I get that other people are like "Oh Kimmy is funny" which is true, but she's the titular character. If she wasn't funny or relatable on some level, there would be no show. Titus on the other hand came out of no where and sang to us with the voice of the angels. The actor is a true talent and his character added a level to the show that no one else would have brought.
Markus Salvador Winter the role was actually written for him , especially by Tina fey. Titus was a legend among their friend group and they brought him to us! Too grateful , love Titus! So damn talented
As a Japanese and the son of an actual Geisha , i am doubly offended from start to finish, The rendition of the song is disastrous, the cosplaying is disgusting and the cliches are infuriating . My mother and grand mother used to sing that lullaby called Takeda no Komoriuta , the lullaby of takeda , Akai Torii when i was a child and hearing it destroyed like this here and turned into a farce is disappointing and saddening . here is the original ruclips.net/video/WuJBMgjXZNI/видео.html ruclips.net/video/a_Z-EcOhsiE/видео.html Don't get the name and photo fool you , that's not my account .
So a black person doing white asian face and singing Japanese for all its worse is ok and acceptable , in which case i suppose no black people will have any issue with this , right ? [ruclips.net/video/sgbqsGIWXsA/видео.html
@@wdwinfield3271 I have spent some time in Europe when i was a kid and have many friends from Belgium and the Netherlands. All of them grew up with with Zwarte Piet , being just a regular Christmas figure . None of my friends are racist and none of them consider Piet offensive toward black people . My husband finds it offensive , i personally do not feel anything about it, because it doesn't concern me. If you do not know who Zwarte Piet is , here is an explanation . How do you think African americans would react to this ? And what do you want to do about it ? Change a 500 years old tradition ? It's not going to happen. ruclips.net/video/jBqoH-qx-os/видео.html But this drag queen impersonating a Geisha at its worst , is not a 500 tradition , and it concerns me directly . So of course o take issue and voice my opinion . I don't mind when things are done in a form of parody , because it is clear from the start that the aim is to make people laugh . But this is not aimed as a parody, this is aimed as a tribute, and yet it is extremely badly executed and performed . How is that not insulting ? Why not use a professional traditional dancer (i couldn't care less of the person's ethnicity) and hire a professional dresser to put the kimono on the right way ? Why create a cheap rendition of a Geisha as a form of homage . It makes no sense . You either do it right, or you do it as a comedy or you don't do it at all.
As half Japanese I was fully expecting something mediocre like so many portrayals of Japanese culture by the west...but when he started singing...I started crying...what a masterpiece of a performance and episode...
Im from Japan too but i found something off about this song, especially his vocals and pronunciations... i get he's an American but they could have found someone else to do the vocals and him lip synch
FlowerPower123 That is the whole point of the episode. That he is NOT Japanese. Having someone sing it perfectly and him lip-synching would no make no sense.
I get that his pronunciation is off here - but he does _sing_ it well. And to be fair, making the same sounds sing as when talking is wrong, well.... not just wrong but in the words of my jazz ensemble professor *wrong wrong wrong* - you can hear the words in this - and the singing is _beautiful_ - so just let the man sing. I’m not saying black people are the only ones to know this level of hardship - but his very dna speaks to the sadness (of the song) that he’s attempting to portray here. Feudal Japan (from everything we know) was a hard place to survive when you’re poor (or just in general)... there’s a lot of equal footing historically to compare here, which is one of the key points for such an effortless translation of *emotion* going I to this performance. It’s not the end all be all and there are other better performances, but in defense of this version - Hell i loved it.
This song is my favorite Japanese song ever (Takeda no Komoriuta) and my reaction was the same as the guy in the audience when Titus started singing. I'm in awe.
I love how the show subverted our expectations. Throughout the whole episode, you'd expect Titus to make a fool out of himself - a terrible, unapologetic and flamboyantly gay African American actor dressed as an 18th century geisha in front of an Asian American audience. You'd think Titus' performance would bomb in a very funny way and get humiliated by his hubris, but the show decided not to play it safe and showed an actual deep and poetic relationship between two cultures, and how they can be bridged through compassion and human kindness. Yup, I cried every time.
