<div dir="ltr">Dear David,<div> I am glad that Kawase was gracious with you, David, and again - I don't detail what I observed in Seoul publicly. Moreover, I believe everyone can grow, mature, and change and perhaps Kawase has done that. The behavior I mention was not hearsay or an unfortunately encounter with one person or a small group. It was extensive and in front of a packed audience there to see her and a respected feminist film maker and scholar on stage to engage in a conversation. In any event, I hope that she has progressed beyond what she did in Korea that time. I also never intended to bring this up in a forum like this, the reports of what she did now triggered me, but in retrospect I think I should have been more restrained here. I definitely also do not want to be piling up on anyone.<div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial">Earl Jackson</div><div style="font-family:arial"><div>Chair Professor</div><div>Foreign Languages and Literatures</div><div>Asia University</div><div>Professor Emeritus</div><div>National Chiao Tung University</div></div><div style="font-family:arial">Associate Professor Emeritus</div><div style="font-family:arial">University of California, Santa Cruz<br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 11:46 AM Desser, David M via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good pal, Earl.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Maria Jose Gonzalez <<a href="mailto:tkarsavina@yahoo.com" target="_blank">tkarsavina@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch</font>
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<div>Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public...</div>
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<div>When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there
is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her.</div>
<div>I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking. </div>
<div>In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation.</div>
<div>Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a
paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget.</div>
<div dir="ltr">A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago.</div>
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<div>On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair.
But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip.
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<div>Appearing on a talk show called <i>Sukkiri </i>to talk about the Olympics<i>,</i> she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when
she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will
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<div>In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan. </div>
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