2013-02-03, 04:59 | Link #2881 | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 35
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In the entertainment industry, three things are always present : 1. Money 2. Fame 3. Power As it is an industry and business, someone has to give something, which then attracts people with the abovementioned three. And such people are split into two camps - the socially acceptable and socially unacceptable. Depending on who is the one funding it, the tenets the seekers are required to adhere to will be entirely different - some being more liberal while others being more strict. A trend I see is that being strict generates more cash, but is has a shorter lifespan - as a person in finance I think you know that there is a limit on how much you can milk a cow before it runs dry. You can't squeeze a pair of boobs and expect to be smothered to near death by it every day - there will come one day when it will no longer be as firm and plump as it was. Quote:
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2013-02-03, 05:04 | Link #2883 |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Was Aya Hirano an idol? Or just a voice actor? Because if it's the latter, then I'm really miffed as to why she got all the flak.
I think I would die of laughter if some Japanese girls form a new "idol" group and purposely get into scandals. And their name can be translated into something that resembles "NTR48."
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2013-02-03, 05:07 | Link #2885 | |
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So yeah, as far as fans go she is pretty much an idol. |
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2013-02-03, 12:04 | Link #2891 |
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 35
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Regarding this case, I don't think it's ethically right for any contract to stipulate "no dating". They're basically asking these young teenaged girls to live like priests (worse even, like monks...). And you know what, priests have a pretty bad record of keeping up with celibacy. These girl's are asked to sell young innocent love for a living, is it not surprising that they fall in love too?
Furthermore, many of these girls enter the idol industry at a very young age, and they put in huge amounts of hours in order to "live the dream". They're too young to reasonably perceive the consequences of the contract. And when they're in the business long enough, invariably they'll fall in love, and then they'll be faced with the tough decision of either quitting their job, or repressing their emotions. And let's not forget, giving up their job is a tough choice for these girls to make. They don't have many skills applicable to "normal" jobs. I'd say a lot of girl's from these idol groups end out in the water trade. I don't envy their decision, and I don't think they should be made to make that decision. Idols need to have lives too. And you know what? For giving up all semblance of a private life they don't get paid much. It's a cruel industry that builds itself on broken adolescent dreams. |
2013-02-03, 12:16 | Link #2892 | |
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
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In Shion no Ou 13-yo Shion announced that she was not intending to go to high school in order to pursue her career as professional Shougi player. Some of her friends were surprised, but no one seemed to think that she might be better off finishing school first.
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2013-02-03, 12:22 | Link #2893 | |
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It's bad enough for paparazzi to get paid to intrude on the personal lives and privacy of stars. But for people to judge others for having relationships??
I don't care how famous they are, humans need their privacy, and others need to respect that. Unless they have Kardashian or Honey Boo Boo levels of "I'm fine selling out my entire life as long as I get PAID!", in which case, that's what they want. >_> Quote:
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2013-02-03, 12:45 | Link #2896 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dai Korai Teikoku
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You're using an anime about an "illegal" organization to see how it is in Japan? Absurd. |
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2013-02-03, 13:32 | Link #2898 | ||
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
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I'd bet the AKB48 girls don't belong to any unions or engage in collective bargaining. Am I wrong? Quote:
I'm done responding to you now, Sumeragi.
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2013-02-03, 13:42 | Link #2899 | |||
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dai Korai Teikoku
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PS: I'm anti-union in general, so I tend to look at unions in a negative light. Quote:
Specifically to your question: See the first part of this post. For your information, I do not have any dislike for you. I only have problems with the blatant individualism superiority I tend to see quite often in Animesuki discussions, regardless of whoever says it. PS: The way you're constantly trying to apply a local situation to Japan is really a form of bigotry, although not necessary in the negative context. I know one tends to see things in the view of their experience, but from how I see it, you're trying to cookie cut things to fit what you know and what you experienced. You need to be more open-minded about this instead of what you've been posting so far. |
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