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August 05, 2005
Murakanopoly
I’m kind of in a rush to get some actual work done toady. I'm also a little low on original thought (admittedly, a bad combination), so here is some "not so original content", stolen from greg.org....
I really like some of Murakami's characters but I'm not even going to try to defend his depiction of women/girls. I just don't have it in me to take on Japanese culture, the world of anime, and misogyny right at the moment. I do think this version of the ubiquitous, endlessly reinterpreted Parker Brother's game is pretty hilarious. So is greg's lengthy description of the game:
"The Mori Art Museum and its adjacent mall are full of Murakami goods, of course, dolls, t-shirts, towels, stickers, but nothing sums up the uncritical celebration of megalomania and the unholy confluence of conscience-free art, urban planning, and commerce better than this: Roppongi Hills Monopoly, featuring Takashi Murakami's characters."
That's quite a sentence!
Posted by lk at August 5, 2005 11:09 AM