@@yasmin4494 how do you figure? Is that what you are personally scared of? Cultural appropriation is not the sharing of culture, it is the appropriation of culture. Twisting it into something it never was, exerting your influence as someone deemed better, based purely on your race. It's wearing feathers on your head as style, but then choosing to give it the same name and aesthetic as sacred headresses in an oppressed culture. Also, it is worth noting that Titus, being black, does not represent a culture that is responsible for racist asain stereotypes as we know them. Black people bear no reslonsibililty for the creation and popularisation of racist stereotypes, because black people have never had the opportunity to do so in contemporary civilisation. It's a genuine appreciation for who and what Mirusaki is that we see through Titus, not an appropriation of japanese culture.
My aunt sung this sing to me a lot when I was younger and I cried instead of sleep. ❤️ as someone who is Afro-Asian seeing this makes me smile. Wish I found it sooner.
The fact that Tina Fey had the foresight to make sure that this was performed with as much care and authenticity as possible really makes this show elevated in quality. In any other comedy show (The Office, BBT, Parks n Rec, etc.) the character would get up there and just have a giant cringe fest with a terrible outcome. The show is funny, but the characters are loveable. You root for them, you laugh with them, and you cry with them. I literally cannot hold my tears in at the last phrase.
It reminds me of grace and frankie. The show thrives on truly BIZARRE plot points which would most likely never happen in real life. However, the characters' reactions to those obstacles are so fundamentally human and understandable that it effectively grounds the entire operation and makes it a touching lesson in humanity. I hope to God that makes as much sense as I think it does in my mind. Titus is a larger than life character, but the way he tackles obstacles creates such a beautiful lesson in humanity.
As a person that speaks Japanese, his words spoke to me in a new level. I really cried listening to it cuz he put so much emotion in every word he was singing. It was really touching
First few episodes of the series you really buy into believing that Titus is a terrible actor and a bad singer because he's kind of a joke but the actor that plays him is actually really talented. It can't be easy as an actor playing a bad actor on screen 😂 he's actually a really good singer and a very dynamic character
The role of Titus Andromedon was specifically written, by Tina Fay, for the actor Titus Burgess. He was in her small group of friends and he had insane talent so she wrote this role for him and him alone .
Never seen the show but I think this is a really well done scene with an important message. I get why people are upset over their culture being appropriated with ignorance, but it’s clear that Titus actually relates with and understand the material. If someone can actually resonate and portray an art form accurately, it shouldn’t matter if it’s part of their ancestry, this is a celebration of the culture not a mockery.
as an east asian i absolutely agree with this. so often i see my culture being appropriated in a superficial, disrespectful, and sometimes outright racist way. but once in a while i come across someone who has genuine respect and understanding for it, and it really is beautiful to see. it becomes, like you said, "a celebration, not a mockery".
Mori mo iyagaru, Bon kara saki-nya Yuki mo chiratsuku-shi, Ko mo naku-shi Bon ga kita-tote, Nani ureshi-karo Katabira wa nashi, Obi wa nashi Kono ko you naku, Mori wo ba ijiru Mori mo ichi-nichi, Yaseru-yara Hayo-mo yuki-taya, Kono zaisho koete Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi :)
Someone should ask Tituss Burgess to perform this song from the beginning till the end without the boing. Personally, I'd love to listen to it because it's one of my favorite versions of the Takeda's lullaby
This was/is a perfect show. It broke my heart to see it end, but it ended in a high perfect note and I’m extremely happy I even got to experience it. From the very first episode to the last, it was perfection.
this is the lullaby which is sung by very young baby-sitter girls who were sold by their parents for little money. you can see Murasaki was born in poverty and was sold in very young age and end up being geisha... well done script. amazing.
OMG I was expecting something funny the first time I saw this and turned out as something so beautiful and awesome... I could definitely have that play in my phone
It was very moving, i think this song is beautiful. He made it sound very believable, as if represented his own feelings. I had to listen it 10 times in a row.
This was an homage. The notes pull your tears from your eyes and the respect grabs your admiration from your heart. If you still feel offended, your choice. I respect it. Respect it isn’t about you.
This clip needed to be few seconds longer, the look in Titus’s eyes in the end, heartbreaking, like he truly was the geisha in his former life and living the exact circumstances. Love Titus, this actor is amazing !
