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- From: ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
- Subject: Re: KOR: Of Akane, idol-worship, and unusual rela
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.015630.3641@nic.csu.net>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 09:56:29 GMT
- References: <BzqL7M.Ir3@jrd.dec.com> <1992Dec23.233706.3626@nic.csu.net> <2B3A2448.8622@ics.uci.edu>
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- In article <2B3A2448.8622@ics.uci.edu> rang@ics.uci.edu (Roger P. Ang) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec23.233706.3626@nic.csu.net> ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg) writes:
- >>In article <BzqL7M.Ir3@jrd.dec.com> doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi) writes:
- >>>In article <Dec.22.14.40.51.1992.9455@romulus.rutgers.edu>, thmartin@romulus.rutgers.edu (Miss Animerica) writes:
- >
- >
- >A couple of points in both directions.
- >
- >1) I tend to agree with Martin-san. The relationship does kind of looks that
- >way.
- I guess that depends on your perspective on what defines the two versions.
- I tried to comment that I though it was just a Hero Worship thing.
- > Plus, Martin-san is providing a female perspective (I think there just
- >some things guys really don't know about and how women view other women is one
- >of them).
- I agree. I was trying to base my argument on plot consistancy.
-
- >Also, my wife had a similar reaction when we saw "Unexpected
- >Situation" (James, I think this is the OAV you were thinking of). She thought
- >Akane's fascination with Madoka was "unusual" and, in that OAV, it was only a
- >small example.
- Nope I this was another OAV.. I thikn it was the fourth OAV
- ( I need to start keeping scripts handy :-()
-
- >BTW, she also felt the same way with B-ko's fascination for
- >C-ko in Project A-ko. A-ko's motives seemed normal but B-ko's determination
- >and the way she expressed it ... ?
- I would say see 2) .. Remember though; (ABC)-ko were in nursery school when
- this started out .. I would say that it would be straining things alot to
- say that B-ko was doing it because she was a lesbian ..
-
- >2) However, since my wife is an anthropologist, the obvious question came up,
- >"Is this a Japanese thing?" Hey, men in Europe will hug as part of normal
- see hitoshi's follow up ...
-
- I would say that this question would not matter if it weren't for the fact
- if it were an honest attempt to present lesbian woman that it would be
- extrememely off the mark and stereotypical .. which we should be concerned
- about .. but then again it could just be something set up for the comedic
- value alone, but there is a fine line being comedy/parody and
- stereotyping/slurring ..
-
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