- The concerns Aino brings up in panel 1 are of course due to the fact that this story takes place a decade before the begin of the American Civil Rights Movement.
- The "Princess Caraboo" ploy mentioned by Camilla is referring to this.
- Also, I thought it would be funny for Camilla playing the role of an exotic princess (which she strictly speaking actually is) by donning a pseudo-Scottish accent...
(And a North German accent in the German version.)
The hilarious thing is that could totally work.
(I remember reading about a light-skinned black American who claimed to be some kind of not-black Latino Cuban aristocrat and avoided a lot of bs that way.)
Oooh, interesting story!
The real life Princess Caraboo (as in, she was a real person, not that her exotic princess persona was real) is of course another example of someone successfully pulling this of.
One difference though was that she was a white person claiming to be, uh... Well, I don't know if she got perceived as white or not, but at the very least she claimed not to be an European.
I guess one factor in this story is probably that back then the average person didn't know that much about far away countries and its inhabitants than today.
I didn't have Manchuria specifically in mind - but the fact that it fits in with the Japanese actual modus operandi during WWII certainly works in favor of her story sounding believable.
(Listener: "Hmmm, I don't know your country, but I vaguely remember reading about events like the one you describe in the newspaper...")
This one time in the 80s I was an overly serious kid with an interest in geography sitting watching a drama with pre-recorded sound. When a big-boned (literally), round-headed black guy began 'speaking' with the purest or Scottish accents, my eyes nearly popped out of my head! ;) Did I mention I'd spent the first 6 years of my life with more blacks than whites? Actual African blacks, at that; from Liberia if I remember right.
People speaking with accents that seemingly don't fit their outside appearance can be startling at first - but in the end, every combination is possible of course. :-)
(I remember reading about a light-skinned black American who claimed to be some kind of not-black Latino Cuban aristocrat and avoided a lot of bs that way.)
The real life Princess Caraboo (as in, she was a real person, not that her exotic princess persona was real) is of course another example of someone successfully pulling this of.
One difference though was that she was a white person claiming to be, uh... Well, I don't know if she got perceived as white or not, but at the very least she claimed not to be an European.
I guess one factor in this story is probably that back then the average person didn't know that much about far away countries and its inhabitants than today.
(Listener: "Hmmm, I don't know your country, but I vaguely remember reading about events like the one you describe in the newspaper...")