Honestly its not THAT offensive.... since, while an unnecessary comment, is 100% true. (I grew up in Japan with the added ancestry, and I'm sure most Japanese won't give a shit)
In the late 70s early 80s everyone hated the Japanese because their cars where selling better than American cars, in fact, many people in different countries hated them for similar reasons. They where what the Chinese are now.
@@hdaviator9181 I don't think the China example really fits, Japan won out because they where making better products, China's just making stuff cheaper.
@@ZontarDow Agree 100%. People in US manufacturing jobs feared Japan because they were turning out superior products in industries we thought we had locked up as leaders. China is dominant because they have an endless supply of people in poverty who will work for relatively nothing (plus they'll steal your product and sell a half dozen differently branded copies on Amazon cheaper).
I can just imagine some guy off to the side with cue cards doing that hand-across-the-neck gesture because the narrator is saying shit that isn't on the script and it's *every single offensive line in the commercial,* but when the higher ups actually watch the botched final product they just go, "Fuck it," and send it out anyway.
Honestly it goes to show how good America is, considering that from America's point of view Japan attacked the US into a war the US didn't want to get involved in (barring the upper govt level conspiracies about drawing Japan into the war) so really, being able to make it into a joke is just an American trying to get over the war. Not a bad thing
Possible explaination: This was a video geared tward American investors and not ment to be seen by the ones in Japan, or either country's general public. It still does not excuse the passive agressive racism which was unacceptable even in the 1980s.
It's interesting how they're singing Japanese versions of Spoonful of Sugar and Zipadeedoodah long before those songs were dubbed into Japanese. They actually sound pretty good, anyone know where I can find the full versions?
As someone who grew up with Japanese pop culture and loving it very much, I was surprised by how passive-aggressively racist Americans were to the Japanese during the 80s and all because they make better cars than we do
In many ways it was a better time. The character of the population of the US has sinced changed and most don't care about being American, or where their stuff comes from, even if it's from a dictactorship using child labor. Even though Japan was (and still is) an ally, it was more acceptable to throw competitory banter at them as you see in this video. Now China is a far bigger competitor and we're just letting them walk over us, and any leader at least attempting to put America first has been called "racist". There's not much uniting the US these days, and without unity, what even is a nation?
yes, the narration is pretty cringe ("programmed not to mention world war II" etc) but you got to remember that more time has passed since this was filmed (41 years here in 2024), than when it was filmed and the end of WWII (38 years). It was a different era.
Jesus - I hope you never go through a REAL crisis like a fire or mugging or tornado. How will your precious sensibilities deal with REAL things like THAT?
He wouldn't. This casual racism was pretty commonplace back in the 80s and many american businessmen were quite fearful of Japan and its then booming economy. Nowadays he will definitely get fired (especially if the video gets put up on Twitter), but this was a different time
“they’re eating it all up like rice” WOW
they love rice.
MmMmMmMmMm *RICE*
Honestly its not THAT offensive.... since, while an unnecessary comment, is 100% true. (I grew up in Japan with the added ancestry, and I'm sure most Japanese won't give a shit)
What? Japanese people eat a lot of rice, what's the big deal
"uh... what's something that Japanese people eat?"
"how would I know?! uhhh... just put rice... yeah... Asians eat rice, right?"
Thank you Defunct Land! You have truly blessed me by showing me this
I keep forgetting which of his videos referenced this
@@zaliron ruclips.net/video/H6rnPqSrE40/видео.html
It's about Cinderella's mystery tour
Why does this narrator have such a grudge against the Japanese XD
In the late 70s early 80s everyone hated the Japanese because their cars where selling better than American cars, in fact, many people in different countries hated them for similar reasons. They where what the Chinese are now.
@@hdaviator9181 I don't think the China example really fits, Japan won out because they where making better products, China's just making stuff cheaper.
World war 2
@@ZontarDow Agree 100%. People in US manufacturing jobs feared Japan because they were turning out superior products in industries we thought we had locked up as leaders. China is dominant because they have an endless supply of people in poverty who will work for relatively nothing (plus they'll steal your product and sell a half dozen differently branded copies on Amazon cheaper).
Its Joseph Jostar
All of the shade thrown at Japan in this vid is nothing short of amazing
"programmed not to mention world war II"
Damn who's the savage narrating this???
not to mention "they may not be buying our cars but they sure are buying our culture" just....wow
"Japan's eating it all up like rice"
That part cracked me up
"Now if they only buy our Chevolets"
Squad Battle Classic passive-aggressive 80’s racism
I can just imagine some guy off to the side with cue cards doing that hand-across-the-neck gesture because the narrator is saying shit that isn't on the script and it's *every single offensive line in the commercial,* but when the higher ups actually watch the botched final product they just go, "Fuck it," and send it out anyway.
It...was a different time.
