An online ad featuring Ashton Kutcher as an Indian man has been pulled offline after viewers called it racist.
The images and video for Popchips feature the 34-year-old “Two and a Half Men” star in brown makeup portraying a Bollywood producer named Raj who is “looking for love.” They were removed from YouTube and Facebook after being criticized online.
Other videos featuring Kutcher as a stoner, tattooed Southerner and pasty fashionista remain online.
A spokeswoman for Popchips says the dating parody featuring the four characters was “created to provoke a few laughs and was never intended to stereotype or offend anyone.” She added that the company hopes “people can enjoy this in the spirit it was intended.”
A spokeswoman for Kutcher hasn’t return messages seeking comment.
Note: This is the clip from the video that was deemed racist. What do you think, is this considered racist?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AezA2DPVSGQ&feature=player_embedded
2 Comments User Comments
Add a commentCarole
May 4, 2012
8:44 am
Really….what is their problem. It’s funny not racist!
RainbowRay
May 4, 2012
12:01 pm
I don’t see any harm in those videos; harmless fun and people should lighten up (life’s to shiort–abut two foot six last time I checked!). I’m the one that’s “mssing the most delicious thing on the planet” and it’s not as those old Dominion commercials would tell you, “mainly because of the meat” either, ha!
Remember that $#@!&#^ movie “The Love Guru” with Mike Myers (I don’t know why he ever made that movie; in my opinion that was one of his worst movies he ever made, an opinion mind you because others may have loved it), in it he portrayed a “guru”. I didn’t see anything offensive with that movie, it was just poorly made (the humor lacked timing in terms of delivery and the jokes were lame I thought; the plot wasn’t that interesting either), but it certainly didn”t piss me off with the “guru character” he portrayed (which he did pretty well with what he had to work with. I have enjoyed his characterizations ever s ince his Saturday Night Live days).
I think we can all just lighten up a bit about things and have a laugh and develop a sense of humor about alot of things because like I said, life’s to short.
LOVE
RainbowRay