During the closing ceremony at Rio's 2016 summer Olympics, Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe infamously dressed up as Super Mario. What was the idea behind this? This is the four episode in a five part series of All Media Asia, a podcast that covers cultural and political topics around Asia.

Host: Aashna Malpani

Sound engineer/editor: Yi Ming Zhou

Producer: Yi Ning Wong

Speaker:

Ken Provencher has taught film and media studies at Josai International University in Tokyo, Japan, and Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. His work focuses on the transnational Hollywood industry, especially its relation to East Asian media industries and popular cultures. He has contributed to The Companion to Wong Kar-wai, The Quarterly Review of Film and Video, and The Velvet Light Trap, among others.

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We would like to thank Ken Weiner and his quartet for providing intro and outro music for this podcast series.

Music Credit: Purple Planet

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