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The male psyche's unspoken telepathy in practice in Osaka, Japan. (though it works on some women, too)
whoops, missed that that was already the first link.
posted by jrb223 at 6:57 PM on February 16, 2009
posted by jrb223 at 6:57 PM on February 16, 2009
That was funny. "How about sudden attack?" Surely that bit had to be scripted?
You say "some" women? There wuz shitlodes of women, and older women at that. Hamming it up. Wouldn't happen with the sour faced old biddies out my way.
How many were aware of the camera? I wonder what effect that had.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:31 PM on February 16, 2009
You say "some" women? There wuz shitlodes of women, and older women at that. Hamming it up. Wouldn't happen with the sour faced old biddies out my way.
How many were aware of the camera? I wonder what effect that had.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:31 PM on February 16, 2009
Funny! I think more women because in the second link they're mostly trying to prove the regional stereotype that Osaka people are naturally outgoing, comedic, and love any opportunity to be on TV (whereas in other parts of Japan, people shy away from reporters/cameras).
The whole TV show that the clip comes from is devoted to exploring (& basically reinforcing) regional stereotypes and customs for different cities and prefectures around Japan. This is the segment where they usually try the same test in a couple different prefectures and see how the reactions differ.
Japan generally seems to really embrace and perpetuate their regional stereotypes a lot, but I think part of it is also a media ploy to boost domestic tourism (half of those shows are usually devoted to regional cuisine specialties).
posted by p3t3 at 7:38 PM on February 16, 2009
The whole TV show that the clip comes from is devoted to exploring (& basically reinforcing) regional stereotypes and customs for different cities and prefectures around Japan. This is the segment where they usually try the same test in a couple different prefectures and see how the reactions differ.
Japan generally seems to really embrace and perpetuate their regional stereotypes a lot, but I think part of it is also a media ploy to boost domestic tourism (half of those shows are usually devoted to regional cuisine specialties).
posted by p3t3 at 7:38 PM on February 16, 2009
Interesting background p3t3, thanks.
Someone once told me that there's one island out of the four where people are slightly taller, darker, also where most of the American bases are because they are discriminated against by the "overall" government. Would that be Osaka?
/should I really be repeating "wot I got told" stories here?
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:46 PM on February 16, 2009
Someone once told me that there's one island out of the four where people are slightly taller, darker, also where most of the American bases are because they are discriminated against by the "overall" government. Would that be Osaka?
/should I really be repeating "wot I got told" stories here?
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:46 PM on February 16, 2009
This is insane. Japanese fella guy goes around screaming at random people.
He's been around since the early 1990s I *think* and I've always known him as The Shouter. Not sure if that's his real title.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REu42u2ApTQ
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:51 PM on February 16, 2009
He's been around since the early 1990s I *think* and I've always known him as The Shouter. Not sure if that's his real title.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REu42u2ApTQ
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:51 PM on February 16, 2009
That was funny. "How about sudden attack?" Surely that bit had to be scripted?
You obviously don't hang around males much.
posted by niles at 7:52 PM on February 16, 2009
You obviously don't hang around males much.
posted by niles at 7:52 PM on February 16, 2009
Someone once told me that there's one island out of the four where people are slightly taller, darker, also where most of the American bases are because they are discriminated against by the "overall" government. Would that be Osaka?
The two main ethnic minorities are Ainu (Northern Japan, they're taller), and Okinawans (Southern small island, they might have darker complexion). Both have probably had issues with discrimination, but I Okinawa is famous for the American military base (although I always thought the base locations were more about geographic strategy than anything else.?.).
posted by p3t3 at 8:05 PM on February 16, 2009
The two main ethnic minorities are Ainu (Northern Japan, they're taller), and Okinawans (Southern small island, they might have darker complexion). Both have probably had issues with discrimination, but I Okinawa is famous for the American military base (although I always thought the base locations were more about geographic strategy than anything else.?.).
posted by p3t3 at 8:05 PM on February 16, 2009
I love how the guy falls flat on his face after the sword attack.
posted by lone_one at 8:28 PM on February 16, 2009
posted by lone_one at 8:28 PM on February 16, 2009
Yeah, uncanny hengeman, you're thinking of Okinawa, although I've never heard that Okinawans are taller. Having visited Okinawa a number of times, they do seem more stout on average than mainlanders, but not taller.
Okinawa prefecture is actually made up of Okinawa island plus the Ryukyu chain of islands that stretches down to Taiwan (from the islands farthest out, you can see Taiwan unaided on a clear day). The Japanese imperial government essentially threw Okinawa to the wolves as World War II started to turn, so the American military presence is generally viewed as a product both of geography and discriminatory policy.
