The Time Japan's Biggest Pop Stars Crash-Landed on American TV
Briefly

In the early 1980s, Pink Lady was a cultural phenomenon in Japan, but their U.S. variety show became a notorious failure, ultimately killing the genre.
The American version of Pink Lady was unlike anything that audiences had seen; it was a bewildering fusion of their vibrant performances and a baffling format that simply didn’t resonate.
Despite its failure in America, Pink Lady's impact in Japan was monumental, demonstrating the cultural differences and expectations that contributed to its lack of appeal in the U.S.
Read at Slate Magazine
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