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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI don't even know what to say about this so I'll just leave it here--enjoy!
Last edited Sun Jun 19, 2016, 07:05 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add a little article about it: it took a month and $1000 to make.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/19/the-trump-parody-video-going-viral-in-japan.html
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I don't even know what to say about this so I'll just leave it here--enjoy! (Original Post)
renate
Jun 2016
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djean111
(14,255 posts)2. I used to work in Tokyo. This is a CLASSIC Japanese commercial.
I would watch Japanese TV and have no clue as to what was actually going on, but was entertained, nonetheless.
forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)3. This style breaks my irony detection equipment
Although I'm sure I saw a swastika...and it is meant to be humor from the notes on YouTube.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)4. Will the Idiocrats know it's parody.
renate
(13,776 posts)5. apparently not all of them do
I would venture a guess that if Trump saw it, he wouldn't think it was.