This is the best/worst thing I have watched
This casual racism scarier than any jumpscare
This casual racism is scarier than any jumpscare
There's nothing racist here, weirdo.
Lmao fr☠️
It wasn't racism back then.
"Programmed not to mention World War II"
big oof
Honestly it goes to show how good America is, considering that from America's point of view Japan attacked the US into a war the US didn't want to get involved in (barring the upper govt level conspiracies about drawing Japan into the war) so really, being able to make it into a joke is just an American trying to get over the war. Not a bad thing
That must've been very interesting to the South Koreans and Chinese watching this
They won’t buy are cars but they’ll buy are culture
WTF
Who the fuck confuses ARE for OUR????
@@sidjtd I'll give you one guess.
America was falling apart due to the shift to japanese cars. Entire towns collapsed and are still in the shit.
American globalization at its finest!
@@mattsterh7740 Common American L
Holy shit the unabashed racism was super unexpected when I opened this
What did you expect from the company that made song of the South?
It's not racist.
0:08 that man is having the time of his life 😂
Possible explaination: This was a video geared tward American investors and not ment to be seen by the ones in Japan, or either country's general public.
It still does not excuse the passive agressive racism which was unacceptable even in the 1980s.
That casual racism is scarier than any jumpscare Defunctland can come up with.
If this was in America, then the announcer would be like “They’re dying to get in as if they don’t don’t health insurance”
It's interesting how they're singing Japanese versions of Spoonful of Sugar and Zipadeedoodah long before those songs were dubbed into Japanese.
They actually sound pretty good, anyone know where I can find the full versions?
Why is this man so passive aggressive omg
I wanna see the rest of the video
oh 1980s america, how the tables would turn on the public thoughts about japan a good decade later
Somehow the announcer in this commercial is still less racist than Twitter users talking about Japan
Most people: The 1860’s was the most racist period in American history
This commercial: Hold my Pepsi
Narrator: "Japan's eating it up like rice"
Savage af
It's not savage. Japanese people eat rice.
If you think THAT'S savage, please don't watch any Benny Hill sketches. He plays a Chinese man and calls everyone "You sirry irriot!!!" (silly idiot)
01:53 Boom there is Shigeru Myamoto
@RandomPasserby OnTheInternet he is the backbones of Nintendo. He is mainly a game designer for Nintendo, among occasional spokesperson.
Wait is that really him?!
As someone who grew up with Japanese pop culture and loving it very much, I was surprised by how passive-aggressively racist Americans were to the Japanese during the 80s and all because they make better cars than we do
Loob
多分公共の電波で放映された番組なんだろうけど、いちいち人種・国家のことで嫌味混ぜられてるのが面白いなw
こんな時代もあったんだなー
Disney really said "Let's make it as racist as possible" huh?
No
Cool..👍👍👍👍😁😎
Gosh the racisicm
Cool
Dang 80s
Narrated by Sam Raimi
Where Did You Get the Footage from?
It was from a news program of some sort. Sorry, I can't remember the name of the show!
It's Alright, But this is Better Treat for Me.
In many ways it was a better time. The character of the population of the US has sinced changed and most don't care about being American, or where their stuff comes from, even if it's from a dictactorship using child labor. Even though Japan was (and still is) an ally, it was more acceptable to throw competitory banter at them as you see in this video. Now China is a far bigger competitor and we're just letting them walk over us, and any leader at least attempting to put America first has been called "racist". There's not much uniting the US these days, and without unity, what even is a nation?
yeah finally find an ad for american colonialism
That's one way of looking at it. 😂
the 80s was such a parody of the US
The amount of casual racism against Japanese people in this editorial is just staggering!
This is crazy bro 💀
yes, the narration is pretty cringe ("programmed not to mention world war II" etc) but you got to remember that more time has passed since this was filmed (41 years here in 2024), than when it was filmed and the end of WWII (38 years). It was a different era.
I don't like the way he said "Old East"
Suck it.
I hunted this down to locate 0:50
Damn, Disney racist much?
😬😬😬
Racism gang
Well... This is offensive!
Not in its time, it wasn't. But thank you for your virtue signalling - NOT.
THE RACISM??? ☠️☠️ kept jump scaring me😰
Jesus - I hope you never go through a REAL crisis like a fire or mugging or tornado. How will your precious sensibilities deal with REAL things like THAT?
Salty af
A bicurious bike boi would know a lot about "salty".
Who thinks the narrator got fired after this commercial?
Nah it was a different time
He wouldn't. This casual racism was pretty commonplace back in the 80s and many american businessmen were quite fearful of Japan and its then booming economy. Nowadays he will definitely get fired (especially if the video gets put up on Twitter), but this was a different time
This wasn't his fault. He was reading from a script that made it through "product testing".
*Cringe*
Is this xenophobia or are we “woke” for this?