Tezuka's Tongues

[jeffbert]

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[Tetsuwan Penguin]

I know I'm missing something but it seems that the gesture of pulling down your lower eyelid while sticking out your tongue must have a special meaning for the Japanese that escapes Americans. Also who is this duck character Pukko? Whenever I see him I think of Groucho Marx (did Tezuka base him on Groucho?). BTW that last image of Mustachio on the train came from an episode of a Blackjack anime didn't it?

[jeffbert]

I know I'm missing something but it seems that the gesture of pulling down your lower eyelid while sticking out your tongue must have a special meaning for the Japanese that escapes Americans. Also who is this duck character Pukko? Whenever I see him I think of Groucho Marx (did Tezuka base him on Groucho?). BTW that last image of Mustachio on the train came from an episode of a Blackjack anime didn't it?

This one?

Yes, it is from BJ 2004, #20.

Pukko:

How is he like Groucho?

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

He just reminds me of Groucho, maybe it's a duck with hair. In the 50's Groucho was an MC on a TV game show called 'you bet your life'. There was this duck puppet wearing glasses and smoking a cigar that would drop from the ceiling on a string whenever a contestant said 'the secret word' with a $100 bill in HIS bill. The reason Groucho was characterized as a duck was due to the "why a duck" routine from the movie 'coconuts'.
BTW I only saw that TV show in re-runs years later on cable.

Anybody understand the meaning of the pulling down the lower eyelid while sticking out your tongue? I'm sure it has something to do with a Japanese children's thing.

[jeffbert]

I heard of that show, but never saw it.

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[fafner]

Anybody understand the meaning of the pulling down the lower eyelid while sticking out your tongue? I'm sure it has something to do with a Japanese children's thing.

It does mean something in Japanese culture, there had been a link some time ago on non-verbal language in Japan. However I am not sure what it meant exactly, just that it is not respectful.

[AprilSeven]

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I found it on this website:
[url]http://www.tofugu.com/guides/japanese-body-language/[/url]

[Satus]

The gesture is also called akanbe, the earliest known use of the term was apparently in Katai Tayama's story, Rural Teacher (田舎教師 .

[jeffbert]

I had not realized that only the pinky was used to pull the eyelid.

[jeffbert]

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Why is Kirara-sama using her index fingers?