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HAVE YOU HEARD... |
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ABOUT CRYING CLUBS |
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Crying clubs? - No it’s not a joke……nor is it the result of abysmal defeats in Football, cricket or Rugby clubs - but a new phenomenon sweeping Japan and maybe heading this way!
Before you jump to the Who? Where? What? Why on earth…? Questions, take a deep breath, remember Karaoke and read on..!
Who….? Mostly Stressed Businessmen…
Where….? In Japanese Cities…..
What….? Are paying to go to Clubs where, in a Private room alone or with others (if they want to share the experience), they sit in front of large screens watching ‘sad films’ designed to induce real tears.
Why….? Well, this might take a bit longer….. |
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The whole of Japan is apparently in the throes of a ‘Crying Boom’.
Many Teenagers, Women (middle aged and older) as well as ‘Pressured Executives’ are all seeking this newly accepted form of ‘stress relief’.
A T.V. Soap opera from Korea ‘Winter Sonata’(a tragic tale of a doomed love affair) and screened in Japan last year is said to have sparked the craze and triggered an influx of more of the same.
Japanese production companies were quick to compete and have since produced heart-wrenching films that feature ever more ‘doomed romance and tragedy’.
Thanks to clever Marketing a whole new industry has since emerged - TV series, DVDs, books - all specifically aimed at making you cry!
In Cities larger bookstores accommodate this New Genre with whole ‘Tear-book’ sections of novellas specially graded for their ability to make you cry - Nostalgia, Romance, Tragedy, Terminal illness - Tales of torment and ill-fated lives - so long as it make you weep it’s a winner!
In Britain today it is generally believed that men are becoming more emotionally expressive - and that it is a good thing.
When football star Paul Gascoigne “GAZZA” famously shed tears on the pitch, wearing an England shirt, more than a decade ago, it was hailed by some as a turning point in social attitudes. Though opinion remained divided it had raised a subject for discussion which had previously been strictly Taboo.
More recently when David Beckham (no introduction needed) appeared slightly tearful dropping off his son on the boy's first day at school, this was merely further evidence that it is now acceptable, or even desirable, for men to show emotion - well wasn’t it? |
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