Dissecting the Casual Racism of “Airplane!”
Airplane! (1980) is a fun spoof comedy with lots of laughs, right? I watched this film for the first time the other night. I loved it. Then came the racist jokes.
Aijin hisho: Bijiri mitsumamire
Ken ruthlessly carries out cold-blooded personnel decisions in his role as a corporate advisor. Yet, in the presence of Miri—his secretary and mistress—he lays bare all his vulnerabilities. He harbors an obsessive fixation on women's buttocks and begs Miri to engage in anal play. Meanwhile, his younger brother Toru—whose personality is the polar opposite of Ken’s—harbors a bizarre fantasy of being reborn from a woman's anus...
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Ken ruthlessly carries out cold-blooded personnel decisions in his role as a corporate advisor. Yet, in the presence of Miri—his secretary and mistress—he lays bare all his vulnerabilities. He harbors an obsessive fixation on women's buttocks and begs Miri to engage in anal play. Meanwhile, his younger brother Toru—whose personality is the polar opposite of Ken’s—harbors a bizarre fantasy of being reborn from a woman's anus...
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Written By:Kuninori Yamazaki
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Runtime:60 minutes
Studio:Tantan-Sha Company, Okura Pictures
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