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November 30, 2005
Love Angel Music Baby
Writing for the Seattle Times, Patrick MacDonald reviews Gwen Stefani's live show without troubling himself to think about it terribly carefully. First, and hopefully for the last time, Stefani's Harajuku Girl attendants are meant to be an expression of her dreamlife. This is what some would call "Art". You may not think it is all that interesting but it would be worth noting rather than simply to cite unspecified critics in "the Asian community". Second, pointing out Stefani's frequent costume changes is hardly a point of criticism for a performer whose flamboyant public persona is explictly tied to her ostensibly outrageous, though quite fetching, sartorial expression. Third and finally, anyone who thinks Stefani's supposed lack of dance ability has any relationship to her lithe, porcelain... legs... uhh... sorry, lost the plot there.
Action update: Rika Ookubo, who is the genuine article apparently, finds Stefani's antics "amusing and distasteful". That is what we call the attractive metallic-pink pot calling the comely kettle metallic-pink.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 30, 2005 08:27 AM
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Flea, i have three of the six "harajuku lovers" t-shirts in my collection. :)
I love the harajuku grrls. I'm a big anime otaku, and i think the harajuku grrls are analog expressions of anime characters.
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at November 30, 2005 11:30 AM
Give me a break! The "Asian community" is complaining about the harajuku girls?? Who would that me, Margaret Cho? Please. They're great theater!
Posted by: beautifulatrocities at November 30, 2005 04:41 PM