Fake dark skin and that quotation from the coach are pretty damned fail. I do think using the term Aborigine to mean Australian Aborigine is sloppy, especially at a Canadian event, but from the costume I saw at the link they're pretty clearly not being generic, and if they were, good luck with that.

They seem to have stopped trying to convince anyone that they meant generic Aborigine. According to an article from a few days ago, the coach is now carrying around some photos of Australian Aborigines wearing something vaguely similar to the costumes and showing them to anyone who complains, as proof that the costumes are authentic.

Having just seen Ya lyublyu tebya I leapt to the assumption they were performing traditional Mongolian or Kalmyk dances in yellowface before I followed the link.

meara!!! What house??! Why you no provide links?? Don't want to jinx? I'm excited. I am sure you can't tell what with all of this punctuation (from me and sarameg both!!!).

Well, one dance in and the stereotypes are already flying fast and furious. The Can-Can? That is not a folk dance.

And the announcers are not helping. Note to the announcers: It is not the 60s anymore, France is way behind the US in cigarette consumption.

If I slicked it down with gel, I almost could achieve Carrie-Anne Moss's hair in The Matrix.

You taunt me! I've only been lobbying for like five years.

France is way behind the US in cigarette consumption.

Per capita?

Well, one dance in and the stereotypes are already flying fast and furious. The Can-Can? That is not a folk dance.

Well, I guess it's more a folk dance than the people skating to the Dixie Chicks.

They should ice dance to Jamaican folk dance dancehall daggering. I'd love to see that with less friction.

Per capita?

Yes. France is actually one of the lowest rates in Europe, except for the UK and some of the Scandinavian countries.

Well, I guess it's more a folk dance than the people skating to the Dixie Chicks.

I didn't see that, but I think you could make an argument that country music and dancing has a more organic quality than the cancan, which is primarily a performance dance.