Katy Perry stirred up some controversy during her opening performance of “Unconditional” at last night’s American Music Awards. Katy’s theme for that night was Japanese everything. She came out in a kimono surrounded by dancing geishas, Japanese fans, cherry blossoms and all that cultural appropriation. Curiously, no tentacle rape which is a cornerstone of Japanese culture judging by all the educational sites I visit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3hxtfvt5a2M
Anyway, some people thought this was a tad racist because all it did was combine every stereotype of Japan into one hodgepodge AMA performance.
I didn’t think it was that racist. It’s not like she was mocking the culture coming out in bucktooth and singing in a stereotypical Japanese accent. Though that would have been a far more interesting performance.