July 28th, 2020
Today is the 13th day of my 30 days challenge.
I just turned 27 years old yesterday. I'm another year order...
My boyfriend and his family held a small birthday party and his nephew and nieces sang a birthday song for me. I was almost crying because it was the first time in 9 years to spend my birthday with family. Actually, I always have mix feelings about getting older after turning 22 years ,but this time I enjoyed this cute party!
Today I want to write about " Diversity in entertainment industry".
Do you think TV shows and movies have the responsibility of being more diverse?
I want to say "Yes, it does."
To be honest, I didn't even pay attention to diversity in entertainment industry when I lived in Japan. Now, we can see half talents ;who is half Japanese and half foreigner, on some Japanese shows ,but most popular talents or actors are still Japanese as you expected. I think this is related to single nation state of Japan.
When I first watched the sitcom, Friends, it below my mind how diversified the US was.
In the episodes, lesbians ,gays and a surrogate mother appeared normally and it was totally refreshing for a Japanese teenager at that time.
But after I have learned more about LGBT and BLM movements , I come to think that Friends might have a taste of white supremacy. I remember that main characters often make fun of lesbians or regarding other character as a gay and there are hardly black people in the show.
The way of thinking, our behavior are being affected easily by TV shows and movies without even realizing it. I think it has a strong power to have people believe what they show is right. That's why I agree with the opinion, TV shows and movies have the responsibility of being more diverse.
I heard some good news on it.
Disney decided to remake theirs one of popular movies , The little mermaid with live action.
I was surprised and at the same time really excited when I saw the casts of the movie.
Disney selected Halle Bailey as Ariel, who is a black girl and R&B singer, also they selected Awkwafina as the seagull Scuttle, who is a Chinese American actress.
I felt Disney valued showing diversity in the movie more than reproducing their animation movie.
I'm really looking forward to watching the new movie and seeing the real diversity in entertainment industry.
Thank you for reading to the end .
Please feel free to leave a comment and correct my English:)
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July 28th, 2020
Today is the 13th day of my 30 days challenge.
I just turned 27 yesterday. I'm another year older...
My boyfriend and his family held a small birthday party and his nephew and nieces sang a birthday song for me. I was almost crying because it was the first time in 9 years that I've spent my birthday with family. Actually, I've always had mixed feelings about getting older after turning 22 years ,but this time I enjoyed this cute party!
Today I want to write about " Diversity in entertainment industry".
Do you think TV shows and movies have the responsibility of being more diverse?
I want to say "Yes, they do."
To be honest, I didn't even pay attention to diversity in the entertainment industry when I lived in Japan. Nowadays, we can see people who are half Japanese on some Japanese shows ,but most popular artists or actors are still Japanese, as you expected. I think this is related to the fact that 97.8% of the population of Japan are Japanese (is that what you've meant?:) )
When I first watched the sitcom Friends, it blew my mind to see how diversified the US was.
In the episodes, lesbians ,gays and a surrogate mother appeared normally and it was totally refreshing for me, as a Japanese teenager, at that time.
But after I have learned more about LGBT and BLM movements , I come to think that Friends might have a taste of white supremacy. I remember that main characters often make fun of lesbians or regarding other character as gay and there are hardly any black people in the show.
The way of thinking, our behavior are being affected easily by TV shows and movies, without us even realizing it. I think they have great power to make people believe what they present as right. That's why I agree with the opinion that TV shows and movies have the responsibility of being more diverse.
I heard some good news on it.
Disney decided to remake one of their popular movies , The little mermaid, with live action.
I was surprised and at the same time really excited when I saw the cast of the movie.
Disney selected Halle Bailey as Ariel; she is a black girl and R&B singer. They also selected Awkwafina, who is a Chinese American actress, as the seagull Scuttle.
I felt Disney valued showing diversity in the movie more than reproducing their animation movie.
I'm really looking forward to watching the new movie and seeing the real diversity in the entertainment industry.
Thank you for reading to the end .
Please feel free to leave a comment and correct my English:)
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Bravo for taking up a difficult subject!
あおいさん, お誕生日おめでとうございます!
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July 28th, 2020
Today is the 13th day of my 30 day challenge.
I just turned 27 years old. I'm another year older...
My boyfriend and his family held a small birthday party for me and his nephew and nieces sang a birthday song. I was almost crying because it was the first time I had spent my birthday with family in 9 years. Actually, I've always had mixed feelings on my birthday, at least after I turned 22, but this time I really enjoyed this cute party!
Today I want to write about "Diversity in entertainment industry".
Do you think TV shows and movies have a responsibility to be more diverse?
I think it does.
To be honest, I didn't even pay attention to diversity in the entertainment industry when I lived in Japan. Today, one can find many entertainers that are mixed race (usually of half-Japanese ancestry) on Japanese television, but the most popular actors are still fully Japanese. I think this is related to the fact that Japan is a single nation state.
When I first watched the sitcom, Friends, the diversity of the US blew my mind. The show depicts gay and lesbian people as well as a surrogate mother normally and it was totally refreshing for a Japanese teenager at that time.
But after I learned more about the LGBT and BLM movements, I have come to believe that Friends upholds white supremacy. The main characters often made fun of lesbian and gay characters and there were very few black people on the show.
Our way of thinking and our behavior are affected by TV shows and movies without even realizing it. People believe what is shown on TV shows and movies is right. That's why I agree with the idea that TV shows and movies have a responsibility to be more diverse.
I have heard some good news in this realm. Disney have decided to create a live-action remake of one of their popular animated films "The Little Mermaid". I was surprised and at the same time excited when I saw the cast of the movie. Disney selected Halle Bailey as Ariel, who is a black R&B singer and also they selected Awkwafina as the seagull Scuttle, who is a Chinese American actress. I feel that Disney values showing diversity in this movie more than reproducing their animated movie.
I'm really looking forward to watching the new movie and seeing more diversity in the entertainment industry.
Thank you for reading to the end.
Great job! Very interesting read! :)
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