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Why China Lacks Gangnam Style : The New Yorker

In Chinese cultural circles there is a name for this: the “ ‘Kung Fu Panda’ problem,” named for the 2008 DreamWorks movie. It refers to the fact that the most successful film about two of China’s national symbols—Kung Fu and pandas—could only be made by a foreigner because Chinese filmmakers would never try to play with such solemn subjects.

1:10 PM Oct 05 2012

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On PandaWhale we'd like to believe there's such thing as Oppa Panda Style.

oppa panda style

But that's the point of the New Yorker piece.

We as non-Chinese can be irreverant and playful with pandas.

Still, I'd love to see a Shanghai-Style parody.

3:06 PM Oct 05 2012

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