The last couple of times I’ve gone to the cinema, there’ve been trailers before it showing a white girl wandering around Taipei, doing stuff like visiting night markets and reading at dawn. The tag line at the end is “You are not alone”.
It doesn’t seem to be actually selling anything, just … reassuring foreigners.
I’m curious as to why. Have there been more of us than usual getting off the plane and going crazy in the first week?
[quote=“Brendon”]The last couple of times I’ve gone to the cinema, there’ve been trailers before it showing a white girl wandering around Taipei, doing stuff like visiting night markets and reading at dawn. The tag line at the end is “You are not alone”.
It doesn’t seem to be actually selling anything, just … reassuring foreigners.
I’m curious as to why. Have there been more of us than usual getting off the plane and going crazy in the first week?[/quote]
Is the trailer in Chinese? (apart from the “you are not alone”)?
[quote=“Brendon”]The last couple of times I’ve gone to the cinema, there’ve been trailers before it showing a white girl wandering around Taipei, doing stuff like visiting night markets and reading at dawn. The tag line at the end is “You are not alone”.
It doesn’t seem to be actually selling anything, just … reassuring foreigners.
I’m curious as to why. Have there been more of us than usual getting off the plane and going crazy in the first week?[/quote]
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The ad shows the girl wandering aimlessly looking lost and scared, and only happy when she is with other foreigners.
I believe the message is ‘Foreigners, you are not alone as long as you are with other foreigners - so stay with your own kind and don’t talk to us’. That’s what I get. The fact that it’s all in Chinese makes it even more obvious.
youtube.com/watch?v=wF_GPMEDhSk
I understood all the English in it… 
Hmm… thanks for the link.
Nice ad. I’m curious about the reason for making it. Really.
And isn’t **** sexy when she shoves that squid down her cake-hole? Grrr! 
… but not as sexy as Sandman.
Ach!!
They should do that ad, but with me getting up before dawn, getting on my bike and driving to the top of a gorgeous mtn, reaching the summit at sun up and being met by 50 Taiwanese hikers and me screaming
“I’M NEVER ALONE!!!”
darn backpackers…Naruwan!..touching your heart!
cute video
[quote=“Fortigurn”]The ad shows the girl wandering aimlessly looking lost and scared, and only happy when she is with other foreigners.
I believe the message is ‘Foreigners, you are not alone as long as you are with other foreigners - so stay with your own kind and don’t talk to us’. That’s what I get. The fact that it’s all in Chinese makes it even more obvious.[/quote]
I didn’t think she looked scared. I didn’t think it was telling us to stick to our own kind. I think it was saying, ‘Taiwan is a pretty cool place, and anyone can get along here. You may even meet people from your own culture too.’
But… It also didn’t seem to imply that the girl was working here… so maybe its a tourism advert. In which case… its a pretty dumb thing to show it to a bunch of people who are already here. They should be showing it in other countries, surely. Like, in the Gabon or something…
That ad kinda weirded me out.
I’m impressed that she found “peace in the city” after just three days in Taipei – but I’m not sure how peaceful a bench between two lanes of traffic is. “You can be greedy with such a big buffet … and big fridge.” Hmmm.
So we’re not alone. There are other people who like this place. We have each other. Wait, isn’t “we are not alone” what they say about extraterrestrials?
[quote=“TomHill”][quote=“Fortigurn”]The ad shows the girl wandering aimlessly looking lost and scared, and only happy when she is with other foreigners.
I believe the message is ‘Foreigners, you are not alone as long as you are with other foreigners - so stay with your own kind and don’t talk to us’. That’s what I get. The fact that it’s all in Chinese makes it even more obvious.[/quote]
I didn’t think she looked scared. I didn’t think it was telling us to stick to our own kind. I think it was saying, ‘Taiwan is a pretty cool place, and anyone can get along here. You may even meet people from your own culture too.’
But… It also didn’t seem to imply that the girl was working here… so maybe its a tourism advert. In which case… its a pretty dumb thing to show it to a bunch of people who are already here. They should be showing it in other countries, surely. Like, in the Gabon or something…[/quote]
I forgot the tongue in cheek tags.
I was going to make a witty and erudite comment but got hung up on our friend and her candied tomatoes. :lovestruck: :lovestruck: :lovestruck:
first time i saw this at the theater I was like: Huh?
second time i saw it everyone else around me was like: Huh?
now i dont feel so alone. 
Well, it could have been much worse. Rather than meeting the Canadian backpacker-style dude at the train station, she could have come across BroonAle at a bus stop. 
Ha ha ha!
The odd thing is, though I suppose this was somehow deliberate, she is alone throughout the whole thing, except for the little nudge, nudge, wink, wink, bit at the end
HG
It’s obviously aimed at female wài guó rén and the message is something like:
“Sure, it seems male foreigners are having a great time here while you’re suddenly no longer the popular one, but look, there’s things you can do, too, like sitting on a park bench, getting lost, hiking, obsessive eating, reading books 24h a day and - who knows - maybe you’ll even meet a Western guy who’s still single”.
[quote=“hypermegaglobal”]It’s obviously aimed at female wài guó rén and the message is something like:
“Sure, it seems male foreigners are having a great time here while you’re suddenly no longer the popular one, but look, there’s things you can do, too, like sitting on a park bench, getting lost, hiking, obsessive eating, reading books 24h a day and - who knows - maybe you’ll even meet a Western guy who’s still single”.
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Hee hee! Hey Ma! Lookee! They gots humour in Luxembourg! Nice one.
[quote=“hypermegaglobal”] who knows - maybe you’ll even meet a Western guy who’s still single".
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she’ll get a shag or two (maybe some sweaty pig sex on the train ) – then he’ll settle in, catch ‘rice fever,’ and be off Western women forever.
Hey, and was that a puppet in his backpack or was he just happy to see her?