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18 September 2024

The 21st century version of “Dynasty”

I happen to watch this show while staying at a hotel in Okinawa. The hotel subscribed to Netflix so I could watch this American show on the hotel room TV. The TV show was remake of 1980’s popular soap opera of the same name. I watched that show while I was attending a university in the US. It was 1990’s so I watched the already re-runs of the show. I was addicted to the show, which helped me improve my English ability. The plot was not very much changed from the original version. A woman named Cristal was married to an oil tycoon Blake Carrington and joined his rich family but some people...

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08 March 2024

Film "Elvis" American culture is Black culture!

I watched the film on my flight to Paris from Tokyo last week. The film helped me to kill time during the very long flight hours.  It was a biography of the king of rock, Elvis Presley. He was born in southern state where seggregation was very common. But he grew up in a Black community so he had no prejudice against Black people but rather appreciate his experience with Black people who...

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24 December 2021

Christmas is after all "White" Christmas?

This "White" does not mean snow.  Christmas is in fact originated in the western civilisation as part of ritual of Christianity to commemorate its founder's birthday.  In Japan Christianity...

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30 November 2021

A French woman I fell in love with

29 July 2021

Small is beautiful!

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