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This is not the case with American male stars, who are mostly hard-boiled in style. In other words, the feminization of male stars is only a problem in East Asia, which does not seem to be the case in European and American entertainment.. d% D) C F' t" s2 |6 U* G
So what exactly is the reason for this difference?8 B( x. P* Y# m v* r0 D/ C) H
The root of it all came from the U.S. actually, and the feminization of male stars started cause of the Janis Agency, an entertainment company founded in Japan in the 1980s. The founder of the company is called Kita River, the entire Chinese, Japanese and Korean entertainment industry, the feminization of male stars, Kita River is the originator of the problem. But this was not caused by Kitagawa alone, but he managed to create this trend only with the help of the Americans.! r& m2 x |0 d4 g5 I
The story begins in Japan after World War II." ^2 w1 T {0 ]/ w( p) h
After the defeat in World War II Japan was a puppet of the United States from politics to economy to culture, but at first the American control over Japan was not so smooth. At that time, there were two major powers in the world, the United States and the Soviet Union, and Japan was one of the gladiatorial arenas for the U.S. and the Soviet Union, which controlled the entire northern part of Japan at the time.
- i' e' k: o2 Q+ z$ v- BAfter all, in World War II, the U.S. military had dropped two atomic bombs on Japan's Hiroshima Nagasaki, and the American soldiers stationed in Japan after the war often did harm and oppressed the Japanese. So the Japanese people can be said to hate the Americans! In addition, the Soviet Union, in order to enhance its international influence, sent many Japanese prisoners of war back to Japan after the war and vigorously promote socialism, so the Japanese people have a better feeling for the Soviet Union than the United States.
1 \+ K8 W- P# A0 f$ _2 m& @/ RBut the U.S. would not sit back and do nothing ,even let the Soviet Union expand its influence in Japan, so at that time the U.S. came up with a bold idea: to control the Japanese in terms of ideas and public opinion, with the aim of turning Japan away from the Soviet Union and closer to the Americans.
" a4 i8 E, u8 [4 o8 lThe first person to suggest such an idea was George Kennan, an American diplomat.
: E9 N2 T! ]( f3 M, uHe suggested that the control of Japanese public opinion should be left to "experts who understand Japan", and who exactly are the experts who understand Japan - the answer is Japanese war criminals./ |6 ^ F5 X. U! d( S, R7 }
American intentions were revealed in a CIA cable at the time .% E. w5 {, S( ?* y c6 |
On the left side of the telegram is a cipher sheet, and on the right side are the names of people. As you can see, almost all of the major Japanese media were roped in by the U.S. Many World War II Class A war criminals filled the ranks, and the war criminal Ogata Taketiger, who had given the September 18 Incident a boost, escaped execution under U.S. cover and also became the general manager of <<The Asahi Shimbun>>. Another war criminal, Shoriki Matsutaro, who had encouraged countless youths to invade China, also escaped sanctions, and the Americans supported him in founding Japan's largest newspaper, <<The Yomiuri Shimbun>>
* q# ~+ l$ \" ^4 ?1 b2 EThe United States not only pardoned their crimes, but also gave them heavy payments. These war criminals suggested to the U.S. to take the popular route, brainwash the Japanese people with entertainment news, and reduce the offensive and revolutionary nature of Japan by weakening the masculine temperament of Japanese society as a whole through public opinion propaganda and turning it into a flexible temperament. Gradually, the Japanese people would become subconsciously close to the American culture and reduce their resistance to the United States.
6 V! w: H' P1 mAnd to change the androgynous temperament of the whole Japanese society, Kitagawa is an important part of the American layout. Although Kitaegawa was a Japanese name, he grew up in the U.S, was a translator for the U.S. government, and also had an American passport. And, the department Kitaegawa was in at the time was called the U.S. Army Advisory Group, which was responsible for espionage and intelligence work. Although Kitaegawa looks like Japanese, he owed his allegiance to the Americans rather than the Japanese. And Kitaokawa was a pedophile who was supposed to like young, feminine boys, and he was later revealed to have sexually assaulted male stars of his own company for a long time.9 |0 Q0 D; {2 B+ w- d
The first performance of the first group that Kitaawa produced was financed by the U.S. Army, and at that time, Kitaawa tapped many young boys who quickly took over the television entertainment market at that time. Together with the support of the major Japanese media controlled by war criminals, they quickly became popular and became a new force in the entertainment industry. Kita River, on the other hand, quickly became the godfather of fashion, in charge of the entire Japanese entertainment industry.
5 _5 ?) m7 o9 G' A) V) A3 H4 c A Japanese cosmetic brand invited popular actor, Takuya Kimura ,to shoot a commercial for its new lipstick in 1995. Throughout the commercial, Takuya Kimura's soft eyes and sexy application were like a bomb that caused an explosion in the Japanese female population, In two months, the lipstick endorsed by Takuya Kimura actually sold 3 million units!1 D% o! Z; E7 A& t+ @1 s
Later, sissy culture spread from Japan to next door Korea, and SM in Korea was following the Japanese star-making formula when it was first established, looking for clean-cut, female-looking boys everywhere then trained them vigorously.SM Korea also successfully launched a male idol group, H.O.T in 1996,# j! {5 s3 d* ^; N3 D
HOT has become a huge success in Korea, leading more and more companies to copy it and launch more male groups such as Oriental Gods, Super Junior, etc. Their biggest common denominator is - clean, soft and female look.6 Y0 c+ H& k" m$ ?) z7 z
They all look like this.) F' f+ q6 b. D: \; s4 `; F3 V
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Like this.
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