LOS ANGELES ? 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."
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Re: Ashton Kutcher 'brownface' ad pulled
Who are these people that still pitch in a meeting "you know what's a great idea for this? blackface"
And who keeps allowing crap like this to be produced?
Popchips are very tasty, I tried them the other day without any ad to encourage me. now if I had only seen the commercial of Ashton in brownface I would have bought a few more bags. Not really.
ridiculous.
Huge marketing fail.
& who is representing Ashton & why did they think this would be a good idea?
ugh.
I bet Ashton was like "but I do a really good Indian guy impression!!"
Here are the pics.
You know, I've noticed that not even Fred Armisen, who plays Obama on SNL, uses black face. Because seriously, just no.
40/112