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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
You know those 歌舞伎?
Places that do, that does...
Very modernized version of the 歌舞伎, did you seethat?
They were collabing with...
One Piece or those things, right?
Yeah, these modern animes and digital, like, youknow...
Yeah.
What do you think about that, man?
Well, it's a good thing.
Yeah, yeah.
Making things...
Evolve, you know, like, those traditional thingsinto, like, eating new things, new culture, and,like, gets bigger, you know?
Yeah.
It's very interesting. It's a good thing.
Yeah, I'm for it as well, but I can just hear it.
All these people, all these, like, traditionalpeople just going against it, you know?
Oh, okay.
You know? Very easily imaginable, right?
Like, you know? Like, that's not Kabuki, you know?
Like, what is this? You know?
I can hear it, right?
And it was like...
It was interesting how that...
But a big step, though, you know?
Yeah.
Very big step, though.
Right.
Like, Hatsune Miku, they were collabing with Hatsune Miku, I think?
Yeah.
Wow.
I think that's the one that I saw on the posters.
Oh, wow.
I saw One Piece Kabuki.
You saw One Piece Kabuki?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's crazy.
Wow.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, they're doing...
Are they struggling financially?
In a way, maybe.
Yeah.
Maybe to open up to the new fans, maybe?
What do you think their income stream is?
The shows?
I think so.
Some of the actors are also doing, like, dramaseries on TVs.
Yeah, sure.
I don't know.
Some of those movies, maybe?
That's going into his personal bank account,right?
Not, like, the whole business of the kabuki,right?
Oh, true.
Yeah.
Yeah, true.
When I went to the kabuki theater, I...
So I was with a French group, French friends, andwith my family.
I was, like, guiding them to the Japanese culture.
Even though I was the first time visiting.
Yeah, I was like that.
And we were like, oh, this is it, this is it, and,like, take pictures and everything.
But I saw some guys, like, they...
It looks to me like they come every day.
And they're just very casually, like, verycomfortably sitting and just...
Ah, how was Mr. Nantoka's performance?
OK.
Like, ah, how was today's performance?
And then, like, very...
I don't know.
I was very happy for the performances.
And I was kind of moved to the stories andeverything.
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But they were, like, criticizing all those things.
So, yeah, I can imagine if they do, like, those,like, One Piece kabukis and, like, Hatsune Mikukabukis.
And they'll be like, what the hell is that?
Yeah, I can imagine that.
They are some of those, like, conflicts.
Between, but...
But to me, it sounds interesting.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, me too.
I'm for it, I'm for it.
Yeah, yeah.
It's got to evolve somehow, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Were there a lot of...
What was the percentage of the Japanese localversus, like, tourists?
Oh, mainly Japanese locals.
OK.
Yeah, they...
Not many foreigners in this theater as far as Icould see around.
OK.
Yeah, I was a bit surprised for that, too.
Well, first of all, they didn't have...
So I thought that's one of the biggest traditionalplace of Japan.
So I thought it's very wide open to theforeigners, like, tourists and everything.
And they prepared so many audio guys.
In various languages.
Many things.
But the only one language they had for the audioguide was Japanese.
The audio guide was recorded in Japanese only.
OK.
It's with the kaisetsu.
And the other option was the tablet with thesubtitle zone in English.
Oh, that's it?
That's it.
Without any audio.
No Chinese, no French, no Italian.
Oh, OK.
And they had two options.
And I was...
Oh, I thought, like, they prepared, like, 20languages with audio guys and just, like, museumsand everything.
But they didn't.
And overall, it looked...
They're not, like, aiming to having, you know,foreign tourists.
But mainly, like, Japanese locals.
Oh, that's interesting.
Yeah.
I was surprised.
I wonder what the, you know, the heart behind thatis, like, the mentality behind that.
Yeah.
They have a lot of foreign tourists, you know,taking pictures in front of the building, right?
Yeah.
I guess people are sort of aware of it, you know.
Oh, that's interesting.
So it was a big surprise for me, too.
I was guiding six French people.
One of them speaks English, too.
So she was reading the subtitle tablet and sheunderstood what's going on, what was going on.
But the other five, they don't speak English, theydon't speak Japanese.
So they didn't understand it.
They just saw it and just feel the performances.
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And they just experienced the whole thing.
That's it?
Yeah.
Wow.
They said they were happy about it, but still, Iwanted them to understand the whole thing.
So, wow.
