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...like Tokyo's hugely popular Twinstar distribute their own how-to parapara videos. Elementary school kids perform the moves at school events and, the ultimate Japanese pop-culture imprimatur, even the strolling Minnie and Goofy at Tokyo Disneyland are parapara-ing: a special dance has been created for the Mickey Mouse March...
Which is all well and good for a Japanese fad, but if the guy in the Mickey Mouse suit in Anaheim started parapara-ing, barely anyone would recognize he was dancing. The Twist may not have been much of an improvement on the Waltz, and nothing has surpassed the Tango?and don't even get us started on the Macarena?but parapara is an entirely different language altogether?a Japanese dance phenomenon that is far more Japan than it is dance...
...most important credit of all, for "Chief Technician." The man's name is Willis O'Brien, the first great artist of stop-frame animation. For special effects fans, he's Mickey Mantle, Michael Jordan and the Beatles all wrapped up in one bespectacled, balding, paunchy little guy. His innovations affected an entire industry and created a whole genre. He's the one who made the monkey move, the one who made "King Kong...
During her talk, Kwan brandished a bright-red report with the face of Mickey Mouse on it. The report detailed the working standards of toys made for the Disney Corporation, Kwan said...
...latest report is called 'Beware of Mickey,'" she said, eliciting laughter from the audience...