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User Generated Dubbing: American Idol in Hmong

May 4, 2008 Tweet

Category: Internet, Media Tags: , American idol, dubbing, Hmong, user generated

Proof that User Generated Dubbing has now reached landlocked Laos: American Idol dubbed into Hmong.

Really amusing interpretive noises for emotion.

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Steven

The makers of the "Hmong dubb" videos are not in Laos, but Hmong living in the United States -- you can see this from their YouTube profiles.

These videos are America's cultural legacy from the so-called secret war in Laos: Thirty years later and the forced-blending of cultures brought on by the war and those who were forced to flee in its aftermath has produced this video and over a thousand others like it.

Just search "hmong dubb" on YouTube and you can watch William Hung sing "Hmong Pride Rangers" while the panel of judges looks on in horror...

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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...