Tuesday, January 06, 2004 |
Were you secretly attracted to Tripitaka?
The first of these being one of the major contributors to school yard violence and attempted martial arts related injuries. Just ask anyone who has worked in an emergency ward how many kids they have admitted after being hit in the head with 2m sticks like Monkey uses to fight off the evil spirits and monsters in the show.
The Second thing Monkey Magic is known for is the forbidden attraction many of us had for Tripitaka the Buddhist Preist (pictured above in the white and yellow robes)
In the show they never really say wether the charater is a man or a woman and being school kids we weren't to know that there are no female Buddhist Preists. For this reason it was always rather confusing to watch the show and find yourself strangley attracted to this preist while at teh same time trying to figure out if it was a guy or a girl.
Well for all the guys out there who have been holding a secret shame for so many years, I have both GOOD News and BAD News.
The BAD News is that the charater is a guy. As I stated before, there are no female Buddhist Priests.
The GOOD News is that the person who played Tripitaka is actually a women. In fact she was quite a famous actress and model in Japan. Her name is Masako Natsume (Her real name is Masako Odate). Sadly however she died on September 11 1985, aged 27, just over 6 years after finishing work on Monkey.
She is still extremely popular in Japan and her image is still used to this day to sell enourmous amounts of product.
So breathe a sigh of relief all you blokes who for all these years have been fretting that you were attracted to a beautiful guy. It was in fact a beautiful woman.
Now go watch the end of the Cricket.
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Born from an egg on a mountain top,
The punkiest Monkey that ever popped, He knew every magic trick under the sun, To tease the gods And everyone can have some fun. Monkey magic, Monkey magic, Monkey magic, Monkey magic, Monkey magic, Monkey magic ooh! Magic Monkey used to be staple after school viewing back in the day. Usually on at around 5pm, this Japanese classic would dish out 30 mins of violence and amusing Elnglish overdubbing in heavy Japanese accents. The story line went that Monkey (King of the Monkeys), Tripitaka (a Buddhist Priest), Pigsy (a Pig Spirit) and Sandy (a water spirit) all travelled from China to India to retrieve some Buddhist scriptures from a temnple there. The show is universaly known for two things. |
The first of these being one of the major contributors to school yard violence and attempted martial arts related injuries. Just ask anyone who has worked in an emergency ward how many kids they have admitted after being hit in the head with 2m sticks like Monkey uses to fight off the evil spirits and monsters in the show.
The Second thing Monkey Magic is known for is the forbidden attraction many of us had for Tripitaka the Buddhist Preist (pictured above in the white and yellow robes)
In the show they never really say wether the charater is a man or a woman and being school kids we weren't to know that there are no female Buddhist Preists. For this reason it was always rather confusing to watch the show and find yourself strangley attracted to this preist while at teh same time trying to figure out if it was a guy or a girl.
Well for all the guys out there who have been holding a secret shame for so many years, I have both GOOD News and BAD News.
The BAD News is that the charater is a guy. As I stated before, there are no female Buddhist Priests.
The GOOD News is that the person who played Tripitaka is actually a women. In fact she was quite a famous actress and model in Japan. Her name is Masako Natsume (Her real name is Masako Odate). Sadly however she died on September 11 1985, aged 27, just over 6 years after finishing work on Monkey.
She is still extremely popular in Japan and her image is still used to this day to sell enourmous amounts of product.
So breathe a sigh of relief all you blokes who for all these years have been fretting that you were attracted to a beautiful guy. It was in fact a beautiful woman.
Now go watch the end of the Cricket.
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