Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Japanese in Blackface Just Don't Cut It

This video of Japanese recreating We Are the World is funny (the Japanese Cyndi Lauper is quite good)... until you see the original. I was surprised at how moving it was after all these years.

The Japanese



The real deal

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Big D -- I may have to incorporate this video into my recent posts about Darfur and the Congo. This song was recorded in 1985 -- how far have we really come in 23 years? I'm not sure I know the answer to that and I'm sure a lot depends on from whose perspective you're viewing the question. At minimum, thanks for bringing back a flood of memories. Do you mind if I co-op this for a future post?