1: What's important when you perform rakugo overseas?
G
S: I consider it important to keep the original stories,
novel aid
) ne sme
including the settings and characters. By doing this,
international
audiences become absorbed in
Japanese culture. As a result, they laugh more.
1: How did you realize that?
Vroue glory
zoban of
S: In a performance in the US, I told a Japanese story
which included an episode about a crane and a
tortoise. I didn't think the audience was familiar
with a Japanese crane. So I replaced it with a
flamingo. The audience didn't laugh as much as I
had expected. Later, I found out the reason. The
word "flamingo" brought their minds to Florida
because it's famous for
those birds. I realized I had
to keep their minds in a
Japanese world.
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KATSURA SUNSHINE
THE NEW YORKER
KATSURA SUNSHINE'S
RAKUGO
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