hughdancy 282 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I find cultural sensitivity in the USA to be quite overblown. You have intentional racism and actions/words that can be misconstrued as racism. Showing up with blackface on halloween pretending to be an ethiopian maid is racism. Dressing up at an awards show in a geisha costume is not, no matter how inaccurate it may be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny 12,736 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 :roll: give her a break There's enough actual racism in the world to go after, without having to harass good-hearted, liberal anti-racist artists like Gaga and Katy over this bull**** concept of cultural appropriation. Get your damn priorities straight. This^ is so spill the tea; It's true that there are a lot of racism in the world, but where would the media strike, the most vulnerable, the famous! This can really harm someones career I like dancin', and ponies.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernier 3,786 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 They really always have. Look at the controversies over Victorias Secret. That's the only situation I can remember and I think that was more because of the "s-xualization" of the Geisha('s-xy little Geisha') given their history rather than just because she was dressed as one. I've yet to see controversy over someone just dressed like one without any sort of addition. Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Jesus.. No one would be able to wear/say/do anything if we'd think like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife 6,898 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Asian people are constantly reduced to stereotypes in entertainment (geisha, kimono, fans, samurai, martial arts). What relation does Katy Perry have to Japanese culture? What was the relevance to the song? It's not a good look for anyone to trivialize cultures they have no relation to for costumed entertainment. You just end up looking stupid and ignorant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Criminal 2 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 INB4 Katy becomes the new controversy Queen and hogs all the spotlight from Gaga. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 110,232 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 LOL she clearly doing this wrong. Chinese and Japanese never like each other because of grudge during so many years of wars in ancient time. Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li almost got her acting career ended in their own homeland for acting as Japanese in Memoir Of Geisha where they are heavily antagonized for it by people in their homeland, Mainland China. It is very sensitive issues for most Mainlanders. Katy should have know some history before doing this thing and make it seems it is all in the name of performance. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ What it meant to be content with you (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumiere 5,731 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 the decay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meow 15 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 So what if she mixes Japanese and Chinese? I'm sure Asian people mix together borrowing from US and other white countries.Same as other combining Greek and Roman mythology. Or elements of JFK-Marilyn Clinton-Lewinsky and Obama-Gaga. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
superman 32 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 lmao at ppl not knowing what racist means!!!definately not a singer using a culture in his/her performance!!!open a book Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valextra 58 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Well, one of the worst performance of the night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Pain 0 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Oh please, I'm not even defending Katy, but the only thing controversial about that performance was the fact that 5 years into her career, an artiste of her calliber still can't put on consistently good performances, vocal wise :sweep: I would have preferred that she had shown a REAL geisha, but instead she channeled a shÃ…gi (look it up and you'll see what i mean) :reductive: I agree with you PurplePatch, after 5 years this girl could have gotten better in the vocal department Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzcutSeason 3,307 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 it wasn't i would mark it as bad live but its a theme the ideas were great and weren't racist, katy's singing was the problem in my book and idk why its "Racist" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Katy wanted to create an romantic, exotic, beautiful, out of the ordinary setting for her "unconditional love" song. Telling her she must use medieval Europe (say) instead of Asia because she is white, seems anti-multicultural. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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