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Sunday, May 15, 2005

japan 2005 001

Hyperactive Japanese morning show host

2 Comments:

Blogger Felix said...

Judging by the props, it looks like some kind of cooking show. Which brings to mind "Iron Chef", of course.

A while back I came across a Very Serious Academic Paper which "analyzes the processes by which U.S. media corporations recontextualize non-Western media texts and the consequences of such translation strategies" by "address[ing] the cultural tourism and possible condescension implicit in Iron Chef's U.S. popularity."

TITLE: What's So Funny about IRON CHEF?
SOURCE: Journal of Popular Film and Television 31 no4 176-84 Wint 2004

I doubt that this fellow has been the subject of quite such intense scrutiny.

8:20 PM  
Blogger Carlos said...

Possible condescension? Leave it to an academic to prove the obvious.

In Nagoya I ate at one of Iron Chef Chen Kenichi's franchise restaurants. Pretty good, if expensive.

9:13 AM  

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