(Cultural research for Social Sculpture class)
"KUSO"
What do you think it means?
Where do you think it comes from?
Why do you think this particular Japanese export is so popular?
How does the Taiwanese version differ?
How does the Korean version differ?
How does KUSO mess or play with dominant/mainstream or corporate culture?
Where do you think it comes from?
Why do you think this particular Japanese export is so popular?
How does the Taiwanese version differ?
How does the Korean version differ?
How does KUSO mess or play with dominant/mainstream or corporate culture?
I already had some background on the origins of "kuso", so some of my answers may not be entirely from my own opinions or interpretation. The word "kuso" comes from Japan, and it usually means "damn it", although in this topic it makes more sense to use the noun form of the word meaning "sh*t". Taiwan is already famous for "stealing" words from the Japanese language, and "kuso" is one of the more recent ones. I'm pretty sure that at first it was used to describe lousy video games, and it's adapted to videos as well, and even more random things. For example, you may do something silly and funny, and an adjective a friend will use to describe that would be "kuso". Most of the time, there is no particular reason that a word becomes popular. Media infuence, perhaps? To apply the idea of Kuso to mainstream corporate culture would mean making a parody of it to make it hilarious.
Barack Obama
Messing with his face to look like the Terminator?
Yeah, I don't really get it.
Jesus Saves
I thought the play on words was funny.
I hope it doesn't offend any religious people...
Finders Keepers
I don't think the image was altered in this one.
Just the funny caption.
Rock > Paper > Scissor
=Recycling?
World Wildlife Fund?
Oops, I thought it was World Wrestling Entertainment.
Oops, I thought it was World Wrestling Entertainment.
ET!
Enough said.
Che Guevara
... or not.
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