I can only imagine the offensive hilarity that was this spectacle. In case you don’t realize, Irving, the kindly chap in the upper left of the poster, is also Chinese Charlie, that unmistakably Asian man to the right (I kept the image size big so that you can click it and get a closer look).

That’s right - his stage name, for what I can only imagine was a box office sensation, was Chinese Charlie. “Ancient mysteries… MODERNIZED” (emphasis added, sorta – it depends on how you interpret the wrapping all-capped text on the poster) and his name was the first target.

Oh, and PLEASE!!! Someone out there tell me what those characters on the poster actually say. Something tells me it’s either packaging instructions off of a random box or entirely made up.

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