Creepy, cute or crazy? Strange Chinese learning videos by iamxiaoli

iamxiaoli has posted a series of videos on youtube that teach basic mandarin but are quite bizarre.  What do you think?

 
I originally came across this series via lonetrey on tumblr and here is a link to iamxiaoli's website, http://www.iamxiaoli.com.

 

You decide - are these videos creepy, cute or crazy? 

 

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Comment by Niel de la Rouviere on May 17, 2011 at 3:57pm
Yeah man. That totally goes way up high on the creepy crazy scale. Woaaaah. However, I really like how in the 1st video they convey most of the meaning without even resorting to English. That's pretty nifty. Just reminds me of how much body language plays a role in language.
Comment by Ma Si Wen on May 18, 2011 at 7:34am
i don't know what to say, definitely unique. seems like she has put a lot of effort into those videos though.
Comment by Brandon on May 19, 2011 at 6:22am
Yeah they made me laugh and I like the creativity.  I'm still not entirely sure how much of the creepy is intentional vs incidental but who cares.  They had an impact on the viewer and engagement is too often ignored in language learning.  Go iamxiaoli go!
Comment by Brandon on May 23, 2011 at 6:49am

Also moshaosen on twitter said that I missed one of the strangest ones.  So here's 

How To Kiss A Girl (Learn "Kiss" in Chinese)

Comment by DK 大牛 on May 28, 2011 at 2:56am
These aren't creepy at all... what am I missing?

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