I met Mr. Au during module 1, and recently the remaining shops around him are clearing out of the State Theater building. Although not seem to be concerned at all (I honestly do worry about his mental well being), it left me wondering why this is happening to one of the major contributors to the general outlook of this city itself!? The topic is intended to extend to other historical sites, how they symbolize (or symbolized) an old way of life and austhetics. With the HK government’s neglect of the importance and value of these local spectacles, what would Hong Kong look like without preservation?
Cartoons and character design have always been a passion of mine as a result of many of the imported shows from Japan, Britan and the US.
I yet to investigate how the whole mascot culture was started, but a good guess would be the wide influence of Japnese culture across Asia. Hong Kong has the bad case “if it works for them it’ll work for us”, and to be frank and not waste my time trying to make this sound better, the government mascots SUCK.
the mascot of the HK Fire Department which was widely discussed on the internet.
In a video (in Cantonesehttps://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20160501/19594104) by Apple Daily, an interview was conducted where participants rate and see if they’d recognize current mascots from the Weather Observatory Department, Health Department, Fire Department and so on, most of them where not recognized, and that some of them were even laughed at.
The success of Anyone, the mascot for the Fire Deaprtment was a hot topic in 2019, but I think there is actually a hidden truth behind the popularity of the character in that of it resembles a certain sexual fetish. This is not the first time government promotional material or stunts have landed on mistakes as such, often they hold the impression of thinking they have done a great job now that everyone is talking about it, having a jolly’ol time, not finding out (or not admitting afterwards) about the silly flaws and lack of research in approving a mascot design.
I do hope to steer towards this topic for my essay writing later on, id wish to explore what HK citizens think, are the mascots helping? Are there more forms in public announcements? Why and how are design and austhetics approved within the HK government? There are many great examples of mascots around the word that I personally think could aid the case of Hong Kong’s mascot problem.
ANDY WAS HERE
ANDY was here π€ 