Coming Saturday La Toya will be interviewed on Dutch television by Wendy van Dijk. Now, this will not be any old ordinary interview. Wendy will be disguised as a Japanese interviewer called Ushi, who's English is guaranteed to cause some confusion. Wendy does this pretty convincingly, most celebrities fall for it. It might be offensive to Japanese viewers though. Wendy had nothing but nice things to say about La Toya afterwards (the show is pre-taped). Apparantly La Toya had no problems with being pranked. I wonder how she would have reacted to Wendy's other regular character: a big black lady from the Antilles...
I know 'black face' is a big no-no in America. Here in the Netherlands it's not such a big deal. It's even part of an annual children's holiday, called Sinterklaas (the forerunner of Saint Nick). Google 'zwarte piet' and you'll see what I mean. Warning: it can be pretty shocking for non-Dutch...
http://www.rtl.nl/programma/ushiendushi/home/






