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this woman is all youtube wants to show me anymore, (not helped by the fact i keep watching.)
https://youtu.be/CPKrZeCbn3s
@âpasquinelliâ#p66203 would be fascinated to learn how you arrived at this point. what youtube alchemy led to these developments?
@âwhatsarobotâ#p66255 who could say? only thing i can think of is, because i take such pleasure in using âdo not recommend videos from this channelâ, the algorithm really runs with anything that survives.
https://archive.org/details/wavesonwater_201608
I have not watched it all so donât know if thereâs anything bad in there but I don't think so.
Not sure where best to post this, but I saw a rakugo performance by Katsura Sunshine last nite and had a blast! I became familiar with the style of performance through the anime ShĆwa Genroku Rakugo ShinjĆ« years and years ago and remember looking up various performances on YouTube at the time. Sunshine came up a few times, as he has some notoriety for being one of the only (maybe the only?) Western classically trained rakugo performers. Fast forward to now, my partner was showing me a list of local shows she can get discount tickets to through work and his name immediately jumps out to meâI had to see it!
It turns out he has a residency (that's expected to run for several years) in NYC and London, which was originally supposed to kick off in 2019, but was put on hold due to _world events_. If anyone isn't familiar with the format (though I'm sure there are many forum members who know _way_ more about it than I do!), it's a single person show where the performer introduces and then enacts one or several stories, each of which culminates in some sort of profound and/or comical punch-line. The performance is quite minimalist and is done while kneeling and only using a closed fan and a hand towel as props. He has quite a bit of his work up on youtube--here's one of the stories he told last nite, in fact:
https://youtu.be/qJm7y-zQ1zk
If anyone finds themselves in or near NYC or London, I highly recommend it! He also invites the audience to come hang out at the bar behind the theater after each performance. We decided to oblige and he plopped down right next to us in his huge denim kimono while we ate dinner and was just a real cool dude.
If we end up organizing any kind of local forumgoer get-together, I can think of worse ways to spend an evening!
@âkoryâ#p66449 I am always very skeptical of white people who have a, shall we say, overly outwardly presenting fascination with cultures or cultural products of culture they don't themselves come from communities of, and for reasons I think are obvious enough I will be at least a little extra skeptical when that culture happens to be Japanese culture~1 ~2 ~3~
But... like... damn. Dude really went and did the damn thing, eh? It's kind of fascinating that executed in English he sounds and has mannerisms like a standup comic... until he doesn't sound like or have mannerisms like a standup comic.
1 - I hope it is understood that I say this here on the Insert Credit forum without restraint, not to make anyone feel as if I am actively scrutinizing them like that, more that I don't think I've seen anyone on the forum who hasn't shown themselves to be well above that level of skepticism to begin with. I mean, at least a few of you also gone and did the damn thing too
2 - I also say that hypocritically, really, as like 90% of the media I consume/interact with is Japanese lmao
3 - Total tangent here but I am also aware the relatively high stature of Japanese culture and cultural al products in the west has a lot of interesting and varying historical contexts to it
@âGaagaagiinsâ#p66074 so relatable
Beware, it cannot be unseen
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@âVenus Emperorâ#p66730 get in the Opa-Opa Kiryu⊠or Majima will have to do it again
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Absolutely losing my mind at this video from 1999. So many great moments of this guy just getting hysterical about the projected value these Pokémon cards
https://youtu.be/RWxEHTGYRbM
@âFunbilâ#p66739 now Iâm imagining this guy yelling hysterically at the television and flailing his arms around while watching the pokemon show
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YOU ARE GETTING CHIKOLEETUH GEM MINT TEN
YOU ARE GETTING ORDILE GEM MINT TEN
YOU ARE GETTING BANKPHOON GEM MINT TEN
DO YOU UNDERSTAND BETTY
BETTY DO ME A FAVOR
IN THE WORLD OF POKEMON
IF YOU THINK YOU OWN EVERY POKEMON
YOU THINK YOU CAUGHT EM ALL??
THERE ARE ABOUT A THOUSAND OF THESE CARDS
THE BAKUFUN
THE ONONOKO
THE HINORASHU
IM SORRY
I GOTTA NEW BABY
OKAY
I PROBLY COULDA BUY A LOT O DIAPERS FOR THAT MONEY
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