Misha Chen indeed
Update: Got a working video! Thanks tstorm! 
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I love me some “So You Think You Can Dance” but this scene had me scratching my head. Um, ok Lauren.
(Hat tip to Lauren from Stereohyped for the tip.)
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Yori Kim wrote:
Ah, the video doesn’t play anymore.
Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 12:41 pm ¶
Karen wrote:
What happened? The clip isn’t there.
Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 12:49 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
Ah damned copyright laws! Sorry guys.
Basically she declares that she has an alter ego named “Misha Chan” who is Asian.
Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 1:06 pm ¶
Lynn wrote:
I saw that and it was DAMNED ridiculous. She cut her hair all “choppy” and since it’s really dark hair cut all choppy, people apparently think she’s Asian. Which she just gets a kick out of!!! So she adopted the alter ego and sometimes auditions as Mischa Chen.
It was crazy!
Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 4:08 pm ¶
eric wrote:
yeah, not sure what that was all about, she doesn’t look very AZN to me
Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 7:11 pm ¶
tstorm wrote:
Try this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvtFKd-1qSw
Posted 18 Jul 2007 at 11:44 pm ¶
Anonymous wrote:
i like how they added the “oriental” music in the background. very authentic… i’m going to go dye my hair blond and change my name too. i’m sure people will get a kick out of that
Posted 19 Jul 2007 at 1:50 pm ¶
Yori Kim wrote:
Ugh, she is disgusting………..and yet she thinks she’s brilliant pretending to be ‘Mischa Chen’ at some auditions. I hope if she gets voted off that she will never get a dancing job if she ever uses the identity ‘Mischa Chen’ again.
Posted 22 Jul 2007 at 8:33 pm ¶
Natalie wrote:
This isn’t the first time that a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance has made an ignorant statement. A couple of weeks back Shauna and her partner Jesse did a hip hop routine and just before they went on stage she made a comment along the lines of “we’re going to be real ghetto”
WTF did that mean???
Seems like being a great dancer means having the ability to stick your foot in your mouth. The Mischa Chen thing was so ridiculous and yet Lauren saw nothing wrong with her alter ego…. guess educating the ignorant is a never ending job
Posted 23 Jul 2007 at 1:31 pm ¶
squidfly wrote:
Hip Hop made her do it!!!
Posted 23 Jul 2007 at 4:09 pm ¶