank You, Try Again: "Oh Me So Hoppy to Wheat You..."

"A derisious wheat ale with a hoppy finish that lingers long time!"



Yup, this again. This is actual label art from a Michigan-based brewery called Odd Side Ales. As you can see, this particular Asian-themed offering is called "OH ME SO HOPPY TO WHEAT YOU," with the description "A derisious wheat ale with a hoppy finish that lingers long time!"

I'm sure somebody thought they were being real clever when they came up with this... no harm intended! But it's just the usual tired Oriental schtick. Let me guess: you have Asian friends, and they think it's hi-lar-ious.

And it's not just me. Others have apparently objected to this brew too. One Michigan retailer pulled the beer from its shelves in response to customer complaints about the name. Odd Side Ales left a Facebook comment with the usual "sorry you were offended" non-apology and promised to "make some changes" to the label, whatever that means, when they brew it again next year. How about right now?

Again, for future reference, phrases that need to die: "me so horny" and "love you long time."

Punched "Me Love You Long Time" comedian speaks out

Star of the smackdown heard around the 'net.



Standup comedian Brett Eidman, now best known as the guy who got punched out on stage for doing his dumbass "me love you long time" Asian schtick, is no doubt feeling the negative effects of his notoriety, and appears in this interview in order to clear things up about his act and what went down in the video, aka the smackdown heard around the 'net:

"Me Love You Long Time" Comedian Gets Punched on Stage

It is immensely satisfying.



So this guy gets up on stage, puts on some chop suey specs, and starts harassing the Asians in the audience. I don't know anything about this so-called comedian Brett Eidman, but based on this one clip -- I'm not even entirely sure it's real -- he looks like an unfunny hack asshole who got what was coming to him.