Korean Movie Theater Chain Offering Discounted Tickets for People Pretending to Be Foreigners
On April Fool’s Day if you are a foreigner or if you are a Korean that can pretend to be a foreigner you can get a discounted movie ticket:
Speak a foreign language and you can get a discount on movie tickets on April Fools’ Day.
Even if you are not a foreigner, you will get a discount if you pretend to be one.
The event will be hosted by CJ CGV, the largest operator of multiplex cinemas, at its outlets.
Discounted tickets will be 8,000 won ($7). [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but unsurprisingly the promotion is being met with claims of racism.
Hey that’s kind of a fun idea!
can’t have that. Fun police to the rescue…
Agreed Liz, the Appropriation Squads would be all over anyone trying to do this in the states but I don’t get several aspects of what they’re doing here. Why is it tied to April Fool’s Day is you can get a discount by simply being foreign? I get it if the point was to not be foreign and you’re pretending to be or if you were foreign and pretending to be Korean. Where’s the fooling if I just come up all `Mericany and buy a ticket? Also why is everyone in the photo in native garb? No fooling in that….
Most importantly, what’s the deal with the foul-mouthed alien?