I cried when I saw this part of the episode. It really inspired me. I keep thinking of my future. And I finally realize what I want to be. I'm not traditional. I'm spiritual I'm wise I will leave this town, to find my self, my true self.
Suteki da ne? ;) I LOVE it when you get a TOTALLY DIFFERENT outcome than you expected... I was so ready to be cracked up, but then I cried like a baby ;( I just watched this episode on my mobile phone and my family asked me why I'm sobbing like a little "bitch" well Xanthippe, a bitch? a female dog? where puppies came from? I'm cool with that
Gunung Merapiapi Yea dude. Best episode ever. Titus is such a deep character. It's a very clever and well written show. I can't wait to see more Titus in season 3.
so beautiful and so heartbreaking. Just another example of how this show is fantastic. hilarious in so many places, yet still capable of such a poignant performance. Love it.
Phenomenal I love this show though, but when i saw this, I couldn't even believe it was Titus singing this song perfectly executing not only the dialect but the story itself!
This is the one scene that has stuck with me, just beautifully done. It has made me search into all the beautiful Japanese folk songs and while I may not understand the words the feelings that come through the voices have been amazing.
This is one of the most subtle scenes I've ever seen in any show, I don't know how much of what I found in it was intentional, but to me the following things were all there, it works on so many levels: it's commentary on cultural appropriation, on racism in people with different cultural backgrounds, on social perception and social movements, public communication, afro-american, asian-american, female and lgbt issues, poverty, personal growth and development through self-improvement and a second time through finding a different point of view and through all that, it was still really funny yet emotional. I think this scene is a small masterpiece.
Here is a live version by Junko Yamamoto, the former lead vocalist of Akai Tori, the group that made this song a hit in Japan in the 1970s. Her voice is so impressive. ruclips.net/video/lSzcG482GVk/видео.html
I actually got misty-eyed the first time I saw this. I love the choice to make it serious and sincere. It reminds me of the choice a director can make in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, to make comically bad the "Rude Mechanicals" play take a sincere turn at the end (like the 1999 film version does, when Sam Rockwell does Thisbe's ending speech).
i remember watching this as an immature 14 year old boy not even in high school yet who absolutely, 100% knew that THIS was beautiful and meant something. i knew it then. and i know it now.
The song itself is incredibly moving, and his voice makes it a little more moving, but that’s just my personal opinion. You can also tell the crowd was meant to portray Asian-Americans, because in Japan, they actually support the spread of their culture, and enjoy seeing people in Kimono, as long as they are wearing the clothing respectfully.
I live this performance and I am teary eyed every time I see it. but no matter what I laughter in the middle when the lead booer says "be quiet you Hitlers!"
I expected something funny, something hilarious, something dumb....but...well....this is truly beautifull, I didn't expect this level of emotion...wow!
I hate to bear my heart in such a public forum lol! but I use to laugh at the "you said you'd take me with you, I can not stay here I'm pregnant" part. Now it just hurts and it makes me sad! lol!
I heard a choir sang this song once and I can't help but cry through the whole song. I don't even know the meaning of it but the melody was so heartbreaking
I remember hearing this song about a year or two ago. And, I replayed this episode many times, because I wasn't excepting him to 1)Not make a fool out of himself, and lastly, I didn't know I was going to be captivated by the beauty, pain, sadness, and poetic energy of the song he sang. This has to be my favorite episode of the show tbh
Mori mo iyagaru bon kara saki nya Yuki mo chiratsukushi ko mo naku shi Bon ga kita tote nani ureshikaro Katabira wa nashi obi wa nashi Kono ko you naku mori wo baijiru Mori mo ichinichi yaseru yara Hayo mo yukita ya kono zaisho koete Mukou ni mieru wa oya no uchi Mukou ni mieru wa oya no uchi Obrigado Titus por me mostrar esse hino
Titus brings Murasaki to life with poise, grace and compassion. His voice has power and even though I do not understand one word of this song - his performance brings tears to my eyes. That is powerful.
From the creator of "Peeno Noir"...
How dare you forget “boobs in California” haha
An ode to black penis.
