Thursday, August 20, 2020

偏った地下アイドルドキュメンタリー Biased chika-aidoru documentaries


The documentaries' list:
2015. Schoolgirls for sale in Japan. Vice.

2017. Tokyo Idols. Netflix.


2020. Japan’s Schoolgirl Pin-Ups. Unreported World. 

The reasons why those documentaries are biased:

0. They present pop phenomena without differentiating their market shares.
1. They represent, in a discursive way, the girls as objects of sexual desire.
2. There is a lack of respect for the Idol fans and their culture (by making fun of their looks and their wotagei).
3. They do not address the musical production of the Idols (they focus only on the visual aspects).
4. It is not explained that many 'schoolgirls' (who appear on stage or products) are adult women in costume.
5. Unfounded criticism of middle-aged Idol followers is made.
6. Despite interviewing fans, prejudice remains: chika-aidoru events are directed at pedophiles.
7. There is no ethical treatment of the identities of the minors involved.
8. Despite academic research, those documentaries fail to explain without prejudice what it is and how it works the chika-aidoru culture in Japan.

Another videcomment about Orientalism and paedophilia:



Chika-aidoru is not paedophilia.


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