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adjl posted...

It's making use of one culture to produce entertainment for another culture. That is - in the most literal sense - cultural appropriation. There's an argument to be made that the video was produced for Japan more so than for a Western audience, which would make that statement untrue, but otherwise, it is what it is.

She used Japanese pop culture to produce entertainment for Japan. The only objection seems to be that she's white, which is racist at best.

More importantly, the definition concerns the "inappropriate adoption" of culture. The core objection in culturally appropriation has generally concerned the misuse of traditional concepts. rather than pop culture.

And, on the general subject, I should mention that there was little (or no) controversy or objection to Aqua -- a European band -- making a song about an important piece of American pop culture: Barbie. And that case actually involved the song being made for a foreign audience.

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