That and the Japanese tend to prefer to sweep unpleasant things under the rug and pretend it doesn’t exist or happen.
This seems to be a thing with a lot of these Japanese “comedians” over there. Sometimes they’re just downright rude and have no filter. There was a recent talk show where a comedy duo went to a market to track down this person so they can figure out if that person was a man or a woman going so far as to grab their…
Female entertainer describes being assaults, harassed and coerced into sex for the promise of work by older producers.
Lest we forget, this kind of situation is the logical conclusion of a culture (speaking about that particular industry, in the particular context of modern-day Japan Idol industry) where “Idols” are litterally manufactured pop-stars who have no real agency, no real creative vision liberty, have contracts that forbids…
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They invite a woman on the show to INTERVIEW HER and complain about her talking too much? What kind of misogynist fuckery is that?
For a show named “listen Carefully” they sure sucked at listening.
Whoa, and here I thought japanese TV was all fluff with no edge...
This is unfortunate but not surprising. The way the hosts were handling the situation seems pretty typical for the Japanese. Culturally this is kind of normal from my understanding, it’s up there with things like fan service in anime, which tends towards sexualizing young or youngish girls. That and the Japanese tend…
Thank you!
Stellar and nuanced recap, Brian. Thank you!
Actually, it sounds like you aren't taking it seriously enough.
Sad part: none of this surprises me, including the host’s attempt to tamp the seriousness down.
In the recent past, Biden said he still supported upholding the amendment
“But circumstances have changed.
Lets keep that -7 trend going for the next year or until he drops out. I have every confidence that Joe Biden will gaffe himself out of a third and final primary and hopefully into the shadow realm never to be heard from again.
The Dem establishment is about to anoint someone who is somehow worse than Hillary and I am here for it.
“Vote for me to unfuck the country I helped fuck up.”
“The former vice president added that he makes “no apologies” for his previous support of the law.”