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Good-by Marilyn

This is one of the animated films Tanaami produced for the television program 11PM. It deploys reiterated eroticized motifs such hot dogs, bananas, and pornographic cutouts intermingled with depictions of Marilyn Monroe wearing the Statue of Liberty’s crown as well as various Disney-style characters, creating a lively and rhythmic visual flow. Symbols of American pop culture are interwoven with Japanese cultural elements, such as the famous Glico sign in Osaka’s Dotonbori district and background music featuring the singing of Miki
Hirayama. The inclusion of fighter planes and the Vietnamese flag, evoking war, further integrates disparate elements into Tanaami’s signature visual vocabulary.