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MW LARSON

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 6, 2021
‘When The Waves Came’: Personal accounts from the 3/11 disaster zone
At the heart of M.W. Larson's book of March 11, 2011, and its aftermath are the stories of the individuals who lived through the disaster, bringing to light all that was lost that day.
Japan Times
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Apr 17, 2020
Bubba Wallace condemns Kyle Larson for using racial slur in esports event
Bubba Wallace, one of NASCAR's most successful African-American drivers, has condemned Kyle Larson for using a racial slur during an esports event, saying his fellow American needs to get such words "out of his vocabulary."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 21, 2016
The bad year that pervaded the screens
The past year has been a cursed one. It began with the death of David Bowie and proceeded to get worse on every level: political hysteria, impending ecological doom, the creeping encroach of net-connected tech into every corner of our lives, and a blurring of the lines between fantasy and reality now known as "post-truth." It was not a great year for cinema — as the gazillion-dollar franchises increasingly shoved everything else to the margins — but the best films seemed both timely and truthful, speaking directly to the chaos of 2016.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 6, 2016
'Room': There is no room for spoilers
Anyone who's ever spent some time hanging around hippies has probably heard the expression "You bought the ticket, you take the ride." Meaning that if you've just gone down the psychedelic rabbit hole, there's no coming back — at least for the next eight hours or so — and you're just going to have to roll with the talking cats and giant insects.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 19, 2014
Short Term 12: 'an intense intimacy with the camera'
Director Destin Daniel Cretton's first job out of college was working at a halfway home for troubled teens and, rather like author Ken Kesey's stint working at a mental institution, he clearly gained some insight and a fistful of vivid characters from the experience. The resulting film, "Short Term 12," is unlike other "institutionalized" dramas such as "Girl, Interrupted" or "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in that it has a lot of sympathy for the young social workers who are doing their best to help the kids in their care — learning to deal with freak-outs, cultivating a sense of humor under fire and finding creative ways to connect with traumatized, defensive kids.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on