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Old 17th January 2009, 02:05 AM
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Why did they try to make her look so stereotypically Asian?
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Old 17th January 2009, 02:18 AM
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In what way is that cover stereotypically Asian?? I have an idea of what an Asian stereotype is but what is yours?

Thank you, dreamcrushed and others for changing the mood of this thread. The direction of this thread so wasn't making any sense. Bad covers=Bad sales conclusion just didn't make sense. Not logical at all.
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Old 17th January 2009, 02:26 AM
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^ I was thinking the same thing too, about how the cover is stereotypically asian?
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Old 17th January 2009, 02:28 AM
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It's just her eyes, they just look so American Asian it's not even funny. They shouldn't play it up, yes she's Asian, but they don't have make her eyes into a billboard for that, people'd see it anyway, they didn't need to be done up so much.
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Old 17th January 2009, 02:37 AM
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It's just her eyes, they just look so American Asian it's not even funny. They shouldn't play it up, yes she's Asian, but they don't have make her eyes into a billboard for that, people'd see it anyway, they didn't need to be done up so much.


Are you serious? I really don't understand this...

Others have also asked, but what is your idea of a stereotypical Asian? I'm beyond curious.
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Old 17th January 2009, 02:43 AM
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Are you serious? I really don't understand this...

Others have also asked, but what is your idea of a stereotypical Asian? I'm beyond curious.
It's just what I said, her eyes look like they've been played WAY up, and they shouldn't have been. Her selling point should be "Hey, I have good music" not "Hey I'm a minority, buy my CD"
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Old 17th January 2009, 02:29 AM
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At least the clothing she is wearing in the pic is very American - Urbanish (a little bit).
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Her eyes? I guess me and you have different ideas of typical asian eyes.
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Old 17th January 2009, 02:44 AM
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I don't like the expression she has on her face. It's like a blank stare. :|
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Old 17th January 2009, 02:49 AM
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She excels at the blank look.







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Old 17th January 2009, 03:01 AM
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^ Has she ever had a cover where she is smiling? I can't think of any right now in my mind.
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Old 17th January 2009, 03:06 AM
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Also, did they like photoshop her eyes in the Come Back to me cover? I swear to god one of them is further away from her nose than the other...
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Also, did they like photoshop her eyes in the Come Back to me cover? I swear to god one of them is further away from her nose than the other...
I think they fixed her eyes. I've seen pictures where one of her eyes is larger than the other.
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Wait and See had her smiling.

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She looks like she's trying to go second from the right xD;...
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Yeah... She sometimes has this weird thing going with her lids (when she's tired/overworked.) She blogged about it.



It looks like maybe they tried to photoshop it out (and failed.) Maybe she busted in while they were doing it and was like: "Nooooo~ That's not a bad memory! It's just my eyes!" XD
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Old 17th January 2009, 03:31 AM
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Yeah... She sometimes has this weird thing going with her lids (when she's tired/overworked.) She blogged about it.

[img]http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l134/amorphose/113568141_992c057f13.jpg?t=1232158794[img]

It looks like maybe they tried to photoshop it out (and failed.) Maybe she busted in while they were doing it and was like: "Nooooo~ That's not a bad memory! It's just my eyes!" XD
Yep I think a Flavor of Love promo picture had the same thing. The one where she's leaning down into the picture.
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Old 17th January 2009, 03:21 AM
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LOL, she looks like that girl from Final Fantasy in the Wait & See cover... the clothes she's wearing.
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LOL, she looks like that girl from Final Fantasy in the Wait & See cover... the clothes she's wearing.
LOL rikku? i forgot her name. i'm just thinking of the one from FFX-2
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