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The Ozma Effect |
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DJ Ozma: The Borat of J-pop |
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by James Hadfield |
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The look on Yukie Nakama's
face says it all. Eyes bulging,
she gasps, then laughs: "I
didn't expect that!"
She, along with millions
of Japanese TV viewers, had just been
watching DJ Ozma perform on Japanese
network channel NHK's Kohaku Uta Gassen
(Red and White Song Battle), a New Year's
Eve contest that pits male and female
teams of Japan's finest singers against each
other. It's usually a pretty sedate affair—
but leave it to Ozma to stir things up: not
two minutes into his "Age♂Age♂Every
☆Knight" (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士)
song routine, his dancers stripped off their
clothes. NHK's execs—and their viewers—
watched, dumbfounded:
weren't those girls supposed to be wearing,
you know... something?
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The Ozma Effect by James Hadfield has been edited for shojobeat.com;
the complete article appears in the June 2007 issue of Shojo Beat Magazine. |
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