The Discreet Insensitivity of ‘Slumberland’
The cultural insensitivity of 'Slumberland' is discreet, and can be easily overlooked in CGI extravaganza.

Work style reform, consumption tax increase, minimum hourly wage increase... The board of directors, who had trouble managing tax payment funds before the interim settlement of accounts, decided to cut the budget for this year's medical examination significantly and to hold it in a smaller venue than the previous year with mixed gender. Since the company's repulsion was naturally expected, it seems that the schedule should be selected on the day when a large typhoon lands... that is, the day when the venue cannot be escaped. Perhaps it also has the purpose of restructuring employees who do not follow the company's schedule. Rather, that may be the real purpose. Anyway, the morning when the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a warning to refrain from going out, female employees were gathered at the rugged health center... A woman whose breasts dyed red in shame perform breast cancer screening at the venue where the typhoon warning of the mobile phone echoes.
The cultural insensitivity of 'Slumberland' is discreet, and can be easily overlooked in CGI extravaganza.
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