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#1
27th March 2004, 04:33 AM
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[2004] Ayumi PVs and American People...
Alright, we all know how Ayumi has amazing music videos that are always interpretive and fun to try and figure out... but one thing seems to bug me now and then...
Why do a majority of the people / minor-casts in Ayumi's music videos american? I mean, where do people get them from o_o? Why isn't it japanese people instead? Do those people even know what Ayumi is saying? Let alone listen to her music? If they do... wow o_o; Is there like an american community within Japan? Or do people fly over to Japan to do the shootings x.x? Some of the videos I've seen american people in are...
There are some more I missed out... but it just makes me wonder about those people sometimes... lol Fly High and Real Me I know was done by pure japanese casts... but why is it that there are some american o_o;... 
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#2
27th March 2004, 04:40 AM
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Yeah...it's weird how there are so many Caucasians in Ayu's videos. I mean, you don't see Japanese and Chinese people in American music videos all the time.
But I think the reason is that Japanese people tend to have this fanaticism over Caucasian people. It's really aparent, or at least it is to me. That's why there's so much english in Japanese songs, and Japanese stars try to imitate western styles. I guess Ayu has this fanaticism too; either that, or she's trying to satisfy her fans' appetite for every Caucasian by putting Caucasian people in her videos.
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#3
27th March 2004, 04:47 AM
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i agree... poeple in japan see teh US as liek teh coolest place ever. Its easy to see that japanese try to act more american there and even here...
I dunno i guess since Ayu knows what people like, she just does it... mabey she likes it herself... dont forget teh BOSS CM, she married a whiet guy  that was wayyy outta line lol
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#4
27th March 2004, 04:49 AM
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I've always wondered about the caucasian people as well, but I guess it's something only Ayu and the people who work with her would know
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#5
27th March 2004, 04:58 AM
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I think America has way too much influence in Japanese media..
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27th March 2004, 05:03 AM
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They could just be caucasian Japanese people.
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27th March 2004, 05:37 AM
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Japanese people are fascinated with western culture and are interested in caucasians...
actually...it happens in most Avex videos...
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#10
27th March 2004, 05:40 AM
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Honestly,some cute caucasian kids are much more mysterious than Japanse kids@for Japanese.
So these kids often appear on dark PV like endless sorrow,moments. Ayumi is special existence in a certain meaning. Surely,Avex want to attach something western have to ayumi. Fashion is big power for ayumi. So ayumi continue appearing on fashion magazine. And fashion in Japan is influenced much by western. Therefore,it's no surprise western appear on ayumi's CM about makeup set. However,there are much more PV without western than ones with western. Last edited by ayumin; 27th March 2004 at 05:49 AM.
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#11
27th March 2004, 05:43 AM
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I think you mean to say white, not americain...
I think, just as English is hip and cool, white faces are hip and cool. That's just my guess...
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#14
27th March 2004, 02:09 PM
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yeah there are a few westen people in ayu vids, hmm maybe it because it rare to hav them in j pop vid and ayu want her vids to be different ??
 but wouldnt it be great if westen pop singer started having more asain people in there vids too... 
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#15
27th March 2004, 02:30 PM
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most of them i am assuming are either professional models from western countries who are hired and flown over to be in the video.
others, like the kids, are most likely military dependents. when my father was stationed in japan, i went to a few auditions for things, and i knew several people from school who were in several japanese maginzines.
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#16
27th March 2004, 10:37 PM
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hmmmm i always thought the people were british?!!
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#17
28th March 2004, 01:01 AM
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I agree with you ayumin, I think if she used Japanese kids it would just ruin the video somewhat....the white children just look more exotic and more mysterious than if she used pretty pony~pretty pony~pretty pony~ kids...which is also why I don't like Chemistry's PVs cuz they only use pretty pony~pretty pony~pretty pony~ kids and it doesn't look interesting at all.
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#18
28th March 2004, 02:56 AM
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if they asked me to be in an ayu video, you wouldnt hear me complaining!
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#19
28th March 2004, 03:00 AM
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A lot of the caucasian people in her vids are Russian - Endless Sorrow is one of them. The kids from The Triology are Russian. Most of them are probably Russian, being so close and all. I couldn't imagine them flying people in from America specifically.
Dearest was filmed in LA, so those people are American, but not all white people are American, so not all whiet people in Ayu's vids are American. Ashley
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#20
29th March 2004, 01:39 AM
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