{"id":1005689,"date":"2021-11-13T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1005689"},"modified":"2021-11-13T01:00:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T06:00:51","slug":"watch-benedict-cumberbatch-shills-for-alibaba-on-chinas-black-friday-esque-singles-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-shills-for-alibaba-on-chinas-black-friday-esque-singles-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Benedict Cumberbatch Shills for Alibaba on China&#039;s Black Friday-Esque &#039;Singles&#039; Day&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-benedict-cumberbatch-shills-for-alibaba-on-chinas-black-friday-esque-singles-day%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1005689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BenedictCumberbatchSyrianRefugees.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Benedict Cumberbatch is the latest Hollywood celebrity to shill for China\u2019s Alibaba on \u201cSingles\u2019 Day\u201d \u2014 China\u2019s biggest shopping day of the year, akin to Black Friday in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Doctor Strange<\/em> star put in a bizarre appearance that reportedly left some viewers more perplexed than starstruck.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Cumberbatch appeared Wednesday&nbsp;on Alibaba\u2019s Singles\u2019 Day Gala, an annual variety show that takes place the night before the big shopping day.<\/p>\n<p>The show featured&nbsp;a group of Chinese celebrities attempting to solve puzzles to obtain a gift shipped from the future, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/radiichina.com\/cumberbatch-singles-day-appearance-is-super-cringe\/\">report<\/a> from the site Radiichina. Cumberbatch played an apartment building superintendent who provides clues about the mysterious gift, but his performance consisted primarily of surreal non-sequiturs.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Cumberbatch referred to himself by his Mandarin nickname&nbsp;Juanfu, or \u201cCurly Holmes,\u201d a nod to his role in BBC\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Sherlock<\/em>&nbsp;series.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Watch below:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u5377\u798f\u9694\u7a7a\u9001\u795d\u798f\uff0c\u4e0b\u53d1\u201c\u795e\u79d8\u4efb\u52a1\u201d\u671b\u4f17\u4eba\u5b8c\u6210 | \u5929\u732b\u53cc11\u72c2\u6b22\u591c 2021 | \u9648\u6b22\/\u5927\u5de6\/\u6797\u6d77\/\u6c88\u6d9b\/\u53f8\u96ef\u5609\/\u6c6a\u806a\/\u4f0a\u4e00 | \u4f18\u9177\u7efc\u827a YOUKU SHOW\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JIT-S3VwltM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>His two-and-a-half-minute appearance disappointed some fans who had expected more. \u201cBenedict\u2019s screen time was shorter than his face length\u201d is one of the Chinese hashtags circulating on Weibo, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Alibaba\u2019s Singles\u2019 Day Gala has become a popular promotional stop for Hollywood celebrities looking to boost their cachet with Chinese audiences. Stars who\u2019ve made appearances in recent years include singers Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey.<\/p>\n<p>Cumberbatch is currently generating Hollywood awards buzz for his role in Jane Campion\u2019s <em>The Power of the Dog<\/em>, which Netflix will release in December.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benedict Cumberbatch is the latest Hollywood celebrity to shill for China\u2019s Alibaba on \u201cSingles\u2019 Day\u201d \u2014 China\u2019s biggest shopping day of the year, akin to Black Friday in the U.S. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1005689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1005689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1005689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1005689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1005689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}