@@WhiteRaven696 I assumed
Fancy
@@WhiteRaven696 classy
I'd pay to see this man just sing Japanese Folk songs for an hour
GlazedGamer It'll cost about a hundred bucks. All you have to do is download the TaskRabbit app.
Id rather see the full show
This man!! This man????! That's Titus andromedon
This man's name is Tituss Burgess and you don't have the right to forget that.
Me too
Titus is the show. Let's be real.
But the girl that plays Kimmy and rich lady are really funny as well. It's just perfectly casted.
Titus rules....but Kimmie...and rich lady. All three make me cry! Old lady too. The casting person rules!!!
Dar B. 100%
I get that other people are like "Oh Kimmy is funny" which is true, but she's the titular character. If she wasn't funny or relatable on some level, there would be no show. Titus on the other hand came out of no where and sang to us with the voice of the angels. The actor is a true talent and his character added a level to the show that no one else would have brought.
kimmie is the show, always.
This isn't even comedy this is actual art tho
Elisapeta Fiaola as if to say that comedy can’t be art
It wasnt supposed to be this good
Everything Titus does is art lol
@@mykzalot Titus is actually a Broadway star irl!!
Comedy IS art
This actor is BEYOND being great at his art. Such a great show and what a performance!
I wish there was a act for this on the theater
Markus Salvador Winter the role was actually written for him , especially by Tina fey. Titus was a legend among their friend group and they brought him to us! Too grateful , love Titus! So damn talented
As a Japanese and the son of an actual Geisha , i am doubly offended from start to finish, The rendition of the song is disastrous, the cosplaying is disgusting and the cliches are infuriating .
My mother and grand mother used to sing that lullaby called Takeda no Komoriuta , the lullaby of takeda , Akai Torii when i was a child and hearing it destroyed like this here and turned into a farce is disappointing and saddening .
here is the original
ruclips.net/video/WuJBMgjXZNI/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/a_Z-EcOhsiE/видео.html
Don't get the name and photo fool you , that's not my account .
So a black person doing white asian face and singing Japanese for all its worse is ok and acceptable , in which case i suppose no black people will have any issue with this , right ?
[ruclips.net/video/sgbqsGIWXsA/видео.html
@@wdwinfield3271 I have spent some time in Europe when i was a kid and have many friends from Belgium and the Netherlands. All of them grew up with with Zwarte Piet , being just a regular Christmas figure . None of my friends are racist and none of them consider Piet offensive toward black people . My husband finds it offensive , i personally do not feel anything about it, because it doesn't concern me.
If you do not know who Zwarte Piet is , here is an explanation .
How do you think African americans would react to this ? And what do you want to do about it ? Change a 500 years old tradition ? It's not going to happen.
ruclips.net/video/jBqoH-qx-os/видео.html
But this drag queen impersonating a Geisha at its worst , is not a 500 tradition , and it concerns me directly . So of course o take issue and voice my opinion . I don't mind when things are done in a form of parody , because it is clear from the start that the aim is to make people laugh . But this is not aimed as a parody, this is aimed as a tribute, and yet it is extremely badly executed and performed . How is that not insulting ? Why not use a professional traditional dancer (i couldn't care less of the person's ethnicity) and hire a professional dresser to put the kimono on the right way ?
Why create a cheap rendition of a Geisha as a form of homage . It makes no sense . You either do it right, or you do it as a comedy or you don't do it at all.
As a japanese, I actually like his singing. He was able to express the lyric's feeling with his talent. Great job Tituss!
Can i ask what is the title of the song??
Lullaby of Takeda
@@phenomxd3080 Thank you! :)
@@김욘두-p7v
"Takeda no komoriuta" is the original japanese name
No one else could do it like this!
As half Japanese I was fully expecting something mediocre like so many portrayals of Japanese culture by the west...but when he started singing...I started crying...what a masterpiece of a performance and episode...
Im from Japan too but i found something off about this song, especially his vocals and pronunciations... i get he's an American but they could have found someone else to do the vocals and him lip synch
FlowerPower123 That is the whole point of the episode. That he is NOT Japanese. Having someone sing it perfectly and him lip-synching would no make no sense.
