so do you remember that period of time when Justin Timberlake was an 'actor'?

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So, this might need a segue to fully explain the non circular workings of my fannish brain, but as kitsune714 knows, my segues are a delight, a haiku, a perfectly placed maraschino cherry on single scoop of slow churned ice cream...

or maybe I'll just say, for the non-Asian popculture minded of my FL (Oh, remember when I used to read Harry Potter? And post poems a day? Yeah, me neither.) this post does not exist. You did not see this post.


Because well, it's art, and it's blasphemous, and bloody, and inappropriately hilarious, and it's about love, and perversion, and it stars a Japanese pop star and you know how in Western media that the first thing pop stars or ingenues or people who want to change their media perception fast, do is a) wear less clothes, b) get nekkid, c)go Dark - your mileage may vary, possibly a Swedish director is involved, d) get prosthetics and reinvent oneself as 1) ugly, 2) a crack addict, 3) a prostitute, 4) an ugly crack addicted prostitute who's named her handy shank Mr. Knifey.

Or like, Justin Timberlake and Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan, which I did not actually ever see, but read about on Wikipedia and spent a good ten minutes giggling over, a fact that the librarian did not appreciate?

You know, to be serious, you have to get dirrrrty. Or whatever. Anyway, (this segue was clearly not designed by the Scandinavians.) Love Exposure, a film by Sion Sono is debuting in New York at the NY Japanese Film festival, and ever since I read the synopsis of it on Tokyograph many moons ago, I was really intrigued by it, because Oh, Japan, and the fact that pop culture in Japan, so many talents intersect in ways I can't fathom working out here in America, even living in the golden state, where we won't let gays get married, but we follow Paris Hilton around with a camera crew. Seriously, I'm so pissed at my state. And, um, home of Hollywood, purveyor of delights large and small, and terribly shitty mainstream remakes.

So, the lead in Love Exposure, his day job is one of the lead singers for a pop group called Attack All Around, or AAA for short. While not completely squeaky clean (AAA is a co-ed pop group, and in concert, their fanservice is definitely different from an all male or all girl pop group), they are marketed as a fun dancey good time cute group. And Takahiro Nishijiima (his nickname is NISSY. that should tell you everything) is exceptionally adorable in that usual non-threatening, wholesome all soy asexual way that all pop boys are groomed to be. Like, he'll hold your hand, but when you turn 15 and start thinking like that (this is purely HYPOTHETICAL, btw, some of you are actually 15 and up, I AM NOT SPECULATING ABOUT YOUR HEAD SPACE.), maybe he'll hold your hand and um, tell you how pretty you are and....that you should get matching phone charms.

You know, second base.

So, Takahiro - I refuse to call him Nissy, it's a letter away from calling him Nessy, and that name has no good connotations for me unless we're talking about Scotland MY ONE TRUE LOVE, he's basically Yujin Kitagawa (aka CUTE GUY)'s younger doppelganger. It's the beaming, sunshine and puppies smile he has. He's utterly darling, and I say this with no scorn or sarcasm at all. Like, if I could, I would put him in my purse and take him home and make him soup and we'd braid each other's hair. SERIOUSLY. HE'S THAT CUTE. Currently, he's playing the role of Saki Fukada's love interest in Ghost Friends, and I've been calling him Casper, because of the obvious.

THIS MOVIE. He's basically a PANTY PAP. How do you make a pervert with severe religious leanings and daddy issues APPEALING?

See the INSANE MAGICAL CRACK that is J-cinema? But yes, I am really looking forward to seeing this at one point and ...it ain't your mama's pure love story (even if your mama is Asano Taeko.)

....maybe I could fit my visit to NY to this time.

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Or like, Justin Timberlake and Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan, which I did not actually ever see

BUT I DID.

It's Samuel L! How could I not watch for Samuel L?

Also, I may like Casper, but do I have the patience for his 4 hour indie romp?

Uh...I think I'd rather re-watch Alpha Dog (which god, YES, I SAW, OKAY, DON'T JUDGE ME).