As p3t3 said, Osaka is the city known for its gregarious, hilarious folk. The Osaka accent is considered the funniest and accordingly Osaka-ben is used by the vast majority of professional comics.
posted by TPIRman at 8:34 PM on February 16, 2009
Okinawa prefecture is actually made up of Okinawa island plus the Ryukyu chain of islands that stretches down to Taiwan (from the islands farthest out, you can see Taiwan unaided on a clear day). The Japanese imperial government essentially threw Okinawa to the wolves as World War II started to turn, so the American military presence is generally viewed as a product both of geography and discriminatory policy.
As p3t3 said, Osaka is the city known for its gregarious, hilarious folk. The Osaka accent is considered the funniest and accordingly Osaka-ben is used by the vast majority of professional comics.
posted by TPIRman at 8:34 PM on February 16, 2009
So, the Japanese stuff was neat but what I really appreciate is being introduced to Spaced. Thanks!
Runs off to watch as many episodes as he can find on the internet.
posted by A dead Quaker at 8:35 PM on February 16, 2009
Runs off to watch as many episodes as he can find on the internet.
posted by A dead Quaker at 8:35 PM on February 16, 2009
The Osaka accent is considered the funniest and accordingly Osaka-ben is used by the vast majority of professional comics.
That's a bit backwards, actually. Due to the influence of Osaka-based Yoshimoto Kōgyō in developing the manzai comedy style, many of the most well-known entertainers were from Osaka or parts nearby, and thus spoke using the Kansai dialect. There are plenty of professional manzai duos or pin-geinin that just use Standard Japanese -- one example was Beat Takeshi's duo, the Two Beats.
I could've sworn I'd seen this clip before, perhaps on AskMe. Here's a bunch of similar clips from a TV show called "Himitsu no Kenmin Show," which discusses and pokes fun at the various regional cultural differences within Japan.
posted by armage at 9:34 PM on February 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
That's a bit backwards, actually. Due to the influence of Osaka-based Yoshimoto Kōgyō in developing the manzai comedy style, many of the most well-known entertainers were from Osaka or parts nearby, and thus spoke using the Kansai dialect. There are plenty of professional manzai duos or pin-geinin that just use Standard Japanese -- one example was Beat Takeshi's duo, the Two Beats.
I could've sworn I'd seen this clip before, perhaps on AskMe. Here's a bunch of similar clips from a TV show called "Himitsu no Kenmin Show," which discusses and pokes fun at the various regional cultural differences within Japan.
posted by armage at 9:34 PM on February 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Most japanese tv is completely scripted... I'm not sure how honestly these clips were made.
posted by Earnesto at 9:42 PM on February 16, 2009
posted by Earnesto at 9:42 PM on February 16, 2009
What's with all this Japanese TV showing a picture of some girl in the corner reacting? Is that basically a laugh track enhancer?
posted by ODiV at 10:24 PM on February 16, 2009
posted by ODiV at 10:24 PM on February 16, 2009
I really shouldnt be watching these vids at work.
posted by the cydonian at 11:36 PM on February 16, 2009
posted by the cydonian at 11:36 PM on February 16, 2009
Haha that was awesome! Now I wonder how people in my city would react...hmm...
posted by parjanya at 12:51 AM on February 17, 2009
posted by parjanya at 12:51 AM on February 17, 2009
How many were aware of the camera? I wonder what effect that had.
They test for this later in the Japanese video by hiding the camera (long zoom, far from the attacker and victims).
posted by zippy at 12:55 AM on February 17, 2009
They test for this later in the Japanese video by hiding the camera (long zoom, far from the attacker and victims).
posted by zippy at 12:55 AM on February 17, 2009
What's with all this Japanese TV showing a picture of some girl in the corner reacting? Is that basically a laugh track enhancer?
Celebrity guests in the studio. Sometimes regular, sometimes new each week. A staple of Japanese variety shows.
posted by thedaniel at 2:31 AM on February 17, 2009 [1 favorite]
Celebrity guests in the studio. Sometimes regular, sometimes new each week. A staple of Japanese variety shows.
posted by thedaniel at 2:31 AM on February 17, 2009 [1 favorite]
I'm glad for you, Quaker. Spaced is wonderful.
posted by Cantdosleepy at 3:19 AM on February 17, 2009
posted by Cantdosleepy at 3:19 AM on February 17, 2009
'This film is no longer available.'
This is a caching issue. You probably opened the window and then waited too long to start watching it expires. If you reload the page it works again. Happens to me all the time because I like to open a lot of tabs and work my way through them.
posted by srboisvert at 11:26 AM on February 17, 2009
This is a caching issue. You probably opened the window and then waited too long to start watching it expires. If you reload the page it works again. Happens to me all the time because I like to open a lot of tabs and work my way through them.
posted by srboisvert at 11:26 AM on February 17, 2009
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