Hyperallergic1d
The Eternal Dance of Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting
Poems from centuries ago can stand in dialogue with painters speaking to their contemporaries, and calligraphy serves as a ...
Learning from Japanese picture books (21) Picky to Pocky no Haiku Ehon: Oshogatsu no Maki
Oshogatsu no Maki," written by Kozaburo Arashiyama and illustrated by Mizumaru Anzai (Published by Fukuinkan Shoten Pub･･･ ...
Righting a wrong, name by name − the Irei monument honors Japanese Americans imprisoned by the US government during World War II
The US government locked up nearly 126,000 Japanese Americans from 1942 to 1945, but never kept comprehensive records of all ...
“My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon,” jots Up & Adams talk show host Kay Adams in her recent Instagram post
Kay Adams, host of the 'Up & Adams' talk show, discusses her failed relationships with several NFL players and hopes for a ...
The Independent14d
The Office writer says SNL parody sketch rankled him: ‘All actors are white people’
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The ...
The News International14d
‘The Office’ writer criticises ‘SNL’s’ The Japanese Office Parody with Steve Carell
Mike Schur, The Office writer broke silence on Saturday Night Live’s Japanese Office parody. The short, which has garnered 17 million views on YouTube, featured Office star Steve Carell during ...
Yahoo14d
‘The Office’ writer says cringey Japanese parody on ‘SNL’ ‘rankled’ him: ‘It didn’t feel right’
However, he decided to work on the project to help the sketch’s co-writer Marika Sawyer, who is Japanese American, make her vision a reality. (l-r) John Krasinski as Jim Halpert, Rainn Wilson as ...
comicbasics14d
‘The Office’ Writer Calls Out SNL’s Japanese Office Parody For Having Only White People
Mike Schur, a writer celebrated for his work on The Office, recently shared his mixed feelings about a 2008 Saturday Night Live sketch titled “The Japanese Office.” The parody, which aired during an ...
Daily Jang14d
'The Office' writer breaks silence on 'SNL's Japanese Parody of show
The legendary writer's two iconic shows collided in May 2008 when The Office star Steve Carell hosted SNL and participated in a viral digital short titled The Japanese Office. Now, after a long time, ...
New York Post14d
‘The Office’ writer says cringey Japanese parody on ‘SNL’ ‘rankled’ him: ‘It didn’t feel right’
"The Japanese Office" was a digital short featured on a May 2008 episode of "SNL." YouTube/Saturday Night Live A former writer on the US version of “The Office ...
Sportskeeda14d
The Office writer Mike Schur says the Japanese SNL spoof of the show "didn't feel right" to him
However, he emphasized that the sketch's co-writer, Marika Sawyer, who is Japanese American, drove the creative vision. "I would just keep looking to her and go, okay, I'm here to bring your ...
Yahoo14d
“The Office ”writer Mike Schur admits “SNL”'s Japanese parody 'rankled' him: 'It didn't feel right to me in some way'
But it was her thing." On that same episode, co-writer John Lutz explained that Sawyer took effort to make sure all the dialogue spoken in the sketch was real Japanese, not gibberish, which was ...