#a while ago my friend asked me ‘so what’s the japanese perception of a stoner like?’ and i didn’t have an answer | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

01tsubomi · 2 years

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in the japanese production of bmc they took the references to weed out of michael in the bathroom but they kept the scene of him ripping a fat bong and then hiding it from jeremy’s dad so conflicting opinions on the stoner thing there

#a while ago my friend asked me ‘so what’s the japanese perception of a stoner like?’ and i didn’t have an answer #i think weed is just so illegal there that not enough people smoke it especially not visibly for there to be a stereotype #if anything maybe like just a thug #but i was thinking abt it bc the one line was ‘i’ll just blame it on weed’ so yeah they’d change that nobody knows what weed makes you feel #overstatement but yeah that’s actually a pretty tiny thing #it was interesting the ways it changed moving it to a different culture #it was still very ‘this happens in an american high school’ - the costumes were exactly the same #but there were definitely little changes #christine was like more of a flighty super cute teen girl #less oddball more sorta idol-y (also if I read the scene right she gets super wasted at the Halloween party)#jeremy himself was sorta slimy it was interesting #like the conception of ‘high school popular mean boy’ is sorta more jeery I guess so that’s how he acted in the second act #overall i really liked it!! but i only got to see the second act 😢😢#it was sorta like seeing a showcase or preview instead of feeling like ‘i just saw bmc’#but i mostly wanted to gauge the vibe anyway so it’s fine #personal #my favorite part btw was the girls they were like super fun and vibrant and silly #it was like a party for girls #oh also!! the audience clapped along!! during all the high energy musical numbers everyone clapped #i didn’t know that could happen at a musical especially not in japan

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