Love & Pop

[Jasper Sharp]

>I would hope that Murakami is smarter than this character. I hear reasons
not to become a 
>prostitute all the time! Disease, violence both physical and emotional, 
>inability to relate to other people in a healthy manner, etc. (of course 
>these are dangers inherent in any sales job....)

Given the tone of  'Tokyo Decadence'/'Topaz' I'd say Murakami's view hardly
condones or glamourises prostitution, though I  haven't seen 'Love & Pop'
either so can't comment on Anno's  agenda.

Jasper Sharp


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From: 	Dunn Brian
Sent: 	Tuesday, May 9, 2000 5:55 PM
To: 	KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: 	Re: Love & Pop



>In Anno? movie there? absolutely to reaction or criticise about this ?ew


>form of commerce? Anno seems to follow the common trend in Japan, where
>high school girls selling their body is seen has something completely
>casual (and paedophiles videos are sold in shops in Tokyo completely
>legally).
>Sure the way Love and Pop was shot is very interesting, but after a while 

>you start being fed up of the camera shot at girl? underwear level. From 

>what I understand Murakami book was much more criticises regarding this
>subject.

Yes, the book does.  I haven't seen the movie, but I brought up the book.  I


posted a translated portion of the book yesterday or the day before that
actually deals with Murakami's criticism of society and its apathy towards 

this topic.

So you think the movie doesn't touch on this topic at all?  That's
interesting.

Anybody else want to comment on this?



Brian Dunn
b1dunn at hotmail.com
University of Washington
Dept. of Asian Languages and Literature

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