I get that his pronunciation is off here - but he does _sing_ it well. And to be fair, making the same sounds sing as when talking is wrong, well.... not just wrong but in the words of my jazz ensemble professor *wrong wrong wrong* - you can hear the words in this - and the singing is _beautiful_ - so just let the man sing. I’m not saying black people are the only ones to know this level of hardship - but his very dna speaks to the sadness (of the song) that he’s attempting to portray here. Feudal Japan (from everything we know) was a hard place to survive when you’re poor (or just in general)... there’s a lot of equal footing historically to compare here, which is one of the key points for such an effortless translation of *emotion* going I to this performance. It’s not the end all be all and there are other better performances, but in defense of this version - Hell i loved it.
Halfie too fam. I started crying too😭
Crux161 💙 agreed.
You know it’s good acting
When you believe the male actor playing woman when he says his pregnant.
😂😂😂 right!
When he hid behind the fan I started cry laughing 🥺
Pregante
Yeah ikr I chuckled 😂
🤣🤣🤣
This song is my favorite Japanese song ever (Takeda no Komoriuta) and my reaction was the same as the guy in the audience when Titus started singing. I'm in awe.
Igor Soares indeed takedas lullaby
Takeda no komoriuta
Igor Soares It really should be in an anime.
Thank yoh
Omg yes!
Edited: My reaction of this song it was same at the guy at 1:48 (if im not mistaken)
When he holds the note at 1:44. Devastating.
Jeff Shain Thank you sir. Because of this comment I can now keep clicking it relentlessly.
Gives me chills
I'm ruined
I'm crying. It's so beautiful.
It makes me unbearably sad
This isn't cultural appropriation, this is CULTURAL APPRECIATION.
and respect 🙂
Agreed.😌
I love how the show subverted our expectations. Throughout the whole episode, you'd expect Titus to make a fool out of himself - a terrible, unapologetic and flamboyantly gay African American actor dressed as an 18th century geisha in front of an Asian American audience. You'd think Titus' performance would bomb in a very funny way and get humiliated by his hubris, but the show decided not to play it safe and showed an actual deep and poetic relationship between two cultures, and how they can be bridged through compassion and human kindness. Yup, I cried every time.
I believe it showed how being so scared of cultural appropriation makes us lose this opportunity to connect different cultures
@@yasmin4494 how do you figure? Is that what you are personally scared of?
Cultural appropriation is not the sharing of culture, it is the appropriation of culture.
Twisting it into something it never was, exerting your influence as someone deemed better, based purely on your race.
It's wearing feathers on your head as style, but then choosing to give it the same name and aesthetic as sacred headresses in an oppressed culture.
Also, it is worth noting that Titus, being black, does not represent a culture that is responsible for racist asain stereotypes as we know them. Black people bear no reslonsibililty for the creation and popularisation of racist stereotypes, because black people have never had the opportunity to do so in contemporary civilisation. It's a genuine appreciation for who and what Mirusaki is that we see through Titus, not an appropriation of japanese culture.
Takeda no kamiriutta
Riley J Menace you go girl
I cry every time too. So beautiful.
My aunt sung this sing to me a lot when I was younger and I cried instead of sleep. ❤️ as someone who is Afro-Asian seeing this makes me smile. Wish I found it sooner.
can u tell me the name of the song pleaseee
The fact that Tina Fey had the foresight to make sure that this was performed with as much care and authenticity as possible really makes this show elevated in quality. In any other comedy show (The Office, BBT, Parks n Rec, etc.) the character would get up there and just have a giant cringe fest with a terrible outcome. The show is funny, but the characters are loveable. You root for them, you laugh with them, and you cry with them. I literally cannot hold my tears in at the last phrase.
It reminds me of grace and frankie. The show thrives on truly BIZARRE plot points which would most likely never happen in real life. However, the characters' reactions to those obstacles are so fundamentally human and understandable that it effectively grounds the entire operation and makes it a touching lesson in humanity. I hope to God that makes as much sense as I think it does in my mind. Titus is a larger than life character, but the way he tackles obstacles creates such a beautiful lesson in humanity.
Yes but to be fair the whole point of the Office was to cringe
@@agentsteell
I never could watch that show.
THAT LAST PHRASE ALWAYS GETS ME, TOO!!! 😭😭😭
Hey, Parks and Rec catching undeserved strays lol. Amy would have handled it well I think.
