danqi Posted June 3, 2008 at 09:18 PM Report Posted June 3, 2008 at 09:18 PM My boss asked me to research hoaxes (in the widest sense of the word) that center around fictional characters. For example like this commercial for a german hardware store: It centers around the fictional character of stunt driver Ron Hammer (portrait by an actor) who also had a Wikipedia entry, website, TV segments about him, etc. All to fool people into thinking he was a real person. I am not just looking for ads but pretty much all kinds of recent hoax-characters. For example, comedians who created fictional characters, etc. Can you think of any Chinese (or non-Chinese since were at it) hoax-characters? Thanks a lot! Dan Quote
c_redman Posted June 3, 2008 at 10:21 PM Report Posted June 3, 2008 at 10:21 PM You mean like Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G, Borat)? Quote
imron Posted June 4, 2008 at 12:34 AM Report Posted June 4, 2008 at 12:34 AM Maybe not quite what you're looking for, but there are some who believe that Lei Feng was a mostly fictional character, used for propaganda purposes. Quote
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