Hollywood Lover - or another tale of a hapless woman
I like Hollywood Lover. Mostly. I was very much impressed by the performance of Yuuhi and Ahi. But I have a problem in loving this show wholeheartedly because of the heroine Rose. To be precise, the way the director Ueda Keiko treated her.
Rose (played by Shirosaki Ai) is utterly gorgeous and great to focus your opera glasses on for a while ( Read more... )
Rose (played by Shirosaki Ai) is utterly gorgeous and great to focus your opera glasses on for a while ( Read more... )
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Outside of my Takarazuka fandom life, I have pretty strong feminist beliefs. Within the fandom, I've kind of had to learn to just not think about it too hard, or I just wouldn't be able to enjoy most shows. I guess I was mostly just happy to see Rose at least not be one of your "dime a dozen" flat musumeyaku heroines (Jazzy Fairies, Akatsuki no Roma, Secret Hunter, PariSora, etc)
Did you ever see Yuuhi's "Spark!" dinner show? She complains about having to wear yellow all the time. I wonder how she'll deal with pink...
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Haha, you are right. I tend to be a little harsh on Keiko-sensei because I believe she really has a talent but for the last few years she has been taking a cookie-cutter approach to mold her heroines. Honestly though, I'd love to see Ueda Keiko assigned as a writer-director far more than the other Ueda. Now I am feeling nervous that the new Hanagumi has got Tani Masazumi for Yuu’s debut show as a new top otokoyaku -_-;
She complains about having to wear yellow all the time.
I haven't see that show, but after 16 years of all-yellow something I just wonder how she finds wearing pink *giggles*
Oh, I've just found Yuuhi is having an interesting set of all-musumeyaku supporters for her coming dinner show. Aside from Nene, all of them (Ichika, Saaya, and Kirari) are good singers and character actresses.
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Yuuhi's debut show in Hanagumi will be opening next Friday! *palpitates*
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