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Having grown up with many East Asians, I often times see people confuse East Asian aesthetics with looking 'amateur' to American eyes. I have not seen the show

Having grown up with many East Asians, I often times see people confuse East Asian aesthetics with looking 'amateur' to American eyes. I have not seen the show myself, but I wonder how much of this is going on. But, honestly, I'm surprised you were surprised by the political bent. I thought it was common knowledge that the Chinese government's suppression of traditional chinese art led to a diaspora. I guess having a Chinese piano teacher who fled for similar reasons changes your perspective.

pthomas551 8y ago
Shen Yun is run by Falun Gong, which is a Scientology-like cult. Their followers may be heavily oppressed in China, which is wrong, but it's still a cult. We're not talking about traditional performers who fled during the Cultural Revolution or something.
- dionian 8y ago
  The CCP is 10x the cult that FLG could ever dream of being. Stop lapping up/repeating the antiFLG propaganda. Yes they have some weird philosophical beliefs, at least they are pro-love and anti-torture.
  - chillacy 8y ago
    But anti homosexual love, just to be clear. Here's the article's quote that I think sums it all up: > The fact that both Falun Gong and the Communist Party communicate via propaganda makes it almost impossible to understand what’s really happening
  - Kalium 8y ago
    Fortunately for us all, this isn't a contest. Both can be weird, crazy, and cult-y.
- Frqy3 8y ago
  Their similarity to Scientology is quite striking. Complete with alien conspiracy theories [0]. [0] http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2053761,00.html http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2053761,00...
trevyn 8y ago
>I often times see people confuse East Asian aesthetics with looking 'amateur' to American eyes. I’m guessing that both are driven strongly by economics, so it makes sense that there is some perceptual overlap.

pthomas551 8y ago

Shen Yun is run by Falun Gong, which is a Scientology-like cult. Their followers may be heavily oppressed in China, which is wrong, but it's still a cult. We're not talking about traditional performers who fled during the Cultural Revolution or something.

dionian 8y ago
The CCP is 10x the cult that FLG could ever dream of being. Stop lapping up/repeating the antiFLG propaganda. Yes they have some weird philosophical beliefs, at least they are pro-love and anti-torture.
- chillacy 8y ago
  But anti homosexual love, just to be clear. Here's the article's quote that I think sums it all up: > The fact that both Falun Gong and the Communist Party communicate via propaganda makes it almost impossible to understand what’s really happening
- Kalium 8y ago
  Fortunately for us all, this isn't a contest. Both can be weird, crazy, and cult-y.
Frqy3 8y ago
Their similarity to Scientology is quite striking. Complete with alien conspiracy theories [0]. [0] http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2053761,00.html http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2053761,00...

trevyn 8y ago

>I often times see people confuse East Asian aesthetics with looking 'amateur' to American eyes. I’m guessing that both are driven strongly by economics, so it makes sense that there is some perceptual overlap.