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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
The time I spent in Japan indicates to me that the people inhabit a sad, repressed, alienated, miserable culture. That's the problem here. Our "entertainment" is trauma-based - fucked up, in other words. That's how fucked up we are. It doesn't take a genius to see it or say it.
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ART, out of curiousity, what culture isn't fucked up? Even historically, I think you're hard pressed to give an example of one that doesn't have some facet or another that would magnetically draw it into your definition.
I see fewer cultural differences here and more of the human condition acted out in a way unique to Japanese culture. To much of the world (as you've already noted) American culture is bizarre since we'll put gratuitous violence in childrens' movies (Home Alone, anyone?) but any sign of a female breast or cigarette immediately makes it unacceptable for anyone under 18.