Episode 16: Beardo Fans
It all began when Kirsten and Stephanie stumbled across Whisker Wars. Take a gander for yourself:
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We weren't sure about where 'Fu Manchu' comes from or if it was offensive. So we did some googling and it turns out yeah, it's not great.
“The Fu Manchu moustache derives its name from Fu Manchu, a fictional character created by British/Irish author Sax Rohmer, who is shown wearing such a moustache in film adaptations of Rohmer’s stories. The literary Fu Manchu did not wear a moustache. The famous facial hair first appeared in the British serial The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu (1923); the Fu Manchu moustache then became integral to cinematic and television stereotypical depictions of Chinese villains.”
Stephanie and her yarn beard.