Re-enactment & mise-en-scène in Japanese reality TV

[David Putnam]

>>Does anyone have a
>>sense where, when, how re-enactment and modelling acquired what seems to 
>>be
>>their out-of-proportion presence? Do most of them, as my sense is, have to
>>do with managing fear in some way?

I remember that Maureen Turim in her book about "Nagisa Oshima's Films" 
wrote something about reenactment, especially in the movie "Death by 
hanging" where the rapist must (self-reflexively)reenact his rape in front 
of the prison-keepers...

You can see re-enactment on Japanese TV everyday, from short satirical 
sketches about everyday life to impersonations of famous (enka) singers or 
(yakuza) actors. The Japanese are just childish and theatrical by 
nature...(What I miss is a (ridiculizing) impersonator of Koizumi though)

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