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Tweet of the Day: Ben McLemore Is Bothered By Hello Kitty News

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hello_kittyHello Kitty has been around for 40 years, far longer than most of its fans have even been alive.

It started as a character on a coin purse produced by Sanrio in Japan, circa 1974. Now, it is a pop-culture icon. It is everywhere: clothes, cartoons, etc.. The popularity of Hello Kitty reaches far beyond teenaged school girls and college sororities. Celebrities, from singers like Rihanna, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga have all been adorned by the adorable Japanese character.

It has even made its way into the National Basketball Association. Sacramento Kings second-year guard Ben McLemore is a fan. However, he was a bit bothered by a recent revelation that broke news this week.

As can be seen in McLemore’s photo, he is clearly sporting a Hello Kitty backpack — which he, along with fellow rookie Ray McCallum, Jr., had to wear last season.

More importantly, the news is true. Contrary to popular belief, Hello Kitty, which has more than 22,000 products on the market, is not a cat.

As the Los Angeles Times reported earlier this week, Christine R. Yano, an anthropologist from the University of Hawaii, told the story of how Sanrio corrected her script for a forthcoming Hello Kitty exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum:

That’s one correction Sanrio made for my script for the show. Hello Kitty is not a cat. She’s a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She’s never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it’s called Charmmy Kitty.”

Yano was practically rebuked on the matter, stating that she “was corrected — very firmly.”

Aside from being a bipedal cartoon character, there is no explicit explanation as to what she actually is. Still, there are likely many, contrary to Sanrio’s expressed depiction, that will argue if she looks like a cat, she likely is a cat.

 

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Michael Brumagin writes the Tweet of the Day for SheridanHoops.com and is also a correspondent for BleacherReport.com.

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