The Chosen One Eurovision Act

I keep thinking about that post about the whole genre of movies about a white guy getting into an asian philosophy, matrial art etc and then proceeding to surpass his teacher and be the best ever at it, and I started thinking about the opposite of it. I want a movie about a chinese dude who comes to Finland, downs an entire bottle of Koskenkorva, tries to fight a nearby cow and ends up lying face down in a ditch while sobbing about his ex wife and having like 5 finnish dudes staring at him in awe like “That's him. That's the chosen one.” The 5 finnish dudes bring him home with them. The next day, the chinese dude wakes up on the couch with a mighty hangover. He turns on the TV and for the first time in his life sees Mo0mintroll. Instant spiritual bonding experience. Overcome with emotion, he begins to sing an ode to Snufkin in a high clear tenor voice. The 5 finnish dudes hastily call their live-in wise old mentor. “Yes,” says the mentor after watching chinese dude for a few minutes. “The prophecy was true. This is the chosen one. This man...will be our 2020 Eurovision act.”

A Tumblr-style text post imagines the opposite of the familiar movie trope where a white protagonist masters an Asian philosophy or martial art. A Chinese man arrives in Finland, drinks Koskenkorva, fights a cow, bonds spiritually with Moomintroll and Snufkin, and is declared the chosen one by five Finns as their 2020 Eurovision act. The joke comes from escalating cultural stereotypes into an absurd prophecy and treating the stranger’s bizarre behavior as proof of greatness. EN: A Tumblr-style text post imagines the opposite of the familiar movie trope where a white protagonist masters an Asian philosophy or martial art. A Chinese man arrives in Finland, drinks Koskenkorva, fights a cow, bonds spiritually with Moomintroll and Snufkin, and is declared the chosen one by five Finns as their 2020 Eurovision act. The joke comes from escalating cultural stereotypes into an absurd prophecy and treating the stranger’s bizarre behavior as proof of greatness.

• @eternalclassic / 40784 2023-10-25