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Re: Separate Peices?~?

Posted By: MACK!
Date: MON, 2/26/01, 11:11 p.m.

In Response To: Separate Peices?~? (Masako)

: In the Image Comic #1, there's one part that I don't
: really understand, can someone help me out?

: It's the part where Kabuki says she believed in the Noh's
: cause until she found out that the emporer has no
: clothes. I didn't quite understand that, can someone
: enlighten me? Thanks!

It is a reference to the story called "The Emporer's New Clothes".

In case you are unfamiliar with this story, the Emporer gets some new clothes. But this new outfit is fashioned by a witty tayor, who proclaims that only people who are not "fools" can actually see the clothes. The emporer is given a handful of nothing. Not wanting people to think he is a fool, the emporer acts like he sees the clothes, proclaims them beautiful and puts them on. Of course he is naked. But the rest of the people in his kingdom do not want others to think they are fools, so they also remark at the beauty of the emporer's new outfit, even though all they see is a naked emporer. No one will state the obvious for fear of bucking the "common wisdon" of the land.

Kabuki mentioned this as a metaphore for her own society's "group mentality" in Circle of Blood. Finally she could not play along anymore, and she spoke out about the absurdity of the system that she was obvious to her, even though it bucked the trend of ettiquette.

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NEW: Separate Peices?~? -- Masako -- MON, 2/26/01, 10:47 p.m.
NEW: Re: Separate Peices?~? -- MACK! -- MON, 2/26/01, 11:11 p.m.
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