An Cultural Interpretation Of Contemporary Chinese "Kuso" Phenomenon

Kuso storm has already become a remarkable cultural event, which was caused by Huge's video called"The Murder Caused by A Bun". The thesis considered contemporary chinese kuso phenomenon as a cultural text, and carried out an systematic analysis and interpretation of it. At first, the article gives a summary on kuso phenomenon and ascends to the origin of the word; following that, the author defines the contemporary kuso phenomenon in terms of academy and seeks for the source of kuso culture from historical perspective; after that, the thesis goes to classification of the current complex kuso phenomenon; and then the thesis gives analysis and interpretation of multi-dimensions to the characteristic of kuso culture. From previous research, it is easily found that kuso has become a masses carnival from individual self-amusement. Therefore, entertainment has mainly featured the current kuso culture.Entertainment is the main characteristic of kuso culture. It makes advantages of post contemporary art techniques, such as parody, collage techniques by means of entertainment the subversion, deconstruction to resist the dominant standards. In virtue of internet, a public media available to almost all people, kuso vitalizes power discourse of the public. It has turned out a special critical method of the public. Thirdly, the thesis moves on to the aesthetical fatigue and degeneration resulted from the overdone entertainment of kuso phenomenon. It aggressively challenges the acceptable extreme of politics and morality. It becomes a discourse tyranny that depend on the volition of advocators who like kicking up a row. At last, the thesis analyzes the fate and destiny of kuso culture, pointing out culture is a ceremonial resistant subculture; as a result, it cannot shake the base of the dominant power. At the same time, kuso culture are confront with fate of being disciplined and incorporated by political ideology and commercial culture.