You can’t watch Oppenheimer there yet, but Japan’s reaction to it might surprise you. Tokyo-based columnist @GearoidReidy sees the potential for the Japanese to think about the need for their own nuclear weapons. 🎥🎥 Join @ghoshworld latest LIVE now trib.al/t7de5JL
Barbenheimer memes have kicked off controversy in Japan, as the only country to have been attacked by nuclear weapons. 🎥 @ghoshworld joins Tokyo-based columnist @GearoidReidy LIVE to discuss x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@ghoshworld @GearoidReidy Warner Bros. has apologized after the Twitter account for its “Barbie” film embraced the Barbenheimer memes. 🎥 @ghoshworld joins Tokyo-based columnist @GearoidReidy LIVE to discuss x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@ghoshworld @GearoidReidy Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer doesn’t have a release date in Japan yet. Barbie will debut Aug. 11. Watch as @ghoshworld joins Tokyo-based columnist @GearoidReidy LIVE to discuss the Barbenheimer controversy x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@ghoshworld @GearoidReidy In the US, the Oppenheimer movie has reopened the debate on the bomb and whether it was a war crime. 🎥 @ghoshworld joins Tokyo-based columnist @GearoidReidy LIVE to discuss Christopher Nolan’s biopic in Japan x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@ghoshworld @GearoidReidy Japan tends to avoid discussion of the rights and wrongs of the atomic bomb drops. That’s not to say its citizens have a uniform position — far from it, says @GearoidReidy. Read more: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
@ghoshworld @GearoidReidy Oppenheimer has triggered a debate on the rights and wrongs of dropping the bomb. It could lead to a more useful discussion in Japan — assuming it’s ever released there, says Tokyo-based columnist @GearoidReidy. ⬇️ Watch live x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
“If and when local audiences can have their say on the Oppenheimer movie, perhaps it may trigger a discussion instead on Japan’s ambiguous, if not contradictory, stance toward nuclear weapons ...” ⬇️ Read @GearoidReidy bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…