The exclusively male panel of nine is, aside from Masuda’s outfit, devoid of character and color; the majority of their speeches likewise suggest little enthusiasm or understanding toward youth culture. Between that and the typo-ridden backdrop, proclaiming “Tourist Information Centar [sic],” the whole affair is a synecdochic representation of Japan’s repeated failures in globalization: a frustrating circus of bilingual incompetence, overseen by aging bureaucrats ill-equipped to identify the mechanics of cool, let alone cute.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 23:53:13 +0000
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