Reminder: this weekend is Father's Day

[tongodeon]

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If you're not familiar with Hard Gay you ought to spend a few minutes. The above video is subtitled for deafies.

Comments

[tongodeon]

I actually thought that Sacha ripped off Sumitani but but it turns out that Sumitani introduced the Hard Gay character in 2002 and Sacha was doing Ali G for Channel Four as far back as 1998.

[agentelrond]

But - and correct me if I'm wrong, since you've been to Japan and I haven't - this sort of character would be much more of a shock to Japanese culture than Ali G is to the UK, wouldn't it?

[tongodeon]

I'm always reminded of that saying about the internet: "Japanese people see flamboyance or craziness as damage and route around the problem". Whereas Ali G and Borat mistaken for being serious and the comedy comes from watching people try to engage him seriously while asking "how far can he go before they realize he's not serious", Hard Gay is just an over-the-top silly man, and the comedy comes from watching people try to *disengage* from his extremely aggressive character and ask "to what lengths will they pursue this instinct to escape?"

At least that's where I *think* the humor comes from - like so many things in Japan I could be completely misunderstanding the whole thing.

[eutheria]

hard gay papa, hooo!

i think the part at the house was a lot funnier than on the street.

[freeasinbeer]

I thought it was subtitled for gaijin.
it was definitely not subtled, if that's a word.

[angel_boi]

awesome.

i'm totally sending my dad a studded eye patch, mask, tie ensamble friday

[sambushell]

Hmm. Well, thank you for bringing that into our lives.