Does Mario Show a "Peace Sign” or a "V for Victory” in Super Mario World, All-Stars and Mario 64???
525The long strange journey that a certain hand gesture has undergone, which also managed to enter the world of video games. (More below...)
0:00 Coming Up Next!!
0:12 GTV ID: - .... .. ... .. ... --. - ...-
0:16 All the Kids Are Right
1:41 Muh Sponserz
2:17 V for Victory
4:10 Peace!
7:10 The Final Answer
7:30 NG Scene!
Episode Information
GTV 152 "POV" Season 8 Episode 9
Original Airdate: August 18, 2023
Produced July 22-29, 2023
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 14” MacBook M1 Pro! Edited and produced with Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, and Topaz AI. All paid for with Gainful Employment™
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I really enjoyed laying down the songs for this video. there are several pieces of music in this video.
1-The Mario Paint "Thinking Music" was made courtesy of Qumu! Listen to it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MewAgvsMDp8
2- The Soy-strich® talk bed was "Ultra Yak" from Tempest 2000. The visuals were taken from the time travel sequence in the film "Tim After Time" (1979) and since it looked like something out of Tempest 2000, I thought it was a nice fit!
3- The World War II Music was the official BBC Newsreel music known as "Imperial Echoes."
4- The song to Sign Wa V is "Sign Wa V!" Its actuallt the these to the second series, which came out in 1973, but the spelling of victory was much clearer. Both songs have the same lyrics, so eh, its a bit of a cheat but whatever.
5- Janet Lynn's music was from Edvard Grieg's Lyric Suite (from op. 54 Notturno). Ironically the music comes from Lyric Pieces Book V, but I think that's just a Roman Numeral five. The song was one of three that played during her 1927 performance.
6- The Konica Camera music was "Yesterday, Today , Tomorrow" by: Jun Inoue, who appeared in the ads! I thought the title was a nice touch because the whole story talks about how this sign changed over time. How it was for victory in the past, changed in the 70s, and means peace today. That is unless you think I'm wrong and it's not a peace sign!
7- While I didn't play it, the line "you're all wrong and all the kids are right" comes from the Local H song "All the Kids Are Right" from the album "Pack Up the Cats" released in 1998, and was the greatest album of that year, despite Superdrag's Head Trip in Every Key also being released that same year which is the greatest album of all time. Also don't confuse this with "The Kids Are Alright" by The Who, which is a good song, but is painfully overused by everyone it seems.
Partial Transcript
On January 14th, 1941 Victor de Laveleye, a member of the Belgian Government in Exile, gave a Belgian-French speech on the BBC, whose airwaves would reach to the European Continent. In that broadcast he urged all Belgians to use the letter V as a rallying cry during wartime. V meaning “Victorie” in French and also “Vrijheid.” Freedom” in Dutch. (Belgian is not a language.)
The use of the letter V spread and reached worldwide visibility when the wartime British Prime Minister, one of the greatest of all time, Winston Churchill made the V-sign gesture in a public address. As World War II raged on, with the USA entering the fray after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the V Sign became a global symbol of Victory! The V was even co-opted by the Germans, something historians won’t tell you!
In 1972, Sapporo, Japan hosted the Winter Olympics. In the Women’s Figure Skating event, one athlete captured the hearts of the nation. Janet Lynn. Her performance was far from perfect, with several mistakes made during her routine, including falling over. With each mistake, she maintained a smile and persevered. Janet Lynn earned the Bronze Medal, as well as fame. Throughout 1972 and 73, she toured Japan, and often showed the V Sign in public. At the end of her tour, she returned Sapporo and was surprised to find the Olympic Village still standing. There she left a message, singing it with “Peace, Love and Life In Jesus Christ.”
After that, there was no doubt. In Japan, the V for Victory was now known for Peace.
During her 1972 tour, Japanese camera manufacturer, Konica, seized an opportunity, by producing an ad campaign, featuring popular entertainer Jun Inoue, holding a Konica Camera and making a Peace Sign. Further cementing the idea that the hand gesture that resembles the letter V is best done when taking a photograph.
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