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From pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.eduMon Mar 4 08:52:11 1996
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 17:42:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Paolo Valladolid <pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.edu>
To: Michael C Voorhis <mvoorhis@WPI.EDU>
Cc: kor@edmonds.home.cs.ubc.ca
Subject: Re: [KOR] thelma and louise
> eeee! Can someone mail me that `thelma and louise' message?
>
> Mike (deleting too quickly)
> (mvoorhis@sidehack.gweep.net)
> (mvoorhis@wpi.edu)
Here's a reposting of Jee Lee's message:
Yes, I noticed that too. In the anime, just about every eligable
bachelor is either perverted, a potential rapist or a goofball.
By eligable male, I mean those that could be potential mates for
Madoka. Older, younger or married males seem to be OK guys.
I always thought that it was because the writers realized that
Kasuga could not have too much competition. Really, Madoka
just about *has* to fall in love with him because she really
doesn't have a better alternative. It's sad, I know, but that's
the only explanation that makes any logical sense to me. :)
If you think about it though, most of the females aren't
exactly wonderful either. Sure, there are nice women but usually
nnot potential love interests for Kyousuke. The other schoolgirls
are generally loose scribbles of personalities who fade into the
background. However, in general, feminists should pick KOR as
their flagship animated program. :) Women are generally depicted
in a more favorable light. They are stronger and smarter than
most of the men who tend to be perverted, sexist, selfish, indecisive,
or just plain dimwitted. Even Kyousuke's father, although a nice
man with a strong heart, is protrayed as kinda wimpy (especially
due to his lack of ESP).
Maybe, Madoka and Hikaru should run off in "Thelma & Louise" manner
on a cross-Japan road trip to escape the control of the patriarchal
male dominated fascist Japanese society. Hmmm, I can see it now.
Kyousuke, after 15 years of marriage, turns into a sake-swilling
salaryman who spends more time at the pachinko parlor or at the
love hotels with prostitutes. Madoka is his bored housewife who
is tired of being his mommy and jumps at the chance for a vacation
with her old schoolmate Hikaru, who has become a minor starlet with
parts in B-movies and a role in the latest Godzilla flick.
They go to a karaoke bar only to be accosted by a drunken Yusaku
who tries to rekindle his passion for his fair Hikaru. Madoka recalls
her martial arts skills, seriously wounding Yusaku with the microphone.
The two steal a cherry red Kawasaki Ninja and flee the district
as Yusaku's Yakuza brothers scream for revenge.
Yes, I can see it now. The two women become symbols of womanhood
freeing themselves from their male oppressors. Along their journey
through the darkest heart of Japan, they humiliate representatives of the
patriarchy and come to realize that no man can be their partner in
life. In fact, they realize that Kyousuke was the true barrier
between their ultimate friendship and dedicate themselves to be
partners forever.
:)
Or maybe not.
JHLee