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Game Show Imports Like 'Wipeout' are a Study in Orientalismnew

Poking fun at the insanity of a Japanese game show isn't new. But now that mockery is being married with a shrewd commercialism as the very concepts that were once gently derided are Americanized.
Willamette Week  |  Daniel Carlson  |  07-09-2008  |  TV
Tags: ABC, TV, Hole in the Wall, Japan, game shows, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, MXC, Takeshi's Castle, Wipeout

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