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No Sleeves and HANGRY & ANGRY: When New isn’t New and when New is WTF
Can Idols Be LGBT?
First, let me point out that I am not well-versed in LGBT issues in Japan (and other countries). If anyone can recommend me anything to read, I’d appreciate it.
This started off as a review for Koda Kumi’s “TABOO” PV. I’ll have to get into that review another day. The focus shifted more towards the prevalence, or lack thereof, of LGBT personalities in the Japanese entertainment world. I can’t think of many LGBT idols/celebrities or situations where the intent wasn’t exploitation, be it fanservice or for comedic effect. The sincerity behind Goto Maki starring in Yubi (2006) was legit, but that movie had plenty of problems (which I’ll save for another day). I’m willing to claim ignorance as I haven’t seen enough or don’t know enough Japanese pop culture history, even after all these years, to fully understand the situation here. I am just reacting to what I have seen so far, perhaps for reference. And for now, I’m saying that it is not “normal,” or acceptable, for idols to be LGBT.
And that doesn’t sit very well with me.
Silverbolt and Idoling!!! Are Great
I take for granted that people will upload media to the Interwebs. Hello!Online and jpopsuki, amongst other places, have existed for a while now. I just assume that where one uploader fails to upload a piece of media, another one will step up.
When it comes to idoling!!!, I am making a mistake with that kind of assumption. That’s because nearly every single piece of idoling!!! media can seemingly be traced back to Silverbolt.
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