Kelly Osbourne Turning Japanese

I just watched the show “Kelly Osbourne Turning Japanese”. For those of you who do not know who she is, she is the daughter of Ozzy Osbourne who was the lead singer of the heavy metal group Black Sabbath. The have become famous in the last few years for a reality tv show. I never watched that show as I am not a fan of the whole reality tv genre. But this show caught my attention.

The show is about her experiencing Japan and all the many quirky jobs that there are. The reason she starred in this show was that like many people who have never really been to Japan, she had a some what glamorized view of the country and was not sure if she would truly like the real Japan. So she decided to come to Japan work in many jobs that are some what unique to Japan as, working in a Maid Cafe, being an English teacher for a day, samurai acting and finally as a geisha.

When my friend told me about this show I hesitated to watch as I had a some what negative opinion of her, I thought she was a loud mouth girl who had no manners and then deciding to come to a country that is so much about rules was a recipe for disaster I thought. An at first I was correct as the first job she took was as a maid in a maid cafe and she did not really like all the rules and such that she had to follow in serving the customers. But the thing that really made her angry was the massage place that was run upstairs, she thought that was just too sexual and she left abruptly.

This lead to her complaining about her job. I thought it was amazing here was someone who has traveled the world but probably has never experienced a country as she was always with other English speaking people. So at first Japan was quite a shock for her, but she would slowly learn that the uniques of Japan was not all bad.

The next job was working at a love hotel i think, she was the people at the front desk. It was amusing to watch her, and it showed some what how gross it is to work in such a place and how funny it can be. So many people wanted Cup Noodle and beer. Then there was the people who would order sexual products and she had to deliver them to the customers. Then afterwards she had to clean him and that was tough. As love hotels are mostly used for people to have sex and so you know the place is not that clean. I could not imagine having to work there and nor could she.

I will not talk about all her jobs as that would take a while and spoil the show so i will just spend the rest of my time commenting on the show.

By the end of the show I started to really like her, she is a person that accepts who she is. She says she knows she is spoiled and she is not ashamed of that, nor that she is not thin. She has accepted who she is and I think that is important for everyone to not strive to be someone in a magazine but someone who is happy of who they are. Then the other thing i respected about her was that she tried things, she may not like them later on but at least she tried things and I respect people for that.

I really liked how she was not shy to try new things as sometimes I think i try too much to ruffle the feathers of Japanese people and try to fit in that sometimes not ask awkward questions in the realization that i might offend the Japanese people. But she does not seem to mind, but she does it in such a way that it is more pure and naive then someone who does not care.

By the end of the show she has gone from hating Japanese for how weird it is, to enjoying the uniques of it. I think this shows the many cycles people go through when they enter a new country. That when you move to some where new it is a journey and not a single experience. I think by the end she has started to really get Japan and I hope she does come back for more.

At the moment the show is on youtube, but for how long I do not know. Here is the first episode, but you can find the rest by looking in the related area and finding the next clip in the show. There is 3 episodes, so make sure to click on episode 1 part 1 and so on, so that you can see the entire series.

Then please come back and tell me what you thought of the show, I am really interested to hear.

Patrick

Kelly Osbourne Turning Japanese Episode 1 Part 1

Comments (3) left to “Kelly Osbourne Turning Japanese”

Kichigai_Kujaku wrote:

Patrick,

It has been a while since I checked your blog, but the Kelly Osbourne show is still up:) I thought it was a great perspective into Japanese life, and you are right ~ you gain a lot of respect for her after the show for her….honesty. Although she is blunt and very straightforward, I really enjoyed watching the show.

Thanks for the link, and I hope you are enjoying your travels/stay in Japan.

じゃあ、またね。

Posted on 27-Apr-07 at 10:32 am | Permalink
patrick1004 wrote:

Hey,

It is nice to see you leaving a comment. I am happy to like the post, i think it was a different perspective on Japan.

What is your blog again?

Patrick

Posted on 27-May-07 at 8:38 am | Permalink
jenn wrote:

Does anybody have the or a episode of kelly turning japanese you can email me?? I give up, lol i cant find it anywhere now

Posted on 02-Sep-07 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

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