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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Media Mix, April 29, 2012
Here’s this week’s Media Mix about the recent lay judge trial of Kanae Kijima, who was found guilty of murdering three men and sentenced to death. The piece focuses on the trial itself and NHK’s attempt to recreate what may … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital punishment, circumstantial evidence, Kanae Kijima, Lay judge
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May 2012 movies
Here are the movie reviews I wrote for the May issue of EL Magazine, which is being distributed in Tokyo today. Bad Teacher The similarities between this poor-taste comedy and the more recent Young Adult are mostly circumstantial: glamorous box … Continue reading
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Tagged Aki Kaurasmaki, Alexander Payne, Angela Davis, Black Power, Casey Affleck, Charlize Theron, Donnie Yen, George Clooney, Guy Stevens, Ian Hunter, Jason Segel, Joaquin Phoenix, Judd Apatow, Kristen Wiig, Lee Chang-dong, Mott the Hoople, Muppets, Rajinikanth, Sunny
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Levon Helm changed my life
The Band was the first rock group I paid any close attention to. While growing up in the 1960s I was as obsessed with AM radio as any other white suburban American kid was; or maybe even more so. At … Continue reading
Media Mix, Apr. 8, 2012
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the mainstream media’s general support for the government’s plan to double the consumption tax. I should point out that while this support is editorially pervasive it is not complete. The article I … Continue reading
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Tagged Asahi Shimbun, Consumption tax, Democratic Party of Japan, Minna no To, Yoshihiko Noda
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Media Mix, Apr. 1, 2012
Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the war of words going on between the Shimbuns Asahi and Yomiuri over a “scoop” Asahi ran in February concerning the Yomiuri Giants’ baseball team paying huge amounts of money for contract … Continue reading
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Tagged Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Tsuneo Watanabe, Yomiuri Giants
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