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All eyes on Tokyo
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abomvubusoJapan is a cute, colourful, anime and manga-inspired wonderland. Obviously. If we're to take BBC's Olympics trailer seriously (which of course we probably shouldn't):
Tokyo Olympics branding adds to stereotypical view of Japan — but that doesn’t make it appropriation"The portrayal of Japan in this trailer raises questions about how Japan is viewed by outsiders and insiders, and what cultural or economic purposes such images serve."
I don't know if the British representation of Japan is a distorted, cliched, stereotypical view of Japan broken through the twisted prism of Western-centric worldview of "orientalism" - I'm aware that two weeks spent in Japan don't make me a Japan expert. The portrayal of Japan in this trailer sure raises questions about how Japan is viewed by outsiders and insiders, and what cultural or economic purposes such images serve. But there's another, bigger problem underlying these Olympics (save for the empty stands on the stadiums which create a somewhat eery feeling about the whole event).
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Tokyo Olympics branding adds to stereotypical view of Japan — but that doesn’t make it appropriation"The portrayal of Japan in this trailer raises questions about how Japan is viewed by outsiders and insiders, and what cultural or economic purposes such images serve."
I don't know if the British representation of Japan is a distorted, cliched, stereotypical view of Japan broken through the twisted prism of Western-centric worldview of "orientalism" - I'm aware that two weeks spent in Japan don't make me a Japan expert. The portrayal of Japan in this trailer sure raises questions about how Japan is viewed by outsiders and insiders, and what cultural or economic purposes such images serve. But there's another, bigger problem underlying these Olympics (save for the empty stands on the stadiums which create a somewhat eery feeling about the whole event).
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