Museum of Chinese In America (MOCA) collection 麦当劳1987年的“上海麦乐鸡”包装
美国华人博物馆(MOCA)馆藏
In 1987, McDonald’s released Chicken McNuggets Shanghai, a promotional campaign complete with chopsticks, McFortune cookies, and “oriental sauces” like hot mustard, teriyaki, peanut satay, black bean, and Cantonese sweet and sour. McDonald’s branded its new release with a graphic identity packed with oriental motifs and produced TV commercials that cast Chinese culture in absurdly cartoonish stereotypes. One such advertisement features a Fu Manchu-type character who states he has “come many miles from inscrutable Orient to tell you about Chicken McNugget Shanghai;” others depict white Americans fumbling with chopsticks. Borrowing from pernicious stereotypes of Orientalism and Yellow Peril, McDonald’s simply repackaged its product in attempts to capitalize off the “exoticness” of the East.
1987年,麦当劳推出了“上海麦乐鸡”。这是一个包括筷子、麦当劳幸运饼干、和东方酱汁的全套推广。东方酱汁的选择有辣芥末酱、照烧酱、花生沙爹酱、黑豆酱、和广东酸甜酱等。麦当劳用充满东方色彩的包装设计推出了这个全新的产品,并拍摄了一个电视广告,片中用荒谬的卡通刻板形象演绎中国文化。其中一个广告是用傅满洲式的角色,声称自己来自遥远的高深莫测的东方,专程来介绍“上海麦乐鸡”;另外的广告则是描写美国白人摸索着使用筷子。借助《东方主义》和《黄祸》中恶劣的刻板形象,麦当劳只是重新包装了一下它的产品,玩弄的是东方的“异国情调”。
Countdown to the TCS NYC Marathon on November 3, 2019: 216 Days.
2019年是美国第一条横贯大陆铁路建成150周年,为了纪念第一批华人来美建设这条铁路所做出的巨大贡献, MOCA将其2019 TCS NYC Marathon的活动命名为 MOCA Spike 150 – Running Forward With Our Stories! 鼓励大家通过马拉松公益跑,全国线上接力,以及一天一个故事的方式讲述150个华人的历史故事,敬请大家持续关注, 讲出华人自己的故事,回顾过去,立足现在,展望未来,共同书写美国历史,使之更加充实完整。