Last Bill Translation

[Peter Larson]

Well, I must say that there is always the underlying basics of American
culture and everything and my fellow countrymen do. While we are all
individuals, we cannot help but be american because we were born, raised and
educated here. Your statement partly assumes that people who grow up in
other environments don't have this. People are always shaped and directed by
their environments, the Japanese are not special in this regard. While I
think that Japanese society likes to purport this idea of themselves being
somehow completely different from the rest of the world, I believe that they
are only unique in the way that every single culture, society or community
on earth is.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
[mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of Made in DNA
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 6:34 AM
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: Last Bill Translation


I have torespectfully disagree. There is ALWAYS the underlying basics of
Japanese culture in everything they do. It is so a part of who they are,
that as a whole, they cannot help but be Japanese. Individuals are a
different case altogether. They are as sporadic and different as any
other individual, but even then they do it within a very marked Japanese
way.

drainer at mpinet.net wrote:

>  I think that Japan is so dynamic that the terms "Japanese culture" or
even
>"Japanese identity" have become rather problematic.
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>  Anyone else feel this way?
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>-df
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jean Pierre Kellams" <tetsuo at technolustomega.net>
>To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:35 PM
>Subject: RE: Last Bill Translation
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>As for why these three films are floating around all at once, I would
>venture to say it was just a side-effect of gross national cool. The
>more Japanese culture gets absorbed and engrained in the US, the more US
>cultural products will reflect this influence.
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