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2023-03-11 18:54:00
The Idolcast Podcast
@idolcast
Watching the documentary. I'm at 2:15 and he's already claimed Johnnys dominated the market since the early 1960s (false); used fan video of Sakurai Sho at NY Comic Con in 2009 to illustrate "fans all over the world"; and spoke over an idol, denying the idol's own reaction.
2023-03-09 09:52:42
The Idolcast Podcast
@idolcast
@ArcticEllie I just don't understand why he needed to go to Japan to make this documentary when there are plenty of examples of institutional child abuse in the UK. This isn't a problem unique to Japan.
2023-03-08 20:55:30
The Idolcast Podcast
@idolcast
Nakatani Ryo's 1989 tell all is another book I'd love to find but it's very rare. Used copies will run at least $100 US. pic.twitter.com/eW8yJNTlhb
2023-03-07 19:21:23
拡大
The Idolcast Podcast
@idolcast
I translated the preface and first couple of sections of the late Kita Koji's infamous book "To Hikaru Genji" theidolcast.com/translationspo… Did he literally mime death by seppuku on stage during their good-bye concert tour complete with blood everywhere? Yes. Yes he did.
2023-03-05 23:30:00
The Idolcast Podcast
@idolcast
And I wrote a review of the documentary: theidolcast.com/posts/predator… twitter.com/idolcast/statu…
2023-03-09 21:07:54
Dr Thomas Baudinette
@tbaudinette
I thought I'd comment on this particular scene from the BBC expose on @johnnys. The discussion of sexual abuse and coercion at the company are super important, but this segment comes across as ignorant and culturally dismissive of an aesthetic with a long, pre-Johnnys history twitter.com/pvstels/status…
2023-03-08 10:25:34
mikey
@pvstels
british man discovers johnnys and associates pic.twitter.com/1XAuswQG7t
2023-03-08 00:05:38
ニノ𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕟₍ᐢ๑- ˔ -ᐢ₎
@ninosaaurus
"They all look the same" Sir? You are looking at a wall of Sakurai Sho. twitter.com/pvstels/status…
2023-03-08 11:50:52
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@nunuuu
"No beard" "There's so little differentiation between these guys" idk my man, sounds racist. Agree on boyish branding (w/its own detriments), and not defending j&a at all. But I can write you an essay on how different Sho looks like from, say, Jun lmao. Like?? twitter.com/pvstels/status…
2023-03-08 11:57:04
Cherry Wallflower 🍒🌷🌼🌸🌹🌺
@chwafl
Why is it to hard for people to understand idols lol. like it's a performer who typically looks "attractive" that mostly (but not only) younger people enjoy. Each idol/idol group has a brand much like any public figure. Honestly, it's not anything all that special LOL.
2023-03-08 14:01:26