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Traditional Japanese comedy and story telling: Rakugo and Manzai
Welcome back to the podcast! We have reunited with Taka after a long time to discuss his latest Rakugo performance - traditional Japanese comedy. We also talk about Manzai the most popular comedy style in Japan which involves 2 people as opposed to 1 in western style stand up comedy.
We also talk about Japenese puns, jokes, Taka's hometown mascot and ponder about Counter attraction.
Episode notes:
00:00 Intro – Taka's new apartment and interesting neighbors
09:42 Language quirk - Semi-final cicada
12:32 News and stories - Rakugo, Manzai, Taka's rakugo performance, English rakugo
34:33 Brand name of the week - Counter attraction
37:17 Japanese characters - Marimokkori, a mascot from Hokkaido
41:52 Thought of the day - Do you have to be depressed to be funny?
Links:
Taka's rakugo performance (we're working on English subtitles)
Example of rakugo with English subtitles
Canadian rakugo comedian Katsura Sunshine:
explaining rakugo, documentary with clips
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By Mind DuckTraditional Japanese comedy and story telling: Rakugo and Manzai
Welcome back to the podcast! We have reunited with Taka after a long time to discuss his latest Rakugo performance - traditional Japanese comedy. We also talk about Manzai the most popular comedy style in Japan which involves 2 people as opposed to 1 in western style stand up comedy.
We also talk about Japenese puns, jokes, Taka's hometown mascot and ponder about Counter attraction.
Episode notes:
00:00 Intro – Taka's new apartment and interesting neighbors
09:42 Language quirk - Semi-final cicada
12:32 News and stories - Rakugo, Manzai, Taka's rakugo performance, English rakugo
34:33 Brand name of the week - Counter attraction
37:17 Japanese characters - Marimokkori, a mascot from Hokkaido
41:52 Thought of the day - Do you have to be depressed to be funny?
Links:
Taka's rakugo performance (we're working on English subtitles)
Example of rakugo with English subtitles
Canadian rakugo comedian Katsura Sunshine:
explaining rakugo, documentary with clips