Japane gay drama, “What Did You Eat Yterday?” enlightens to move forward | Staabily om Japan - Zenbird

Contents:

• GAY M/M JAPAN - (MOVI & DRAMAS)
• JAPANE GAY DRAMA, “WHAT DID YOU EAT YTERDAY?” ENLIGHTENS TO MOVE FORWARD
• THE EFFECTIVE PARATEXTUAL MSAG OF THE JAPANE GAY TV DRAMA SERI OSSAN’S LOVE
• ASIAN BL - BL/GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI 1980'S TO 2021
• JAPANE TV DRAMA’S GAY CHARACTER A SIGN OF LGBTQ ACCEPTANCE OR JT OPPORTUNISM?
• BL / GAY - NEW MOVI AND DRAMAS 2020-2021

GAY M/M JAPAN - (MOVI & DRAMAS)

”), based on the manga seri wh the same tle wrten and illtrated by Fumi Yoshaga is a heartwarmg Japane TV drama seri that portrays a slice of life of a middle-aged gay uple livg Tokyo. Short chapters, and maly foc on the relatnship of a gay uple: Shiro (played by Hitoshi Nishijima) and Kenji (Seiyo Ucho), while touchg upon the issu of LGBTQ rights and their life Japan.

Shiro oks meals for himself and Kenji daily and liv happily, but he still feels unfortable beg seen as gay. Bee Kenji’s worried that Shiro may fd him annoyg, he hat to ask Shiro not to meet up wh another gay iend.

JAPANE GAY DRAMA, “WHAT DID YOU EAT YTERDAY?” ENLIGHTENS TO MOVE FORWARD

Shiro and Kenji sometim fight over their different ways of beg gay: Shiro is a closeted gay who hat if random people know that he is gay, while Kenji is openly gay.

When Kenji laments that ’s so unfair that he’s not allowed to talk about his partner to anyone else when his boss talks about his fay to the ctomers, I remember my gay iend beg reluctant to talk about his partner at our high school rnn. It also seems que realistic when Shiro’s parents say, “I’m prepared to accept everythg about you whether you’re a gay or a crimal, ” showg their stggle to unrstand his inty. His tw brother me out to him as gay when they were teenagers, but Yaichi uldn’t accept and eventually grew apart om his brother.

A middle-aged cross-drser gay man, an ex-owner of a gay bar, be a high school teacher and te stunts his unique and hont way. The Sixth Commandment9pm, BBC OneTimothy Spall stars this dark drama by Sarah Phelps based on the horrifyg real-life se of Peter Farquhar, an elrly, eply closeted gay amic who was sced, exploed and eventually murred by too-good-to-be-te stunt Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke).

THE EFFECTIVE PARATEXTUAL MSAG OF THE JAPANE GAY TV DRAMA SERI OSSAN’S LOVE

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". This rearch foc on the Japane gay TV drama seri Ossan’s Love (2018) to vtigate why the show attracted not only queer dienc, but also heterosexual dienc by analysg s textual periphery through paratexts such as promotnal posters, articl and dience reviews.

ASIAN BL - BL/GAY DRAMAS AND MOVI 1980'S TO 2021

However, publicy for this show clearly dited a gay theme s promotnal materials, and the show beme popular natnwi. At first, some people may thk the show is a stereotypil edy that mak fun of gay people, but they eventually regnise that none of the characters lghs at romance between men. It is likely that the show’s such unbiased settg mak both heterosexual and homosexual dienc fortable, dimishg the le between different sexual orientatns.

The show, Ossan’s Love [Middle-Age Men Love], was broadst on one of Japan’s six major TV statns and beme popular wh both homosexual and heterosexual dienc (News Post Seven, 2018). In Japan, publicists tradnally replace ‘homosexual romance’ wh ‘human romance’ and rarely mentn sexual mory them synops when promotg gay-themed films (Real Sound, 2018).

JAPANE TV DRAMA’S GAY CHARACTER A SIGN OF LGBTQ ACCEPTANCE OR JT OPPORTUNISM?

From the perspective of social inty theory, is difficult to expla why this show attracted both homosexual and heterosexual viewers. Extant studi have found that media ntent wh ntroversial them, cludg gay them, often have ed paratextual promotnal strategi (Brookey and Wterfelhs, 2002; Cooper and Pease, 2008; Kg, 2010; Lotz, 2004).

Th, this rearch analysed relevant paratexts of Ossan’s Love – such as promotnal posters, media articl and dience reviews – to terme why a wi dience was attracted to the show’s gay them. This analysis termed that important paratexts were play that enabled both heterosexual and homosexual dienc to embrace this mory-themed entertament.

Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and/or qutng (LGBTQ) issu have been a growg topic entertament media worldwi, cludg films, TV programm and mic vios (Bond, 2014). For example, Manuel (2009) examed Queer as Folk, a US gay-themed TV seri broadsted om 2000 to 2005 that both heterosexual and homosexual dienc embraced. Through a semtic readg, Manuel (2009) found that an overtly sexualised homosexual mak heterosexual viewers bee ‘homovoyrs’, a new type of dience that enjoys observg the gay world.

BL / GAY - NEW MOVI AND DRAMAS 2020-2021

Characters wh sex appeal attract heterosexual viewers, mostly female viewers, spe the gay-themed story.

Siarly, Boys’ love (BL), a genre of Japane manga ics that explicly als wh homoerotic male teractn, is very popular, particularly among young women, not only Japan, but also other untri (Mart, 2012). Consirg that female rears nnot have a romantic relatnship wh another man as a gay male, BL is not realistic, but rather a dream world for them.