Look at this picture. What’s the first thing that comes to mind? Racist? Definately. Crude? I’ll give you that. Outdated? That’s right. World War 2 was a different time. Gone are the days of protraying enemies in the crudest possible stereotypes. There are not political cartoons in the west featuring Muslims buttfucking camels or bradishing scimitars while buttfucking camels. But not so fast! Take a gander at this!
WTF? Is that a CGI “Jap?” Why yes it is! I recently came across this animated spot, the latest in the one sided battle for 독도 (Dokdo). The spot starts off with a fleet of Japanese invaders led by some ethnic stereotypes. Their fleet is made up of warships from the 1600s and World War 2 era fighter planes.
The fleet gets a tad too close to Dokdo and someone hits the “red button.” These crude stereotypes start quaking in their sumo loinclothes, fearing what is about to come. What is it? Nukes? The mighty Yi Sun-shin?
FUCK! It’s Taekwon V! Korea’s blantant ripoff of the Japanese giant robot Manzinger Z (right down to pointless use of a Roman letter) arises from between the two rocks that make up Dokdo ready to kick some fuckin’ Japanese ass. And kick ass he does! Taekwon V is able to ravage the entire Japanese fleet with a single spin hook kick.
And if that isn’t enough some seagulls take a shit on the Japanese leader’s face. That will teach ‘em to have provincial minority parties make claims over some rocks! Having saved the day again, Taekwon V rips Dokdo from the sea and hold them aloft (like He-man and his magic sword…only infinately more juvenille), proclaim that “Today, too, Dokdo is the ideal.”
Anyhow, Korea(ns) I don’t dispute your claims over 독도, but if you want anyone to take you seriously and listening to you, you’ve gotta start going about things with a little more class, a little more diplomacy, and a lot less racism.
