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2015.12.31, 11:27 PM | #1591 |
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Wow, thanks for sharing your insight! I never would have guessed there was so much depth to the physical part of her performance.
I think you're quite right to point out Ringo's exploration of her identity through her work - she has explored Eastern vs. Western identity all the way back through MM. But it strikes me that she's also spent a lot of time exploring her identity as a woman - in terms of what that means in comparison to being male, and in terms of what being a woman means in Japanese society. This makes me wonder if her Kouhaku performances, and her inclusion of Aya and Bambi in them, are not meant to be a bit subversive on some level. Don't get me wrong, Aya and Bambi are certainly more than talented enough to merit their inclusion on that basis alone - but do you ever get the sense that it's about more than that? I somewhat glibly implied in a previous post that she might be doing it simply to shock a conservative audience (which, IMO, does have a value beyond mere impetuousness). But maybe there's more to it - maybe she's trying to send a message about accepting people wherever they may fall on the spectrum - east or west, male or female, homosexual or heterosexual. Or, maybe she's trying to say something about what women can accomplish on their own merits and without male intervention. Maybe I'm reading too much into it - but if she's used the blandness of the Coke song to sneak a message like that into so public a forum, then my hat is off to her. I still want a version with real vocals though!
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No dance is gonna hide the fact that the song is pathetic. Unless it involves a breakdancing stilt walker dressed as Uncle Sam with a rising Sun background and lots of lesbians
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I'm not sure if it was meant literally, but on one of the instagram photos with Ringo and AyaBambi, the poster thanks Ringo for memorizing AyaSato's choreography in "a short time." I know a lot of people are not here for Ringo as any sort of dance performer, and I can understand being upset by lipsynching on this kind of show, etc. but perhaps this is a part of her interest in expanding her scope as an artist. I feel like she probably hasn't been the Ringo people want her to be for a while, but as a fan of Ringo the person I'm excited to see how her expression of herself evolves from here. Also notice that the outfits AyaBambi wear are displaying their matching tattoos! That honestly gave me shivers. ETA
I can't decide if she won't because it's her Dance Number, or because she's really the biggest Coke-anti of us all...
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On the other hand, she's been notoriously pragmatic in recent interviews about her role and ambitions as a singer-songwriter. I don't think she's very political in any way, but I think she is obviously distrustful of both people who completely shirk Japanese culture and nationalists both (see "Fuck off, G-men"). She greatly admires Mukai Shutoku, who also writes more overtly-political lyrics and is similarly caught between worlds, musically. I think his presence on so much of her work speaks more to her political views than a lot of other things.
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I'm sorry but I think some are reaching with these artistic interpretations. She just wanted a cool, classic look with an edge, which is the same aesthetic she's been playing with for years, and she constructed something that passes for it. No one was researching the history of vogue for this dance and the dancers just happened to fit her aesthetic of cool/edgy.
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lol what? Even Chinese like me don't give Sa Dingding a luck, and her new album was boring and flat. However, you should enjoy the "old" Sa Dingding which I think it's more enjoyable that her all mainstream songs, which are just wacky and not catchy at all.
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Unless this is a joke post.... Also regarding this whole history of dance thing.... I'd be far more impressed if Ringo was just like "fuck singing on this crappy grandparents show". But I doubt thats really what she was thinking. Nope Im pretty sure she was thinking about what the cash from being on it was gonna buy her next.
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