http://jonathanturley.org/2008/06/09/end-of-the-gravy-train-for-japans-cannibal-celebrity/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:42:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/06/09/end-of-the-gravy-train-for-japans-cannibal-celebrity/#comment-14477 Tenor Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:01:30 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=2051#comment-14477 As a Japanophile (although I don't get to indulge this obsession these days), I'd often been amused by the pop obsession with eating and food in Japan. Tampopo is probably the most famous Japanese film reflecting the obsession that got big play in the US. Even the Japanese news show that I used to watch in Atlanta generally featured a food segment where the reporters visit restaurants and eat various dishes. While I didn't spend too much time in hotel rooms watching TV on my one trip to Japan, when I did flip through the stations it seemed there was always at least one and sometimes more than one food program playing. And this cultural fad is spreading . . . last fall I found that my friends are watching a US spinoff of the Japanese Iron Chef. As a Japanophile (although I don’t get to indulge this obsession these days), I’d often been amused by the pop obsession with eating and food in Japan. Tampopo is probably the most famous Japanese film reflecting the obsession that got big play in the US. Even the Japanese news show that I used to watch in Atlanta generally featured a food segment where the reporters visit restaurants and eat various dishes. While I didn’t spend too much time in hotel rooms watching TV on my one trip to Japan, when I did flip through the stations it seemed there was always at least one and sometimes more than one food program playing. And this cultural fad is spreading . . . last fall I found that my friends are watching a US spinoff of the Japanese Iron Chef.

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