From Demon Kogure to Hard Gay, Japan has been on the forefront of creating memorable characters. Now they’ve taken our rockin’ new President and made a few ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.
President Obama was elected to bring change to America but his message has gone far beyond our borders. Now the Japanese have their own Obama impersonator and he comes equipped with all of the signature catchphrases of the real McCoy, but with an added bonus. Their Obama does stage magic.
Observe this clip of a Japanese TV show of the Magic Asian in front of a live studio audience.
Plus, he sells products, or at least I think that’s what he’s trying to do here in this next clip.
I was really interested in the Pearl Harbor joke at the beginning of that one. Was he making fun of The President for being from Hawaii? Or was he gloating that his country was able to launch a surprise attack that was later turned into a major motion picture? Maybe a little of both? I couldn’t tell.
This Japanese Fauxbama is not at all unique, as there have been news reports of Obama impersonators all over the world. They are found in countries including, but not limited to, Cuba, Indonesia, and The Philippines. So while other industries are feeling the effects of this global recession, one industry is growing in leaps and bounds, the “Impersonating the U.S. President sector.”
The free market appears to have already declared Obama one of our greatest Presidents by virtue of his being an international marketing behemoth. Historically the job of impersonating the U.S. President has been a tiny niche market, filled by only a couple people. There were also practically no product tie-ins, but Obama has done for the impersonator market what the Internet did for 1990s technology companies: he created a massive growth surge that won’t stop until it becomes a monster.
See? He’s fixing the economy already.
