'Winnie the Pooh' Ban in China Is Absurd, They Should Be Flattered ... Says Voice of Pooh
Voice of 'Winnie the Pooh' Chill Out, China ... Prez Memes Are Flattering
7/18/2017 4:31 PM PT
China's Internet crackdown on memes comparing President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh is a major overreaction not worthy of even a bother ... according to the guy who gives Pooh a voice.
Jim Cummings -- the voice of Pooh since the '80s -- told us China and Prez Xi are taking the comparison all wrong, because it's actually a good thing.
The memes started with a side-by-side image of Pooh and Tigger with a 2013 pic of Xi and President Obama -- and took off from there. Well, up until the government started blocking the images on all public sites and forums.
Jim, who also voices Tigger, advises a smackerel of Pooh's favorite food to calm the sitch -- but with nearly 1.5 billion people ... might take more than that.
FYI Winnie the Pooh is banned in China because of this image: @JasonYuanDesign
