New poll: legitimacy of Japanese TV CE
Recently a television program starring Tomoko Miyake was accused of claiming she ate more than she actually did. The new poll asks how common you think fakery is in televised Japanese competitive eating.
An anonymous account of last year’s pumpkin eating contest in Rhode Island claims additional discrepancies in another program Tomoko Miyake appeared in.
Rhonda Evans said
August 14, 2008 @ 2:38 pm
I don’t know that they’re any more fake or real than they are anywhere else. Until you understand the culture, and because “fake” is relative, who’s to say?
It’s easy to judge through “coloured” perceptions, based on our culture. It’s more difficult to put yourself in the place of others.
nacrogyn said
August 14, 2008 @ 5:55 pm
i dont think any of it is fake, since kobayashi frequently appears on those gameshows yet when we see him on tv in nathans, we know he isnt faking, also there will be witnesses to watch the CEters eat.