Razor Ramon Hard Gay
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Razor Ramon Hard Gay was created by SIGHUP
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First off a little info from wikipedia
Hard Gay
The most well-known character developed and portrayed by Sumitani is Hard Gay (ハードゲイ ,Hādo Gei?), introduced in 2002, as whom he finally rose to national prominence in 2005. The term "Hādo Gei" is a Japanese reference to American gay subculture in similar fashion to, say, "punk". In Japan, gender subculture with distinct dress style are in fact trans-gender or drag, which in Japan is referred to as "Gei ゲイ". In turn, the term "hard gay" became the reference to more masculine oriented "drag" seen to be prevalent in America. The comedy, which is not obvious to Westerner, is derived from the fact that Hard Gay is foreign and therefore, can get away from most outrageous behaviour or comment. The fact that Hard gay does not portray any japanese gay subculture also explain why the sketch was allowed to be aired in Japanese TV, which has its own code of political correctness. A parallel can be drawn from British comedy character, Ali G, a British Jew pretending to be an American black gangsta, with outrageously politically incorrect views and comments.
First off a little info from wikipedia
Hard Gay
The most well-known character developed and portrayed by Sumitani is Hard Gay (ハードゲイ ,Hādo Gei?), introduced in 2002, as whom he finally rose to national prominence in 2005. The term "Hādo Gei" is a Japanese reference to American gay subculture in similar fashion to, say, "punk". In Japan, gender subculture with distinct dress style are in fact trans-gender or drag, which in Japan is referred to as "Gei ゲイ". In turn, the term "hard gay" became the reference to more masculine oriented "drag" seen to be prevalent in America. The comedy, which is not obvious to Westerner, is derived from the fact that Hard Gay is foreign and therefore, can get away from most outrageous behaviour or comment. The fact that Hard gay does not portray any japanese gay subculture also explain why the sketch was allowed to be aired in Japanese TV, which has its own code of political correctness. A parallel can be drawn from British comedy character, Ali G, a British Jew pretending to be an American black gangsta, with outrageously politically incorrect views and comments.
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