In 2015, a new restaurant in Beijing named Ke’er, opened offering S&M by selling both food and sex. In the 20th Century Fox movie “Keeping Up with the Joneses,” it is the Chinese tradition of integrating snakes in food and wine which is introduced through a scene in a Chinese restaurant.
The action comedy movie from the U.S. opens in Chinese theaters on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The star of the film is Gal Gadot, an Israeli actress who appeared in “The Fast and the Furious” film series where she plays the character of Gisele Yashar. Gadot is also appearing as the new Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe.
Her co-stars in the movie, which many Chinese could relate to because of the restaurant scene, are Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm and Isla Fisher.
According to China Entertainment News, the story of “Keeping Up with the Joneses” revolves around an average couple living in the suburbia who are deep in an international espionage plot who discover their new neighbors are government spies.
Gadot and Hamm are the new neighbors-cum-government spies, while Galifianakis and Fisher are the average suburbia couple, Karen and Jeff Gaffney. As Karen, Fisher is the typical girl next door who wears mom jeans, does the school run as part of a carpool, which also makes her character relatable to a lot of women moviegoers, whether in the U.S. or China.
Although Karen is over-confident, but the movie producer gave her a silly walk and sillier voice. Her husband, Jeff, has a simplistic attitude to life, Collider reported.
According to China Highlights, one of the 15 interesting facts about Chinese food which often shocks foreigners – similar to what is seen in the “Keeping Up with the Joneses” trailer - is that Chinese eat almost anything that moves. The list includes dog, insects, scorpions, snakes, rats, pig’s ears and other pig parts, and boiled blood.