In Reply to: Have you seen Ramen Girl? posted by Victor Khomenko on October 18, 2010 at 06:30:49:
I was an English instructor in Rio to a major Japanese corporations' execs. It wasn't exactly like the situation in the film, of course, because I wasn't in a film. But I experienced a definite aggressiveness, an unfriendliness. Years before, I worked for a Japanese family as the dishwasher in their restaurant. I was treated EXACTLY like the girl in the film (that surreal experience was like a film)--- utter disrespect, contempt.
Thanks for the "Ramen" recommendation. I do enjoy Japanese humor....
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Follow Ups
- Well, see, I didn't find "Fear and Trembling" in the least, "silly." In the seventies, - tinear 07:31:17 10/18/10 (10)
- I thought it was just a bad, boring film. - Victor Khomenko 08:06:18 10/18/10 (9)
- I thought you'd like the Hepburn-like waif.... nt - tinear 08:37:28 10/18/10 (8)
- I really don't know how you can mention the two in the same sentence... - Victor Khomenko 11:47:46 10/18/10 (7)
- No one would equate Hepburn's acting ability with Testud's, either. Audrey was.... pretty. - tinear 10:58:28 10/19/10 (6)
- "But vacuous." Because she didn't sleep with Kennedy? - Victor Khomenko 11:25:55 10/19/10 (5)
- She didn't? How quaint! nt - tinear 17:56:41 10/19/10 (4)
- I know... trully boring... no "Happy Birthday" song... - Victor Khomenko 05:46:02 10/20/10 (3)
- I found the nuanced performance in "Fear and Trembling" among the elite ones. nt - tinear 07:17:20 10/20/10 (2)
- Have you seen her in "Tomorrow We Move"? - Victor Khomenko 10:08:50 10/20/10 (1)
- No. Yes. nt - tinear 14:31:57 10/20/10 (0)