Feist is known as the most successful female indie artist of all time, except for maybe Karen O or the broad from Peter Bjorn and John's "Young Folks." She has been 'completely off the map' since her hit album The Reminder, but it seems like she is 'back' and playing some zany character in a web short done by a 'Canadian comedy troupe' or something. In this 'web short' she portrays some sort of Mexican.

I tried to watch it, but sort of just flipped around. Saw an unfunny dude, some unfunny story line, then saw Feist 'act like a Mexican with a moustache' then she danced around as some1 controlled her with a joy stick. (Skip to 5:30 mark to get some Feist action. She gets her 'physical comedy' on and talks with a Mexican accent.) Can some1 watch it and tell me if it worth sitting thru all 7 minutes?

In the latest episode of "Spookey Ruben's Dizzy Playground"-- an absurd web series courtesy of Exclaim! and Canadian musician and director Spookey Ruben-- Leslie Feist plays an Old West bandit who is at the mercy of a video game joystick. Or something. Did we mention Feist has a mustache in it?

Wonder if her character is 'racist.' Seems risky to portray a Mexican and isolate the Mexican / Latino demographic, but maybe Canadians don't really understand how certain Mexican portrayals are 'racist' since they probably don't have a lot of Mexi

Is Feist racist? Sorta racist, like the Frito Bandito

or maybe Speedy Gonzales

or maybe as racist as Carlos Mencia

Is Feist a racist?
Do Canadians know anything about Mexicans?
Do Mexicans know anything about Canadians?
Do Americans know about both Mexicans + Canadians cuz we are the meat in the North American sandwich?
Is Canada overrated as an exporter of comedy [via Kids in the Hall / Lorne Michaels ]?
Will Feist's next album be 'solid' or will it get too much 'hype'?
Is it time to forget about Broken Social Scene and just focus on Feist?