I did think the sideplot about her manager was intentional. And I think the movie was meant to address the Brittany Spears type starlet machine: get them very, very young and drop them once they actually reach adulthood, broken and unprepared for anything else. And I think it was intentional and not 'happy' that her newfound success is a result of her simultaneous notoriety/victimhood.
I am sort of curious why you like Paprika better. Paprika was the least favorite of his movies for me. It actually seemed the most male-gazey of all of his works, what with the story being mainly about the paternal detective and the overweight nerd. And I reeaaally did not like the examination table scene; it seemed gratuitous to me in a way Perfect Blue's harassment did not.
I personally have no real desire to rewatch either. Tokyo Godfathers has become a regular at Christmastime for us now, though.
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Date: 2012-08-18 01:10 (UTC)I am sort of curious why you like Paprika better. Paprika was the least favorite of his movies for me. It actually seemed the most male-gazey of all of his works, what with the story being mainly about the paternal detective and the overweight nerd. And I reeaaally did not like the examination table scene; it seemed gratuitous to me in a way Perfect Blue's harassment did not.
I personally have no real desire to rewatch either. Tokyo Godfathers has become a regular at Christmastime for us now, though.