Japan's Idol Factory

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Japan's Idol Factory

#1 Post by Suntory » Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:58 am

I had heard about this person and I did a google search and found this:
http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/ayumi_hamasaki/

I don't know if anyone has read William Gibson (Neuromancer et all) but
he writes a lot about a futuristic society in Japan and about these larger
than life pop idols. Now I see where he gets his ideas! It's real now!!

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#2 Post by Just Like Honey... » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:08 am

From first glance it sounds like one if the countless spinoffs of American Idol. Is that how she got started?
I'd rather be a gear in a big, deterministic, physical machine than just some random swerving.

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#3 Post by Suntory » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:47 pm

Eh wasn't the American Idol a spinoff of the original British one?!

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#4 Post by jml98 » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:27 pm

i don't watch the show, never seen an episode, and i don't know where i heard this from, but i THINK the show started off as an idea of that asshole judge (simon?) I think he and some other people thought it would be a good show, and they did it in Britain. It came over to the U.S. and became big. don't quote me, i'm not sure where i got this from haha
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#5 Post by wiggle » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:38 am

I live in England and the show did start off over here. We have so many reality TV shows over here - "I'm a celebrity - get me out of here", "Big Brother", "Pop Idol", "Pop Stars" etc.
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