>>68341017It's like what Raden said about art history, westerners as a base model, evolve and adapt art, because copying isn't "art", while the Japanese usually continue what their predecessors worked on.
It's why the Japanese don't understand their own memes after they went through a kaigai meme life cycle. They instead reproduce the same meme for years with little variation to its main format. See PPAP still being semi popular 8 years later in its initial form.
It's more that they do referencing and reenactment, still really funny, but not that much variation in intent.
https://youtu.be/76UbRfD9JBw?t=580https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzsPTrC38PMBoth cases can be found in both cultures ofc, I'm more saying what's considered "the norm".