I don't usually write film reviews, but I thought you may appreciate this.cheesy_amoebaDecember 13 2005, 09:21:49 UTC
OH! MIKEY - The Fuccon Family
(If I could afford it, I would purchase you all of the DVD's for Christmas. Unfortunately, I cannot. I am hoping you may be able to somehow get copies online, imported from Japan. Or perhaps your university has them.)
My Pre-Review: Released in Japan as a DVD set during 2003, this series was first viewed by Japanese as a late-night television show during 2002. The creation of Yoshimasa Ishibashi, whom won many awards internationally for this brain-child, contains a synopsis in which an American family moves to Japan and faces the everyday challenges of living as foriegners in this unfamiliar country. It is expressed by Tokyo venders online and even by American marketing as "Fashionably hip and gut-splitting funny, the Fuccon Family and their circle of friends and acquaintances won't fail to entertain. Once you see The Fuccon Family, you'll love them." HOWEVER, the characters of this American family are mindless mannequins whom waste their life gawking at random objects and laughing for no reason at all. Their existence is devoid of any critical thinking, the wife permanant laughing at nothing-- and the husband grinning, stupidly. The child, having hardly a choice under their role-modeling, mimicks their idiot behavior. Although this has been mentioned as a "cult classic" I have not seen any explicit writings online confronting the political statements being made within this film. Whether Yoshimasa was intentional in his expression of western society and American anti-intellectualism, he certainly portrayed a very important issue that needs to be recognized. more...
(If I could afford it, I would purchase you all of the DVD's for Christmas. Unfortunately, I cannot. I am hoping you may be able to somehow get copies online, imported from Japan. Or perhaps your university has them.)
My Pre-Review:
Released in Japan as a DVD set during 2003, this series was first viewed by Japanese as a late-night television show during 2002. The creation of Yoshimasa Ishibashi, whom won many awards internationally for this brain-child, contains a synopsis in which an American family moves to Japan and faces the everyday challenges of living as foriegners in this unfamiliar country. It is expressed by Tokyo venders online and even by American marketing as "Fashionably hip and gut-splitting funny, the Fuccon Family and their circle of friends and acquaintances won't fail to entertain. Once you see The Fuccon Family, you'll love them." HOWEVER, the characters of this American family are mindless mannequins whom waste their life gawking at random objects and laughing for no reason at all. Their existence is devoid of any critical thinking, the wife permanant laughing at nothing-- and the husband grinning, stupidly. The child, having hardly a choice under their role-modeling, mimicks their idiot behavior. Although this has been mentioned as a "cult classic" I have not seen any explicit writings online confronting the political statements being made within this film. Whether Yoshimasa was intentional in his expression of western society and American anti-intellectualism, he certainly portrayed a very important issue that needs to be recognized. more...
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