> Honestly, a Chinese person (for instance) won't look at his own culture with the same eyes as an American, and there's some value to that American perspective

> Honestly, a Chinese person (for instance) won't look at his own culture with the same eyes as an American, and there's some value to that American perspective for an American audience. This is a kind of translation task that seems intrinsically hard: you need a foot in both worlds, but one of those feet will inevitably be planted more firmly on one side than another. I call this the "kungfoo panda" effect. There are many examples of artworks produced by outsiders which captures a culture in a way only an outsider sees (such as Bev Doolittle). Insiders may be desensitized by familiarity.