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Author: Doug JacobsDoug Jacobs Date: Sep 12, 2008 13:09
In rec.arts.anime.misc Derek Janssen nospam.verizon.net> wrote:> Also, is it just me, or does Yuuna doing the hula look oddly like one of
> Kamichu's characters trying to hula? 0_o?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfnZBdeR8N0
>
> (Which brings up the point that taking the series out of Hawaii, and
> keeping it inside the Empire, means that there's no longer any
> kissup-correct obligation to portray Hawaiian life and culture
> accurately, eg. no Nani job-searching or Ice-Cream-Guy mainlander--
> And Yuuna's hula can be portrayed as Just Something Silly She Thinks
> She's Doing, like Sana's rapping.)
I didn't think that was the hula - but some form of Okinawan dance.
Basically, same kissup strategy, just different island and culture.
In this sense, Okinawa is Japan's "Hawaii".
It's like Japan...but it's not. It has its own culture which the Japanese
think of as exotic and charming. Now replace Japan/Japanese with
America/Americans and Okinawa with Hawaii in that previous sentence.
Works eerily well if you ask me...
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It's not broken. It's...advanced.
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