Party In The USA...Kind-Of...Basically...

I definitely can't help cringing when I watch this video. Not for the obvious reason of the guy who is way too comfortable being Miley Cyrus, but for the fact that they're singing "Party in The USA" in another sovereign country that has basically been commandeered.

But it's ok! Party in the "USA"! It really is borderline propaganda. It totally gives off the vibe of "Hey! You outsiders/critics don't know what you're talking about! Okinawans love having 20% of their land stolen and playing host to 75% of the US troops in Japan!"

I wonder if the group of Americans hijacking major intersections waving the American flag for the sake of a Youtube video is meant to be symbolic? Or just unimaginably ironic? To their credit, they do include waving the Japanese flag around, but that just makes it seem all the more like, "See, Japan is totally cool with it too."

That said, I think I like the video, partly because I can go "Oh Hey! I know that place!" and partly because the people who made it seem blissfully unaware of how inflammatory it could be. Or maybe they did and that was their point? That's probably giving them too much credit.

This video honestly blows my mind. I don't use that phrase too often, but seriously, there are so many layers to this video you could study it for a semester in university.

And you know what? For those of you who haven't been to Okinawa, it's not even a good crash course/tour. Don't get your hopes up.

Naturally, they stick basically to the American sections.