Mordant wit imbues Japan's late-night skits

Honolulu Star - Bulletin | November 2, 2001| | Copyright

What comes to mind when you hear of a movie titled "The Color of Life"? I thought of African savannas, Elton John tunes and cute animals a la "The Lion King." I did not think of rotting corpses, cooking shows for cannibals or bikini-clad mannequins dripping with blood.

Which just goes to show you how ignorant I am of late-night Japanese TV, where the hit program "Vermillion Pleasure Night" was spawned. ("Vermillion is the name of a color, it is the color of a scream," explains the host.) A collection of skits poking fun at various facets of Japanese life, "Vermillion" apparently struck a ...

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