I LITERALLY GLANCED AT THE COMMENTS JUST TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE CRIED AND IM GLAD I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE
Water works here
I’m not crying you’re crying 😭
I sobbed. SOBBED.
Every time!
I ugly cry everytime I hear this
As a person that speaks Japanese, his words spoke to me in a new level. I really cried listening to it cuz he put so much emotion in every word he was singing. It was really touching
First few episodes of the series you really buy into believing that Titus is a terrible actor and a bad singer because he's kind of a joke but the actor that plays him is actually really talented. It can't be easy as an actor playing a bad actor on screen 😂 he's actually a really good singer and a very dynamic character
When he pretends to be a "straight guy" i die
The role of Titus Andromedon was specifically written, by Tina Fay, for the actor Titus Burgess. He was in her small group of friends and he had insane talent so she wrote this role for him and him alone .
@@sersastark d'fwan
@@HomoErected d'why?
I dont thin hes supposed to be a bad actor more like a struggling, self indulging, lazy and difficult actor. Also not the mainstreams taste
This song is beautiful and his voice is amazing. The vibrato in his voice is really something. Made a tear come out when I saw it the first time.
Yeah, the end definitely gets me choked up.
Never seen the show but I think this is a really well done scene with an important message. I get why people are upset over their culture being appropriated with ignorance, but it’s clear that Titus actually relates with and understand the material. If someone can actually resonate and portray an art form accurately, it shouldn’t matter if it’s part of their ancestry, this is a celebration of the culture not a mockery.
Its because he was a Japanese woman in a past life along with being the first openly gay slave
as an east asian i absolutely agree with this. so often i see my culture being appropriated in a superficial, disrespectful, and sometimes outright racist way. but once in a while i come across someone who has genuine respect and understanding for it, and it really is beautiful to see. it becomes, like you said, "a celebration, not a mockery".
Wow wonder what he was in the 17th century@@christiansnow2295
Mori mo iyagaru, Bon kara saki-nya
Yuki mo chiratsuku-shi, Ko mo naku-shi
Bon ga kita-tote, Nani ureshi-karo
Katabira wa nashi, Obi wa nashi
Kono ko you naku, Mori wo ba ijiru
Mori mo ichi-nichi, Yaseru-yara
Hayo-mo yuki-taya, Kono zaisho koete
Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi
Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi
:)
Someone should ask Tituss Burgess to perform this song from the beginning till the end without the boing. Personally, I'd love to listen to it because it's one of my favorite versions of the Takeda's lullaby
Tituss Burgess apart from an Emmy really needs to star in a musical and win a Tony. He's a miracle 😁
He played Sebastian on Broadway! He also sang Stay With Me in front of Sondheim
Wow! I loved it. I don't know why, but I always burst out laughing when he says "I'm pregnant".
Elita P lol the fan dramatics. It also gets me everytime.
Everytime i laugh
Randy Nagitsy I almost cry its just a beautiful moment. Ugh married life did this to me crying at everything.
Same!!! Samee.... I just wrote the same comment hahahahahhaa omg
The shocked reactions of Kimmy seal the deal for me
I was not expecting that when watching the episode, so beautiful
lavender1789 que temporada es? Y que episodio, porfavor gracias y saludos!
@@jazziron8739 season 2 episode 3
@@jaimehernandez3151 tks! Gracias!! ☺️😁
I did not expect to be moved to tears by his performance.
Just realized Stephanie Hsu is the girl in the audience booing, aka the daughter in Everything Everwhere All at Once!!
His voice is so beautiful. That note at the end was so pure.
This was/is a perfect show. It broke my heart to see it end, but it ended in a high perfect note and I’m extremely happy I even got to experience it. From the very first episode to the last, it was perfection.
It's my show. My comfort show. My show if I want to laugh. I keep Netflix cause really other than the occasional unsolved mysteries......
this is the lullaby which is sung by very young baby-sitter girls who were sold by their parents for little money. you can see Murasaki was born in poverty and was sold in very young age and end up being geisha... well done script. amazing.
This made me cry. So beautiful
I me too
me 3
I always hope for the White Power Ranger to appear and comment on a RUclips video
this comment thread made me cry.
