Soy Sauce Drama

I’m talking about the soy sauce commercial I worked on that is currently airing. Here are two blogs that aren’t happy with the commercial:

“Soy Sauce is Love Potion” from Disgrasian

Just Your Typical Soy Sauce Love Story Commercial” from 8Asians

I’m not surprised at all.

My two cents: why a White guy and an Asian girl? Most likely somebody in marketing’s idea. From what I gathered, they were trying to make it “modern”… interracial couple, man cooking for woman… something like that. The same exact story could’ve been told with an Asian guy. Totally. If it were up to me, I would’ve casted an Asian guy + White girl. But until more politically conscious peeps write things differently…

I personally didn’t and don’t find anything wrong with the commercial. If you disagree, well, then, please be the one to write things differently and I’ll support you all the way (as long as it’s not Kenneth Eng style).

Anyway, political stuff aside, a lot of the comments and blogs totally cracked me up. I was definitely questioning the onion rings dipped in pork belly and soy sauce juice, too… lol.