Originally Posted by
0cks
Originally Posted by
bobbytripledigits
Originally Posted by
0cks
I don't really foresee Americans listening to Chinese pop, watching chinese movies and writing in Mandarin... alot of that stuff doesn't translate well so exporting all that would prove to be very tough...
IMO chinese culture will stay in China... now spanish though might become our national language
I disagree. What if we were having this discussion in the '80s and I told you in 2011, we'd all be familiarized and talking about a Japanese brand that became one of the "coolest" in the States? You'd say "No way, I don't foresee Americans wearing Japanese clothes" right? What if I told you No Doubt would rise in popularity off of Harajuku themes, or Hollywood would start mimicking famous Korean cinema like Old Boy?
Chinese culture is already infiltrating. CNN has been talking heavily about Ai Wei Wei over the past month, a very famous Chinese dissident artist. Again, the money is in China, so the world will follow.
Asian culture influencing American/European culture with repackaged European ideas/themes? Yeah sure I can see that continuing... but dominating with
completely original Asian cultural media, fashion etc.? I doubt it... Asians aren't arrogant enough like Europeans to make that happen...
Obviously a few westerners embrace Asian culture to the fullest I just don't think the powers that be will let that become the majority...
Really, though, what is "
completely original Asian culture?"
I think the part that's confusing the naysayers is that they think I'm saying everyone's gonna be eating Asian food, watching movies in Chinese, dressing in silk robes, and growing Fu Manchus. And if that's what you're thinking, then I think that's ignorant.
Completely original Asian culture these days - like ALL culture worldwide - is a hodgepodge of everything. The East is heavily influenced by the West - to the point where most Americans can travel around Asia and not feel as severe as a culture shock as decades past (Meaning they can probably find a McDonald's or KFC to eat at if they wanted to).
In the future, the West will be more and more influenced by the East. It's just a natural result of the tipping of the economy, resources, and sheer population numbers.
To the guy in New Orleans who said he doubts his community will be influenced by Asian culture.. apparently he never listened to Wu-Tang (New York kids inspired by Chinese film), he never used most major appliances that were technologically advanced by Japanese standards (smaller, faster, cuter design), and what about Bape? Anyone in this thread who wore Bape was wearing a JAPANESE brand. Turns out Japanese clothing is not just a kimono and chopsticks in the hair. In the '90s, Nigo would sit outside of New York schoolyards and observe our hip-hop/urban fashion. He walked our tradeshows and was introduced to guys like Erik Brunetti from FUCT and stole his Planet of the Apes iconography. Then he went back to Japan, scaled the t-shirts down to fit Japanese people, concentrated on quality, packaging, and limited numbers (Japanese philosophy), and came up with an original brand that he sold right back to the Americans who he borrowed from in the first place.
Same thing with menswear trends these past few years that have gone into the "trad," Americana aesthetic. That style has been popular in Japan for years. These were the guys who came to the States, basically stole and mimicked our vintage fashions by scouring flea markets and thrift shops. They went back to Japan, made it cool to dress like an old middle-American farmer from the 40s, and then the West took it back again. And so on.
These are all examples of how the USA has been heavily influenced by Asian culture (which was inspired by American culture, which was inspired by European, and so on). And it will continue to happen even moreso now.