LeahBandB me too
Am I the only ridiculous that is crying? I'm so moved by his beautiful voice
“You’re just adding to the booing” story of my life 🤷🏾♀️ lol
OMG I was expecting something funny the first time I saw this and turned out as something so beautiful and awesome... I could definitely have that play in my phone
It was very moving, i think this song is beautiful. He made it sound very believable, as if represented his own feelings. I had to listen it 10 times in a row.
Honestly I did not expect this, It was beyond outstanding, now I wanna see the entire play.
This was an homage. The notes pull your tears from your eyes and the respect grabs your admiration from your heart.
If you still feel offended, your choice. I respect it.
Respect it isn’t about you.
I'd so love a version of this without the booing!!
same
I want him to sing the whole song he'll I'll pay to watch the whole show
@@j3ssthealien283 I would tooo!!
I would kill to see something like this is an actual theater.
depending on where you live, they might have Japanese opera or classical singers!
Same
This clip needed to be few seconds longer, the look in Titus’s eyes in the end, heartbreaking, like he truly was the geisha in his former life and living the exact circumstances. Love Titus, this actor is amazing !
It was one of his past lives
So many years later and I still get chills from this.
I cried when I saw this part of the episode. It really inspired me. I keep thinking of my future. And I finally realize what I want to be. I'm not traditional.
I'm spiritual
I'm wise
I will leave this town, to find my self, my true self.
Wherever you go, find a good therapist. Best way to get to know oneself.
I remember crying unexpectedly when this happened in Season 2. I love Titus Burgess
Suteki da ne? ;)
I LOVE it when you get a TOTALLY DIFFERENT outcome than you expected... I was so ready to be cracked up, but then I cried like a baby ;(
I just watched this episode on my mobile phone and my family asked me why I'm sobbing like a little "bitch"
well Xanthippe, a bitch? a female dog? where puppies came from? I'm cool with that
Gunung Merapiapi Yea dude. Best episode ever. Titus is such a deep character. It's a very clever and well written show. I can't wait to see more Titus in season 3.
so beautiful and so heartbreaking. Just another example of how this show is fantastic. hilarious in so many places, yet still capable of such a poignant performance. Love it.
Phenomenal I love this show though, but when i saw this, I couldn't even believe it was Titus singing this song perfectly executing not only the dialect but the story itself!
This is the one scene that has stuck with me, just beautifully done. It has made me search into all the beautiful Japanese folk songs and while I may not understand the words the feelings that come through the voices have been amazing.
This is one of the most subtle scenes I've ever seen in any show, I don't know how much of what I found in it was intentional, but to me the following things were all there, it works on so many levels: it's commentary on cultural appropriation, on racism in people with different cultural backgrounds, on social perception and social movements, public communication, afro-american, asian-american, female and lgbt issues, poverty, personal growth and development through self-improvement and a second time through finding a different point of view and through all that, it was still really funny yet emotional. I think this scene is a small masterpiece.
I have to agree. ❤
Man... I cry everytime. Great song and singer.
Where can you get Titus' version? I actually cried!
I still come to watch this because of the beautiful melody and the beautiful performance.
Such a beautiful song.. then... "I'M PREGNANT!" 😂😂😂
Such a good show
Despite this show making me die of laughter, this scene never fails to make me cry everytime.
No words. Great song and singer.
God his performance is just so amazing. I tear up every time I watch this.
This is from his one-man show "Oh Kimono She Didn't!"
Here is a live version by Junko Yamamoto, the former lead vocalist of Akai Tori, the group that made this song a hit in Japan in the 1970s. Her voice is so impressive.
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So beautiful. I always get teary at the end. That Titus.
I'm Japanese, but I never heard such beautiful songs.
His voice is surprisingly gentle, and I think voice is better than many Japanese singers.
This scene has two Academy Award nominees: Carol Kane and Stephanie Hsu
I love this episode because you think he’s gonna be funny as usual but then he actually ends up giving an amazing performance
Titus: I cannot stay here... im pregnant
everyone: gasps hahahahhahahaha I can't
He took my breathe away and I started crying. How powerful !!!
