To be honest, the show’s been pulling my leg for so long, now, it’s
starting to get numb. I’d rather move on to other topics, but it’s worth
bringing this up, yet again, because it’s on the same sliding scale as my
issues with KILL LA KILL. It’s why the “it was only just a dream” twist is
always the worst option for an ending...
Any given story already has a big enough task, trying to get viewers
to suspend their disbelief, let alone feel genuine feelings about the plight of
the characters. It’s perfectly fine to wink at the audience and let me know
that nothing I'm watching “counts” - - it ask a lot, however, to ask me to play along like that for half a season. And that’s doubly so when a show
still insists on such a menacing mood as this one does.
Then again, FLAMENCO keeps making me think (even if it’s mostly frustrated
thoughts), so perhaps that’s good enough.
Anyway, I found “Mr. Justice” here amusing for all his good natured
ribbing at Captain America and other patriotic heroes (although, I think I
might’ve found him funnier if I were watching this with friends). I’m sure he
must’ve ruffled the feathers of at least a few stateside viewers. I hope we all
can take a joke.
That’s not to say that every joke hits a bullseye. I’ve never come
across cereal as being that big a part of an American stereotype,
but it seems to tickle the hell out of this show’s staff. Maybe there’s a joke
about Wheaties that’s been seriously lost in translation? And they get
something majorly wrong by having him do all the shotcalls. That’s something
Japanese superheroes do; not American ones.
(Of course, the really funny part about this “Mr. Justice” caricature
is that Americans wouldn’t know enough about tokusatsu to make any kind of “answer
parody.”)
Watch “Imitation Justice” and decide for yourself, then
read my comments about the previous episode.
About the Author
 | Tom Pinchuk’s a writer and personality with a large number of comics, videos and features like this to his credit. Visit his website - - tompinchuk.com - - and follow his Twitter: @tompinchuk |
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