Drumming Through Princess of China: Intercultural Encounters in a Hollywood Music Video
The powerful performance rhetoric of North American drumming tells a story of Japanese American and Asian American survival, defiance, and joy, but I ask whether the politicized Asian American body created by taiko can be reconciled with the performance venues actually available to its musi...
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The powerful performance rhetoric of North American drumming tells a story of Japanese American and Asian American survival, defiance, and joy, but I ask whether the politicized Asian American body created by taiko can be reconciled with the performance venues actually available to its musicians. I explore how several members of the Los Angeles based group to which I belonged performed in Princess of China (2012) a music video by Chris Martin from Coldplay featuring Rihanna. This video is an unapologetic orientalist mash up, drawing freely from Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Indian elements. Its loose narrative is based on two Chinese martial arts films, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon House of Flying Daggers, with the insertion of a White/Anglo hero and a dark heroine, Rihanna as a Chinese princess. I ask how and why my teacher and fellow performers would choose to perform in it as like players. I offer two performers’ thoughts on the shoot and the struggle for self representation in a popular music environment with little or no cultural accountability. I conclude by reflecting on how there are no pure spaces for Asian American or Japanese American self determination. |
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I28-R145-7545_oai2025-11-17 Wong, Deborah 2019-02-01 The powerful performance rhetoric of North American drumming tells a story of Japanese American and Asian American survival, defiance, and joy, but I ask whether the politicized Asian American body created by taiko can be reconciled with the performance venues actually available to its musicians. I explore how several members of the Los Angeles based group to which I belonged performed in Princess of China (2012) a music video by Chris Martin from Coldplay featuring Rihanna. This video is an unapologetic orientalist mash up, drawing freely from Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Indian elements. Its loose narrative is based on two Chinese martial arts films, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon House of Flying Daggers, with the insertion of a White/Anglo hero and a dark heroine, Rihanna as a Chinese princess. I ask how and why my teacher and fellow performers would choose to perform in it as like players. I offer two performers’ thoughts on the shoot and the struggle for self representation in a popular music environment with little or no cultural accountability. I conclude by reflecting on how there are no pure spaces for Asian American or Japanese American self determination. La poderosa retórica de la ejecución del taiko de América del Norte relata una historia de supervivencia, resistencia y alegría japonesa y asiática-americana. Me pregunto si el politizado cuerpo asiático-americano creado por el taiko, puede ser reconciliado con los lugares de la performance que están disponibles para sus músicos. Exploro cómo varios miembros de un grupo de taiko de Los Ángeles, al cual yo pertenezco, ejecutan Princess of China (2012), un video musical de Chris Martin, integrante de Coldplay, que incluye a Rihanna. El video es una mezcla orientalista de estilos que no tiene reparos y que libremente toma prestados elementos chinos, japoneses, tailandeses e hindúes. Su vaga narrativa está basada en dos films chinos de arte marcial, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon y House of Flying Daggers, con la inserción de un héroe anglo-blanco y una heroína negra, Rihanna como princesa china. Me pregunto cómo y por qué mi maestro y mis compañeros de ejecución decidieron presentarse como músicos de taiko ninjas. Presento la opinión de dos ejecutantes de taiko sobre la filmación y la lucha por la auto-representación en un medio de la música popular que tiene poca o ninguna responsabilidad cultural. Concluyo reflexionando sobre la falta de espacios puros para la auto-representación de los asiáticos y japoneses-americanos. A poderosa retórica de performance dos tambores taiko da america do norte, conta uma história de sobrevivência, desafio e alegria dos asiáticos e nipo-americanos. Entretanto, indago se o corpo politizado asiático-americano criado pelo taiko pode ser reconciliado com os locais de espetáculos atualmente disponíveis para seus músicos. Eu exploro como vários membros do grupo de taiko sediado em Los Angeles, ao qual pertencia, se apresentaram em Princess of China (2012), um videoclipe de Chris Martin, do Coldplay, com a participação de Rihanna. Este vídeo é uma miscelânea orientalista sem remorso, que se baseia livremente em elementos chineses, japoneses, tailandeses e indianos. Sua narrativa frouxa é baseada em dois filmes chineses de artes marciais, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon e House of Flying Daggers, com a inserção de um herói branco/anglo e uma heroína morena, Rihanna, como uma princesa chinesa. Eu pergunto como e por que meu professor e colegas intérpretes escolheram se apresentar como músicos de taiko ninjas. Eu ofereço dois pensamentos de performers de taiko sobre a filmagem e a luta pela auto-representação em um ambiente musical popular com pouca ou nenhuma responsabilidade cultural. Concluo refletindo sobre a falta de espaços puros para a autonomia de Ásiaticos e Japoneses da América do Norte. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/oidopensante/article/view/7545 eng Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/oidopensante/article/view/7545/6756 El oído pensante; Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019): Febrero 2019 - Julio 2019 El oído pensante; Vol. 7 Núm. 1 (2019): Febrero 2019 - Julio 2019 El oído pensante; v. 7 n. 1 (2019): Febrero 2019 - Julio 2019 2250-7116 música intercultural orientalismo video musical América asiática taiko etnografía música intercultural orientalismo vídeo musical Asiático-americano taiko etnografia Intercultural music orientalism music video Asian America taiko ethnography Drumming Through Princess of China: Intercultural Encounters in a Hollywood Music Video Drumming Through Princess of China: encuentros interculturales en un video musical de Hollywood Drumming Through Princess of China: Encontros Interculturais em um Vídeo Musical de Hollywood info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=eloido&d=7545_oai |