Originally posted by afsaneh77: [quote]Originally posted by Capo de La Cosa Nostra: [b] Lavinia, I found the humour at the expense of Japanese pronunciation problems to be the only problem in the film.
This is exactly what I didn't like about this movie. [/b][/quote]I understand the point, of course. It definitely was not the fairest thing to do. But I'd consider this to be a venial sin. If we should list all the movies which in a way or in another make a fool out of peoples' faults, the list will be endless. Plus, in my opinion this movie was not particularly "nasty". C'mon.....who has never joked about the Japanese "r"? :p
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
[/b][/quote]I understand the point, of course. It definitely was not the fairest thing to do. But I'd consider this to be a venial sin. If we should list all the movies which in a way or in another make a fool out of peoples' faults, the list will be endless. Plus, in my opinion this movie was not particularly "nasty". C'mon.....who has never joked about the Japanese "r"? 
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