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Thinking about Miyazaki and the way that his animation uses nostalgia. A good friend who grew up in South Korea surprised me when she said she couldn't stand "Ghibli Stuff" from her perspective it was laden with all of these very Japanese nostalgic touchstones, brands, technologies, tropes. She said it reminded her of "Leave it to Beaver" or "Art Deco Denis the Menace" --And right away I could see exactly what she meant. It's just for me the cues didn't land because I didn't have the proximity.