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Re: Separate Peices?~?
Posted By: MACK! In Response To: Separate
Peices?~? (Masako) : In the Image Comic #1, there's one part that I don't : It's the part where Kabuki says she believed in the Noh's 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.
Date: MON, 2/26/01, 11:11
p.m.
: really
understand, can someone help me out?
: cause until
she found out that the emporer has no
: clothes. I didn't quite understand
that, can someone
: enlighten me? Thanks!
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