“Explain”? Well, it is a viral advertisement for Panasonic. However, it’s not clear if this is an ad for a specific Panasonic product, or simply intended to influence brand recognition.
The ad plays off the racial stereotype of Japanese as “other,” by combining the dada-esque exercise video (see, e.g., “take anything you want“) with odd pet footage, both reminiscent of Japanese TV footage that have captured international attention via YouTube. The video employs digital compositing both to indicate that the human female has poodle-like deposits on her arms and legs, and to show poodles sitting in chairs, holding weights in their “hands,” and engaging in synchronized movement.
The assumptions underlying the video piece are inherently racist, and the purpose is marketing. That’s my explanation.
this is a really strange explanation and i think that u have it all wrong. why cant something just be silly. its making fun of exercise videos not japanese people. its not racist its funny.
my neighbors are japanese and i think they would laugh at this. i think poodle owners would be more offended lol.
It’s Obama and Republicans working together, plucked from David Broder’s fevered dreams when one too many whiskey sours send his bipartisanship fixation skidding into his asian furry porn habit.
It’s clearly a parable:
I saw some shit this mornin’ made me think twice. See, now I’m thinkin’ maybe it means you’re the terrier. And I’m the poodle. And Mr. 9mm here, he’s the fitness instructor protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could mean you’re the poodle and I’m the fitness instructor and it’s the world that’s full of terriers. And I’d like that. But that shit ain’t the truth. The truth is you’re the dachshund. And I’m the tyranny of the terriers. But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the fitness instructor.
February 28, 2010 at 5:53 pm
“Explain”? Well, it is a viral advertisement for Panasonic. However, it’s not clear if this is an ad for a specific Panasonic product, or simply intended to influence brand recognition.
The ad plays off the racial stereotype of Japanese as “other,” by combining the dada-esque exercise video (see, e.g., “take anything you want“) with odd pet footage, both reminiscent of Japanese TV footage that have captured international attention via YouTube. The video employs digital compositing both to indicate that the human female has poodle-like deposits on her arms and legs, and to show poodles sitting in chairs, holding weights in their “hands,” and engaging in synchronized movement.
The assumptions underlying the video piece are inherently racist, and the purpose is marketing. That’s my explanation.
February 28, 2010 at 8:59 pm
this is a really strange explanation and i think that u have it all wrong. why cant something just be silly. its making fun of exercise videos not japanese people. its not racist its funny.
my neighbors are japanese and i think they would laugh at this. i think poodle owners would be more offended lol.
March 1, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I still jerk off the old fashioned way.
February 28, 2010 at 6:12 pm
It can’t be done.
February 28, 2010 at 6:18 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Takahashi%27s_Fitness_Video_for_Being_Appraised_as_an_%22Ex-fat_Girl%22
February 28, 2010 at 6:23 pm
I believe this is only part of the health care bill that received bipartisan support at President Obama’s go-along-to-get-along summit last week.
February 28, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Goddam furries. They’d just as soon stick a knife in you as give you the time of day.
February 28, 2010 at 8:18 pm
It’s just so sexy.
February 28, 2010 at 11:40 pm
It’s Obama and Republicans working together, plucked from David Broder’s fevered dreams when one too many whiskey sours send his bipartisanship fixation skidding into his asian furry porn habit.
March 1, 2010 at 4:57 am
Awww, cutesy puppies! I call the big one Bitey.
March 1, 2010 at 7:22 am
It’s clearly a parable:
I saw some shit this mornin’ made me think twice. See, now I’m thinkin’ maybe it means you’re the terrier. And I’m the poodle. And Mr. 9mm here, he’s the fitness instructor protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could mean you’re the poodle and I’m the fitness instructor and it’s the world that’s full of terriers. And I’d like that. But that shit ain’t the truth. The truth is you’re the dachshund. And I’m the tyranny of the terriers. But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the fitness instructor.
March 1, 2010 at 9:20 pm
calling all toasters FTW!!!
March 1, 2010 at 7:45 am
In the end times there will be signs and wonders, visions and revelations.
March 1, 2010 at 7:56 am
I could explain this to you, but the effect on your psyche would be something like this.
Once you take a bite of the apple, there is no turning back…
March 1, 2010 at 3:09 pm
You had to spring that on us the day I finally sober up, huh?
March 1, 2010 at 4:41 pm
That’ll learn ya.
Or, um, all the strength in the world to you in your efforts.