Let Me Put It In a Language You Can Understand

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Let Me Put It In a Language You Can Understand refers to a memorable scene from 2009 animated film Killer Bean Forever in which a police officer mocks Chinese assassin Jet Bean by speaking in an exaggerated Asian accent. Starting in December 2019, the scene became viral online and later gained popularity in edits on Instagram.

Origin

On January 1st, 2009, the animated action film Killer Bean Forever was released.^[1] In one scene of the film, Chinese assassin Jet Bean arrives to the scene of a recent standoff between Killer Bean and the police forces. At the scene, he is confronted by two police officers, who respond to his inquiries by mocking him in an exaggerated Asian accent, with Jet Bean proceeding to kick one of the officers into a wall.

Let me put it in a language you can understand. So sorry, no chow mein here! You deliver wrong place.

Prior to December 14th, 2019, an unknown user posted the scene to an unknown platform, with several Twitter^[2][3] users reposting the video on December 14th. On December 15th, 2019, YouTube^[4] user eg g reuploaded the scene, with the video accumulating over 7,000 views in one month (shown below). On December 16th, 2019, YouTube^[5] user boto uploaded the scene, with the uploaded accumulating over 414,300 views in the same period, with the video being widely circulated on Instagram starting in mid-December.

Spread

On December 29th, 2019, Instagram^[6] user bepis.man posted the first known meme based on the scene, with the post receiving over 107,000 views and 26,200 likes in two weeks (shown below, left). On December 30th, 2019, Instagram users blip.mp4^[7] and nayx.gun^[8] posted more edits (shown below, left and right). A same-day edit by Instagram^[9] user bonzailamar received over 207,300 views and 24,800 likes.

In the following days, the format gained a pronounced presence on Instagram, with notable memes posted by midi.um,^[10] iwillmakeallthedankmemes,^[11] breaditor^[12] and other users. On January 3rd, the original version was featured in a BEST MEMES COMPILATION V71^[13] meme compilation which received over 3.2 million views in ten days.

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