So another C-actor is being coined with sad sack description of “Hopeless Illiterate” or “Desperate Illiterate” and it’s Hou Min Hao. He’s been in the variety program Divas Hit the Road Season 6 and in the latest episode the squad visited Tanzania and at a senior center Hou Min Hao gave a present to the director that he said was Blue and White Porcelain which is a famous Chinese style of pottery making. Except netizens spotted that he actually gave them Bone China which is of British origin, making it even more insulting since Tanzania used to be a British mandate and under British rule for decades before its independence. Netizens are dragging Hou Min Hao for not knowing the difference and insulting the host country.
Hmm normally I would say the criticism is unwarranted. But these really do not look like blue and white porcelain…
@Yuhyi…. I agree with other comments that this isn’t his fault since he probably trusted production and whatever they handed him to deliver and say. But (and displaying my ignorance here) isn’t China blue and white porcelain famous for you know being that famous combo of blue and white? While this is clearly not blue and white 😅 like why didn’t anyone including the actor going “hmmm???”
This is ridiculous. He makes a mistake (the show’s production too, I imagine), I bet thousands of viewers notice nothing, you got one porcelain expert that spots the difference and all of a sudden the net is full of porcelain connoisseurs.
Next time let’s ask an actor about quantum physics or Beethoven’s unfinished works, and the net will be full of physicists and musicians clamoring about new “illiterates”.
Meanwhile, noone protests about this show being full of nasty stereotypes – Chinese idols posing as Dr Livingstone. But no,it’s all about the porcelain.
I agree with you.
I’m sure HMH is not reponsbible for anything. The piece of porcelain must have passed through the eyes and hands of at least 8 people before coming to him.
So it’s safe to say HMH was scammed and he fell into a trap set up by others.
It’s so ridiculous seeing Chinese celebrities going to African countries to roleplay as charitable saviors like White celebrities do. Right now, I’m just glad that Chinese celebrities won’t adopt (buy) African babies like White celebrities do.
More like script mistake and production team never did their homework. Can’t blame him. He’s just an actor, not expert in chinas.