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- Embed this notice>The Oriental riff is a Western creation. The first known example of a precursor, showing similar rhythm if not yet melody,[2] is the "Aladdin Quick Step", composed around 1847 and used in an Aladdin stage show named The Grand Chinese Spectacle of Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp.[3][4][5] Later related tunes included "Mama's China Twins (Oriental Lullaby)" from 1900. In the 1930s, a couple of cartoons used a version of the tune specifically to accompany animated stereotypes of East Asians.[3]
sorry east asians but our reflected orientalist idea of you is better than the real thing ok