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blaizevincent
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I can't help but say that Seina looks so creepy in that picture as Lupin III.
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ninjapet
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I saw posters for this when I went to Takarazaka last month, honestly the promo shot they used here isn't as good as the poster they had up in the theatre. I wish I could see this, but I won't be in Japan next month.
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DeSpawn
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The eyes.... the eyes!
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the-antihero
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this is just...wrong on so many levels.
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supersqueak
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I really don't understand the takarazuka thing.
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EricJ2
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To Japanese fangirls (including Rei and Makoto on Sailor Moon), theatrical male drag is the ultimate Bishounen.
Still, doesn't it have ancient roots as a response to all-male Kabuki? |
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Kadmos1
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I think of the same thing when reading about a live-action Peter Pan being played by a woman. |
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GATSU
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Kadmos: Peter Pan is a boy. So you need someone who can sing in a high pitch like a boy.
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Desslok
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Wait - if they're doing a gender flipped Lupin, wouldn't Fujiko be a dude?
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mdo7
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No, because Takarazuka Revue all are women, no men at all. So Fujiko would still be played by a women. |
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hyojodoji
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I'm afraid that the ANN staffer may have thought the NTT Higashi Nihon-NTT Nishi Nihon Flets Theater was the name of a theatre in Tokyo. I conjecture he/she has not visited the Takarazuka Revue 's theatres. Actually 'the NTT Higashi Nihon-NTT Nishi Nihon Flets Theater' is the name of a project where those telecommunication companies sponsor Takarazuka shows. As the video in the article says, the play will be performed from January 1 to February 2 in Takarazuka City, and the theatre will be the Takarazuka Grand Theater. The play will be also performed from February 20 to March 22 at the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater in Tokyo. |
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Miyanoai
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It's not a genderbent play. It's just an all female group. Lupin is still male, but it'll just be a female dressed in drag. |
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Wrial Huden
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And we're still casting women in their 20/30s to play Peter Pan...
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