Please check out this spoof of an “instructional” video on “proper” dining etiquette. The narrative script is also provided, both the authentic version and the romaji one, for those who would like to decipher what was said.
The root website itself contains many other posts useful for language students as well; however, the source itself is much less trustworthy than the references I posted before.
In no way do I endorse or promote the link above. I apologize in advance to anyone who may find some posts on the site grossly inappropriate or offensive. Please let me know if such a posting is inappropriate for an eja2007-affiliated blog, and I will remove it immediately.
One of my biggest concerns is that, because of my not-deep-enough understanding of the Japanese culture, I may not be able to recognize some sensitive, politically- or otherwise charged material, and judge its propriety. This is especially true for most kinds of humorous content.
Another link I reference here, but do not endorse in any way, is this. This site is in English, and is not language-study oriented. However, it contains an extensive collection of articles (in English) on different aspects of Japanese life. The disclaimer above holds in full for this reference as well; I have only read a few articles there, and am not responsible for the rest.
Once again, I would like to apologize to anyone who finds the links provided unworthy of mentioning. My worst nightmare would be to be perceived as yet another Sophia Coppola, shooting a movie in a setting she does not understand and, worse even, does not want to understand. However, omitting the humorous/rated content completely would mean depriving oneself of a huge chunk of culture, which is to be appreciated in its integrity.
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Back to the sensitivity issue. To the best of my understanding, this video makes fun of instructional videos targeting ばかがいじん like myself rather than of the topic of instruction.
Japanese people I showed this found the humor to be good, subtle and unoffensive. However, I just found a comment on Youtube from a person who was raving about how this video made him burst into tears and so forth.
Comments on Youtube often may not be adequate to say the least. Nevertheless, I am asking for your opinion on whether this link should remain.
Cyril: Just to let you know, I'm the proprietor of www.learn-amazing-japanese.com. I assure you that anything that could even be slightly offensive is given a "content warning" on my posts. As far as my own credentials, I have B.A in Japanese from a top tier university, an M.S. in Accounting from the same school, and many years of work in Japan and with Japanese using Japanese professionally. Don't let the casual tenor of the site fool you...I know what I'm talking about when it comes to the Japanese language. One of the goals of my site is to help learners get an "ear" for Japanese, thus the videos and the scripts. If you have any feedback, I'd love to hear from you at learnamazingjapanese --at-- gmail --dot-- com. Best.
おはようございます、シマトフさん。
I watched this video before and as your Japanese friends did, I laughed.
To me, this video seems to make fun of Japanese people like myself, not instructional videos targetting Japanese learners. I thought how eating sushi looks like this to people from other countries and found it interesting.
Am I culturally insensitive???
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