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Re: Media decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 7, 2021, 10:04 pm
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OK, Psychic Force is a 3D(!) video game from the late 90s, but I
am not trying to promote it, so please bear with me. Here is an
excellent example of Western obsession with sexual dimorphism.
In the original (non-Western) voice acting, Emilio's voice
sounds like this:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS1_esRuiOU
ie. low sexual dimorphism.
Whereas the Western dub made his voice sound like this:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj-YQXwr994
ie. biologically masculine but stereotypically effeminate
(fruity, to use the offensive term - it is Western civilization
being offensive!).
It's not as if the Western developers didn't have the original
voice to refer to. It's that they knew what the original sounded
like but just refused to use a similar voice due to their own
Western values! (And of course making it even more of a joke is
that they neglected to dub over the in-battle voice effects, so
we still get Emilio's original voice during battle, but get the
fruity dub for the cutscenes.....)
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Re: Media decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: November 25, 2021, 11:49 pm
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Here we go again:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-photographer-sorry-small-eyes-045447634.html
[quote]A Chinese fashion photographer has apologised for her
"ignorance" after a picture she shot for French luxury brand
Dior sparked outrage.
Chen Man's photo showed a woman who some Chinese netizens said
perpetuated Western stereotypes of Asian faces.
...
[img]
HTML https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/jZhjnuQtFz1MS0F2V807SQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM5NztjZj13ZWJw/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/4OX4uLX2otoa8m00g7ABsA--~B/aD01NDk7dz05NzY7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/bbc_us_articles_995/2455a240f23949ce41876a69c218109a[/img]
Dior said the photo, which was recently displayed at a Shanghai
exhibition, has since been removed.
...
"The photographer is playing up to the brands, or the aesthetic
tastes of the western world."
Chinese social media users echoed this, Ms Chen's photos were an
"insulting" portrayal of what those in the West believed Chinese
women looked like.
"This is how Western people think we look," said one user on
Weibo, adding that Chen Man had played up to this. Many added
that they would boycott the luxury brand.[/quote]
BOYCOTT DIOR!
[quote]Some Chinese Internet users pointed out that the photo
was reminiscent of Ms Chen's photo series dated 2012, which she
had shot for i-D Magazine.[/quote]
Judge for yourself:
HTML https://photographyofchina.com/blog/chen-man
The Eurocentrism runs deep in this one.....
[quote]"Why can't a Chinese woman with small eyes also be
considered beautiful? I don't see any problem with
this."[/quote]
It's not the eyes, it's the face shape! Here is an example of a
Yue type Aryan face + small eyes:
HTML http://www.a5lt.com/data/attachment/forum/201809/10/100529rbioi33vqv3o3io8.jpg
But Eurocentrists will never show you this combination because
it destroys the stereotype they want to promote.
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Re: Media decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 15, 2022, 10:35 pm
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Why does the Western fashion inudstry seem to have a particular
penchant for colonialist attitudes?
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/french-fashion-brand-under-fire-191846818.html
[quote]A French fashion brand is under fire for a photo shoot
involving indigenous women in southern Mexico
...
The video shows members of Sézane's production team
photographing and filming an older indigenous woman, Guillermina
Gutiérrez, apparently wearing a mix of traditional clothing and
Sézane apparel. A member of the Sézane team then asks Gutiérrez
to dance as the cameras film. A pop song plays in the
background.
The video was reposted across several Instagram accounts and
websites, drawing widespread criticism for appearing to
manipulate the indigenous woman into serving as a part of the
brand's commercial campaign.
In an interview with Milenio, a Mexican news channel, Gutiérrez
said that the Sézane team changed her clothes multiple times.
She said she had to stop her work at her small craft shop.
When the shoot was over, she said, "they didn't give me
anything."
In a statement this week, the Mexican government's National
Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) said that it "strongly
condemns the misuse of the image of indigenous Zapotec women by
the French clothing brand Sézane."
"These actions threaten the dignity of peoples and communities
and reinforce racist stereotypes about indigenous culture and
traditions," the institute said.
...
