[KineJapan] Kawase Watch

[Earl Jackson]

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.
best
ej
Earl Jackson
Chair Professor
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Asia University
Professor Emeritus
National Chiao Tung University
Associate Professor Emeritus
University of California, Santa Cruz


On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Kawase Naomi has been making news recently.
>
> Appearing on a talk show called *Sukkiri *to talk about the Olympics*,* 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 deal
> with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket.
>
> In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball
> association in Japan.
>
> Markus
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