Faux-prah: Do you have a bank account, of IBK? *ugh*

Some Korean-Americans may hate Oprah Winfrey . . . or did four years ago, but her show is quite popular over here. She is recognizable enough that an ad campaign may reference her likeness for cringeworthy commercials for the Industrial Bank of Korea (기업은행).



Oooh, and the IBK site gave me another Faux-prah ad:



Man, google "Oprah Korea" and you'll get pages of results devoted to her remarks about Korean women. Tons of articles treating that minor blow-up as if it were current news. I wish people would stop criticizing her for an imagined slight that was buried until some Azn-pridesters dug the article up a few weeks ago. I wish people would get back to piling on Keanu Reeves for his imagined slight of Korean culture. You can see what the scholars at AsiaFinest have to say about that here (but please don't).

* Update 1: I got a message from a user on Youtube who says it's her in the ads. I thought it was a locally-famous foreigner or something. You can see her profile here and decide for yourself.