One of the top Viet singers was almost subject to a protest over a star that appears on a poster for an August concert at Bally’s in Atlantic City. This poster, the one pictured above.

See that star? Yep, that’s what community groups upon community groups were threatening a boycott over.

The hapless victim, singing sensation Don Ho, hurriedly sent out a massive email and a profuse apology and thereby averted any additional problems.

Now, if that reminds you of the “Macy’s star” belt buckle conundrum (read here and here), you would be absolutely correct. Even Don Ho made an allusion to it.

In an email sent to the “Vietnamese Community of Northeast U.S.” Don Ho wrote, “I know the community is very sensitive about stars, so I don’t own any star in my wardrobe or in my home, except for a star that I would put up at Christmas time like all Catholic families do.”

So now you know. And the Bolsavik has always thought that “fashion nazi” is just a figure of speech. Shows how the Bolsavik can be so very wrong.