kuroko

May 27, 2007 10:50 PM

Kuroko, Japanese performance art: Why is my girlfriend mad at me?
posted by nickyskye (14 comments total)

cont'd...The Scissors Sisters' version, She's My Man. Baseball à la Swan Lake and dancing skeleton. A little about kuroko, which incorporates aspects of bunraku, puppet theater (used in The Lion King Broadway version). Previously, Matrix Ping Pong.
posted by nickyskye at 10:50 PM on May 27, 2007

I never knew ninjas had a sense of humour.
posted by jouke at 11:02 PM on May 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

I am stoned, and this is hi-lar-ious.
posted by nasreddin at 11:05 PM on May 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

I am not stoned at all, and this is still wonderful!
posted by Citizen Premier at 11:08 PM on May 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

This has been on for years and years, and it's a kind of "Idol" show in which anyone can audition and get on. An ex-girlfriend's father was on the show years ago. He and another group of people formed different faces with their bodies....or something.
posted by zardoz at 11:28 PM on May 27, 2007

[this is ...]
...all too familiar from what my wife is like at times...
[...and good]

Very creative. I've seen this type of theater in some of my travels, but this is definitely a top-notch performance. Makes good use of the art form's potential.
posted by mystyk at 11:28 PM on May 27, 2007

OK, I thought, as I was watching, that I had seen this before...but then it all went into reverse and I was goddamn caught UP! Thanks, nickyskye.
posted by LeeJay at 11:30 PM on May 27, 2007

That looks more like a talent show than a performance art venue. Not that I'm saying the two can't mix, but it's unlikely. The response of the female performer at the end also makes it seem more like a talent show.
posted by humblepigeon at 1:52 AM on May 28, 2007

We alsways seem to be checking into a little ryokan late-night on some trip when we do a little channel surfing and find this on. It's always just the thing, too. Couldn't watch it regularly, but in small doses, love it.
posted by dreamsign at 2:10 AM on May 28, 2007

Sorry, it is indeed a talent show. I'm sorry that it doesn't live up to your definition of high art, and I'm sorry that prevents you from finding it entertaining. I'll take it over American Idol any day.
posted by donkeymon at 4:15 AM on May 28, 2007

Sorry, it is indeed a talent show. I'm sorry that it doesn't live up to your definition of high art, and I'm sorry that prevents you from finding it entertaining.

Um, calm down. The OP says it's performance art. I just pointed out that it looked a lot more like a talent show.

I didn't find it as good as The Matrix ping-pong things these same guys did, but I found it entertaining.

OK?
posted by humblepigeon at 4:42 AM on May 28, 2007

The show is Kasou Taishou and a YouTube Search kept me laughing for hours yesterday.
posted by zengargoyle at 5:34 AM on May 28, 2007

kuroku is a kind of Japanese performance art done by stagehands dressed in black (or white or blue depending on the scene).

"Why is my girlfriend mad at me?" is an example of kuroko. There are other examples of kuroko -and a definition of it- in the comment just after the post.

zengargoyle, Thanks for the name of the show and finding the additional cool links.
posted by nickyskye at 8:29 AM on May 28, 2007

This is some great stuff. Thanks.
posted by joedan at 10:15 PM on May 28, 2007