I actually got misty-eyed the first time I saw this. I love the choice to make it serious and sincere. It reminds me of the choice a director can make in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, to make comically bad the "Rude Mechanicals" play take a sincere turn at the end (like the 1999 film version does, when Sam Rockwell does Thisbe's ending speech).
His voice is beautiful, especially when he sings “ Blaaaaack Penis!”
Lost count of how many times I’ve watched this. Nothing moves me and makes me smile so much at the same time
Same
I thought it would be awful but his Japanese is good somehow タイタスのおかげで綺麗な歌（竹田の子守唄）に出会えました。ありがとう。
i remember watching this as an immature 14 year old boy not even in high school yet who absolutely, 100% knew that THIS was beautiful and meant something. i knew it then. and i know it now.
I actually want to see his whole play legitimately
Keep coming back to this performance. It was so beautiful
Titus surely is a wonderful story teller through the song he sang, especially this one, this is done so beautifully.
This show brings me joy, can’t remember how much I have rewatched it
The song itself is incredibly moving, and his voice makes it a little more moving, but that’s just my personal opinion.
You can also tell the crowd was meant to portray Asian-Americans, because in Japan, they actually support the spread of their culture, and enjoy seeing people in Kimono, as long as they are wearing the clothing respectfully.
I really want an episode where they show the whole play because this caught my interest!😂
So beautiful! This show is such a surprising delight!
the song is "Lullaby of Takeda" if anyone was wondering and he does a splendid, accurate rendition of the song.
That one high note towards the end that is absolute perfection brings a tear to my eye every time. Titus is the man!
This show is so underrated. I’m so happy it’s a little secret tho
I live this performance and I am teary eyed every time I see it.
but no matter what I laughter in the middle when the lead booer says "be quiet you Hitlers!"
I just noticed that one of the hecklers is Stephanie Hsu, from an extra to one of the best Asian actresses of all time, just wow
And she loves play rehearsal
the original is called "lullaby of Takeda" or "Takeda no komoriuta" and its really beautiful:) this is actually a really nice cover
At :54 or when he sings, "I don't have nice clothes," is perfection. The way he makes it sounds so effortless and continuous is breathtaking.
That was a beautiful rendition of that song. I remember learning it when I was living in Japan.
I watch this every 2 weeks and it makes me cry every time
Still crying
I expected something funny, something hilarious, something dumb....but...well....this is truly beautifull, I didn't expect this level of emotion...wow!
Titus and Lillian made the show,if they weren't in it I wouldn't have bothered.
I hate to bear my heart in such a public forum lol! but I use to laugh at the "you said you'd take me with you, I can not stay here I'm pregnant" part. Now it just hurts and it makes me sad! lol!
I will always stop what I'm doing to watch this video when it's recommended.
makes tears jump out of my eyes and i dont even know why.
I heard a choir sang this song once and I can't help but cry through the whole song. I don't even know the meaning of it but the melody was so heartbreaking
I could watch a full 2 hour production of this play ... o g every time I watch it I want to watch the entire story unfold
Titus is what happens when you put a theater kid on tv. It's pure magic ❤
This has always been the best version I’ve heard of this and the performance makes me cry every time.
I remember hearing this song about a year or two ago. And, I replayed this episode many times, because I wasn't excepting him to 1)Not make a fool out of himself, and lastly, I didn't know I was going to be captivated by the beauty, pain, sadness, and poetic energy of the song he sang. This has to be my favorite episode of the show tbh
Mori mo iyagaru bon kara saki nya
Yuki mo chiratsukushi ko mo naku shi
Bon ga kita tote nani ureshikaro
Katabira wa nashi obi wa nashi
Kono ko you naku mori wo baijiru
Mori mo ichinichi yaseru yara
Hayo mo yukita ya kono zaisho koete
Mukou ni mieru wa oya no uchi
Mukou ni mieru wa oya no uchi
Obrigado Titus por me mostrar esse hino
is it just me or am I actually crying that was so beautiful
I can't stop watching this
This is a great episode. I highly recommend this show
That's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard 😢
The fact that this brings so many people to tears is amazing
i can’t believe i saw this like 2 fucking years ago and i still find it beautiful 🥺
Titus brings Murasaki to life with poise, grace and compassion. His voice has power and even though I do not understand one word of this song - his performance brings tears to my eyes. That is powerful.