WATCH out Chris Lilley - two Melbourne "Asian dudes" are turning heads globally with their politically incorrect satire.
Preston Market shopkeeper Simon Ly and his filmmaking friend Carl Zhang have become a YouTube sensation after creating the 2asiandudes comedy channel on May 12.
As they amass fans, the irreverent 25-year-olds are also attracting attention from the comedy world with their brand of "rad FOB humour" (radical, fresh-off-the-boat).
They send up racial stereotypes and cultural clashes, such as the "ignorant white guy" who thinks he can buy bootleg DVDs at Ly's dad's shop, in a similar vein to Lilley's Angry Boys.
Within a week and a half of uploading their first videos they were invited by YouTube to join its partnership program and profit from ads.
The videos are inspired by stories on Ly's Facebook page of his frustrating and zany dealings with multicultural customers.
The channel has already hit 11,000 views.
"The videos are basically word for word from my experiences," Ly said.
"It can be a very touchy subject but I think because we are both Asian we can get away with it."
He said they had been approached by artist manager Michael Lynch, of Smartartists, whose clients include Eddie Perfect, Tim Minchin and Tripod.
"We had a meeting and he said to keep what we are doing and keep it true and raw, and try and get something in the Melbourne Film Festival," he said.
Producer/director Zhang, a Chinese-born filmmaker who runs two film production businesses in Asia, said they were astounded by the response so far.
"It usually takes about three months to get offered a partnership on YouTube," he said. "We are not poking fun at Asian people or Indian people directly, more the cultural clashes that occur with people trying to understand one another in multicultural Australia."
The former Northcote High students film mainly at Centreway Electrical.
Zhang said 13-18-year-olds were the biggest fans.
Source Herald Sun
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