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                                               May 10, 2012

  I like the VizMedia production
  "Kamikazee Girls" quite a bit:

  The main character is a Sweet
  Lolita, living out in the
  sticks where she's the sole
  member of her sub-culture, and
  yet she remains committed, she's
  determinedly true to her self.

    Two things about the film don't
    exactly disturb, but they raise
    a few questions:

       Central to the movie is
       the main character's
       involvement with the         This is an actual
       people at the designer       designer store.  There's    So:
       store "Baby, The Stars       an outlet in the "New
       Shine Bright", which is      People" complex, which      "cross-
       one of the main sources      is run by Viz, the          promotional
       of the "sweet lolita"        company that produced       product
       fashion she favors.          this movie.                 tie-in".

       A major plot point here                                  Does that
       is that the main                                         have a
       character is actually                                    nice ring
       quite skilled in fabric                                  to you?
       arts (in particular,
       embroidery) and she's
       entirely competent to
       make her own outfits,     At the close of the movie
       and she could quite       they have her throw in a
       easily be recruited to    few lines about how she's
       a permanent position      resolved to never make
       working with "Baby".      her own clothes, because
                                 just buying them "seems
                                 more extravagant".

                                     In other words,
                                     they're consciously
                                     trying to promote
                                     consumerism, and          COSPLAY
                                     downplay creativity.

                                                      LUCKY_MIRROR

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