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Frank Kogan ([personal profile] koganbot) wrote 2013-03-12 10:35 am (UTC)

Re: Freestyle ninjitsu?

The YouTube caption says "Hilarious use of a Korean pop song during a Japanese 'ninja tournament,'" though I don't know one way or another whether Chuli & Miae ever got airplay in Japan. I wouldn't expect that they did, since I don't think many Korean songs got international airplay at the time. But I don't know this, either.

I gather from the YouTube comments that use of the word "Ninja" is even more problematic than use of the song. I wouldn't know, since I understand little more than zero about the martial arts.

Btw, William Deluca, a guy saying he's Miae's husband, posts on that comment thread. According to his own YouTube page, she's now a dance teacher in New York City. He (or she, using his account) uploads vids of her dancing (on her own, with friends, and with students):

Er, they're not letting me embed with the right ratio. Go here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyXrmv9M56M

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