Last year, Mexico's government accused fashion brands including
Zara and Anthropologie of appropriating designs and patterns
from indigenous groups without crediting or paying those
communities. The Culture Ministry said that Zara had used a
design created by the indigenous Mixteca community in a
mint-colored dress with green embroidery.
The design "reflects ancestral symbols related to the
environment, history and worldview of the community," the
ministry said.
In 2019, it also accused the designer Carolina Herrera of
"cultural appropriation" for copying the floral embroidery used
by indigenous communities in the state of Hidalgo.
Mexico's president weighed in on the debate in 2019, saying,
"designs from the indigenous cultures of Mexico are constantly
being plagiarized."[/quote]
Be sure to boycott all the brands listed above.
#Post#: 10623--------------------------------------------------
Re: Psychological decolonization
By: acc9 Date: January 17, 2022, 7:31 am
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfLWiPXRvrs
Do the advertising agents honestly believe that the idea of
Chinese girls dating 'white' men would boost the sale of their
clients' products? Or is it their hidden agenda to promote this
trend by making Asian girls in general and Chinese girls in
particular fall for the idea? I've seen too many of these ads
over the last 2 years, and here's another one.....
#Post#: 10648--------------------------------------------------
Re: Media decolonization
By: acc9 Date: January 18, 2022, 2:21 am
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.....besides, these 'white' guys usually have hair on their
face.....Is it to highlight the contrast from Asian males who
usually have a clean, shaven face?
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Re: Media decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 18, 2022, 2:37 am
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"" around "Asian", please. It is a Western concept which we do
not take seriously.
As for facial hair, we cover it here:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/sexual-dimorphism-preferences/msg461/#msg461
#Post#: 10956--------------------------------------------------
Re: Media decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 31, 2022, 11:21 pm
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Are Chinese aesthetics finally improving? As recently as last
year, the Chinese New Year celebration was still colonized:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsOSy8Pj5mI
This year, ancient China is back!
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlcD-ZKeEC0
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Re: Media decolonization
By: acc9 Date: February 1, 2022, 12:22 am
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I would say there is a marked improvement: while the 2021 piece
is still very much "western" oriented with its ballet-based
choreography, Parisienne cabaret-style costume, Hollywood
grand-glitz stage setting, Disney fairy-tale theme and backdrop,
as well as classical orchestral and vocal background music, the
2022 performance exhibits the simple but elegant attire of
ancient Chinese women with neat, streamline hairstyle that's
typically seen in traditional Chinese paintings. This first
impression of the 2022 performance invites the observers' focus
amidst the plain-coloured visage on the dancers, allowing them
to subconsciously know what's coming i.e. the very beautiful
Chinese landscape painting simply done by ink and brush.
Besides the striking contrast between the two in the former's
colourfulness and the latter's colourful-less, what
distinguishes the high style and dignity of the one from the
other is the facial expression of the performers, a crucial
element that contributes greatly to the rediscovery of the
Chinese air that genuine Chinese art and culture should exude.
#Post#: 10970--------------------------------------------------
Re: Media decolonization
By: guest55 Date: February 1, 2022, 2:31 pm
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I actually thought that was pretty good too. Certainly an
expression of the ideal for unity as well.
#Post#: 10978--------------------------------------------------
Re: Media decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: February 1, 2022, 8:13 pm
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Good point about the facial expressions. My personal favourite
aspect of the decolonized performance is, immediately following
the solo by the leader (2:38-3:00), we get a mini-solo by one of
the followers (3:00-3:07). This is a good reflection of
succession between individuals via heroic inspiration (another
element absent in the colonized performance), which is also a
classic wuxia value. This is the same theme celebrated by the
lyrics (easily among my all-time favourites) of this
Counterculture-era song:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9rLE3r8-j8
Hopefully this is a sign that China is beginning to appreciate
authentic Counterculture sentimentalism?
(Also recall Zea_mays' comment here:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/western-civilization-is-ugly-48/msg6474/#msg6474<br
/>)
Anyway, this reminds me that I still have to repost the
precolonial aesthetics topic from the old forum.....
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