We thought we were already well abreast of Japan’s status as current reigning Huh? culture until this little nugget pushed us past basic panty-machine/tentacle-porn confusion and into a new realm where we were like, “Hold on, this genuinely doesn’t make any sense.” It’s easy enough to follow while you’re watching, but try explaining what happens to someone who hasn’t seen it, or more importantly why what happens happens without coming across autistic. This isn’t to say that foreign language lessons shouldn’t incorporate less run-of-the-mill scenarios, like getting mugged by George Costanza and his chemist bud–in that respect those crazy riceballs have probably got the leg up on all of us. But what kind of mnemonic device is three positive-seeming aerobics girls, and why all the close-ups of shoulders? And Jesus, what is the bald guy’s mask supposed to hide, whether or not he has a thin mustache? Japan, you got some ’splaining to do.
Reader Comments
June 28th, 2006
5:51 pm
Zuiikin Gals are old news
June 28th, 2006
8:22 pm
Vice has literally become the sort of site that references Seinfeld, posts links to videos on CollegeHumor.com, and uses expressions like “forevs” in articles about ride-alongs with NYPD. Literally, as in fucking literally. Like, this issue. Now.
How edgy.
June 28th, 2006
10:39 pm
Hey Vice,
Save the “wacky” videos for the fine folks at TVCarnage. They do it better.
June 28th, 2006
11:27 pm
Sorry for not hating as is the vice way but that video blew my mind. I don’t care if it was on College Humor. Good is good. Can’t you gorillas get over “context” and just enjoy something that’s good?
June 28th, 2006
11:41 pm
first two commentors: you can only talk about anal sex, heroin, prison, satanism and racism so long before you have to start taking yourself a little less seriously and covering things like surreal japanese workout videos.
June 29th, 2006
1:30 am
ironically, that video is so fucking hard it makes me want to retreat to my old coping mechanisms–anal sex, heroin, prison, satanism, and racism.
I will say, though, that the song they’re chanting along with is the effin’ JAM.
June 29th, 2006
2:13 am
I liked it.
That’s how you learn English you cocksuckers.
July 1st, 2006
3:45 pm
Uhhhh…
This just confirms the paranoid japanese sterotype for America. In that it’s a dangerous place where anyone can possibly be carrying a gun.
Which is possibly better. Considering Japan, where anyone can be a serial molester and closet perv on the crowded trains.
Regardless that ridiculous half mask george costanza is wearing is the traditional japanese theif/ninja mask depicted in manga/anime/art
get with it
July 14th, 2009
1:43 am
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