It's interesting.
That's interesting.
Yeah.
Because they would do, like, the challenges of,like, the Hatsune Miku and the One Piece, but,like, it doesn't open up to...
They could just add the subtitles, right?
It's not that hard to add subtitles.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's interesting, though.
True.
I mean, you can make that because you're owningthe big tech company, right?
You can make subtitles and just some...
That's right.
You can, like, translate them into, like,different languages and...
My company can do that, yes.
Honestly.
Honestly.
You can make some application and just...
Yeah.
Like, honestly speaking, though, like, on apersonal level, like, I'm not talking about mebelonging to Apple and Google and Meta and IBM,though, but I'm not talking about...
Like, on a personal note, like, for real, I couldprobably translate it.
Like, using Chat GPT or something, you know, andthen, like, here, just have the...
It's nice to be displayed.
Yeah.
Well, it's not that difficult, like...
Right.
I wonder what's up.
Yeah.
I wonder what's up.
Interesting.
So maybe they're trying to get some new Japanesegenerations through Hatsune Miku and One Piece andeverything, but...
I guess it's not...
How would you feel if football innovated andstarted doing things like...
Like, events like...
Let's collab with...
I'm going to think of something.
But similar thing in...
You know the World Cup is coming.
Yeah.
And it's going to be held in the United States ofAmerica, right?
And that country, they're the professional ofmaking things into...
You know, entertainment, right?
And now they're preparing for the halftime showfor...
Like the American football?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Traditionally, you guys don't have halftime showsin football games, right?
No, no, no.
We don't have that.
And then, I don't know if that's like trustworthyinformation or not, but they are now trying to...
Like half-officially, they're announcing that they're going to have halftime shows in the halftime.
And that's...
You know, they're saying that they bring, youknow, those like Taylor Swift, Drake...
The top-tier artists?
And they're going to do a show in a halftime.
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And I was like...
And many of the football fans are...
No, please don't.
Okay, what's the problem with the halftime show?
First of all, it's the time for the bench playersto train and warm up.
It's the only timing for them to...
Be in the field.
Be in the field and run and...
Kick the balls and everything.
I don't know how they do that.
I mean, if they have like...
I don't know if they build a little stage out ofthe field and that's okay, but...
Obviously, they're going to make a huge, you know...
But like originally, don't y'all have like, youknow, 40-minute...
Then, you know, take a break and then 40 minutes,right?
If you're going to take...
What was that?
15-minute break time?
Yeah.
Like, is anyone using the field during that 15-minute window?
The bench members, yeah.
The bench members.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see.
So, okay.
So, you guys are saying that for the benchmembers, we need that 15 minutes for them to warmup in case they're called in on the second half ofthe 40 minutes.
And also, as a fan, let's say...
And also, the pitch will be like ruined by thestage and everything.
I don't like that.
It's true.
And then, as a fan, imagine the Japanese nationalteam, we're losing, I don't know, like 3-0.
Sure.
We're losing, right?
Yeah, and having a halftime.
And then, I don't know, some random artist came inand,
Hey, put your hands up!
And I won't...
No, I don't feel that.
True.
We're...
No, not now.
That's true.
Like, even Bruno Mars came in, I would...
Oh, come on, Bruno.
No, not now, please.
Oh, yeah, that's true.
We're losing.
Yeah.
That's true.
But, like, I guess, you know, the Americanfootball, they're doing okay with it.
Yeah, I guess so.
Half of the fans in the studio is rooting for theteam that's losing, right?
But they're okay with the halftime show, I guess.
Yeah, I guess so.
That's not a, you know, football-specific aspect,I guess.
It's true.
But that's happening and, like...
That's interesting.
Yeah.
It's a kind of meme that everybody in the footballfield...
Oh, is that what you're talking about?
They're worrying about it, like, half-joking aboutit.
Yeah, like, America's gonna ruin FIFA.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
They're doing, like, American things.
Wait, who gets to decide?
Is it FIFA?
Yeah, it's FIFA and also the country side.
The hosting country?
Yeah, hosting country side.
Okay, I see.
Yeah.
Which country is FIFA?
Like, is it dominant in Europe?
Oh, yeah.
I think the president is French guy now, I guess.
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I see.
But, yeah, it's not, like, one specific country,but it's, like, the whole association.
Okay, so it's meant to be non-biased to anycountry.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's gonna be...
It's very exciting how it'll turn out.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Bye.
