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Originally Posted by GTJ
YouTube - Japan's Mr. James McDonalds TV Commercial
This one's actually really funny. It's not bad. I haven't seen this one yet (as it's not being aired). The Japanese speakers will see why it's funny. Especially when he starts doing Japanese tongue twisters.
The one's being aired now aren't on youtube yet. They just started not too long ago. When I get some links I'll post them. However, they're pretty bad. THey have him running around Japan screaming about how much he loves it in Japanese (NIPPON DAI SUKI!!!!!!!) in peoples' faces, and generally being a "baka gaijin". It basically promotes stereotypes to a population that is generally ignorant of foreigners to begin with. I can imagine being confronted with a Japanese person in the near future who, after talking to me for two minutes, says, "oh wow you're not like Mr. James at all. That's so crazy".
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Yes, this is one of the two I found. It's hard for me to get too upset about it, but I am looking forward to seeing the one you are describing. It's not on the McD's website.
That being said I think in 2009 "ignorance of foreigners" in Japan is a debatable topic. For sure, Tokyoites have a different understanding than remote rural folks, but to be honest I would be doubtful that Mr. James would be any Japanese person's first exposure to foreigners in the media (unless they were three-years-old).
Again, until I can see the offensive commercials I will have to hold judgement.