{"id":1198,"date":"2017-07-07T15:48:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T06:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brighture.jp\/b-blog\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2017-08-09T02:10:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T17:10:02","slug":"please-laugh%e3%80%9c%e7%ac%91%e3%81%a3%e3%81%a6%e3%81%8f%e3%81%a0%e3%81%95%e3%81%84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brighture.jp\/b-blog\/1198","title":{"rendered":"Please Laugh\u301c\u7b11\u3063\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forgive me for expecting my irony-soaked, pitch black brand of humor to be an internationally guffaw-inducing phenomenon. It seems that I am not very funny in Japan after all. Awkward. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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But then again, hours of effortlessly keeping a straight face sitting through Hitoshi Matsumoto\u2019s much-hyped \u300c\u30c9\u30ad\u30e5\u30e1\u30f3\u30bf\u30eb\u300d while my husband is practically rolling on the floor laughing, trying to catch a breath before another of the comedians\u2019 privates is flung into the air in some of the most ridiculous costumes I have ever seen suggest that certain types of Japanese humor do not tickle my funny bones either. Again, \u2018certain types\u2019. \u3059\u3079\u3089\u306a\u3044\u8a71\u3000is a winner in my book.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The fact that the difference in culture and blunders of translation cause the lack of congruence between my personal humor and that of the Japanese is obvious enough. I have, in countless occasions, tried to explain every punch line of How I Met Your Mother to my husband after all (because explaining the joke is funny, right?) – only to have a pitiful \u201cI can\u2019t see why it\u2019s funny\u201d as a response.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Yes, I totally get it. But I am a Filipino millennial. I am part of a generation raised under the idea that anything you ever dreamed of is within your grasps – if only you have the courage to try. So I try. I stubbornly try to make Japanese people laugh, darn it. And of making a clown out of myself, here are some of my takeaways.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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If you maintain a steady diet of American TV series like I do (at least five episodes per day since I was 16), you may occasionally develop the urge to respond to things with sarcasm. Do. Not. Give. In. Sarcastic comments do not fare well in these lands and though you might be lucky enough to not end up with a knife in your gut if you do so, you are almost always guaranteed to find yourself in an undesirable situation. With a silly smirk on my face, I once made the mistake of telling a convenience store attendant that she need not worry because \u201c…I\u2019ll simply use my hands\u2026\u201d when she asked if I wanted chopsticks with my noodles. Between her alarmed expression and the cupful of change she shoved to my hand, I did not bother explaining that I did actually need those chopsticks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Second, and this is going to sound very cliche but hear me out – be yourself. As the gaijin in a room full of nihonjins, you are expected to soon make a linguistically wrong remark or a culturally different action that would lead to a pleasantly funny experience. When I unwittingly said that I was an English \u6559\u5ba4, the entire group I was with broke into a laugh. At least I gave them a good time, eh? And don’t think that a perfect command of the Japanese language or a complete understanding of the country’s culture would exempt you from this. A towering white guy with a perfect Japanese accent? Well, that’s even more entertaining. Not that being a good immigrant is funny per se. It\u2019s just that, in the words of a Japanese friend of mine, it is \u201cfunny for being strange\u201d. So wear the color of your skin proudly and, honey, just do you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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When all is fails and you find yourself facing a crowd of wide-eyed spectators waiting for a punchline that would never come, here\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve mastered. Plaster your face with the widest, silliest smile you could afford and yell \u201cGaijin Jooooke\u201d. I don\u2019t know why but, much to my glee, this always results into a chuckle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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On a final note, I would like to reiterate – I\u2019m usually funny. No takers? Fine. Gaijin Jooooke.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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