CL wrote:
> chuckers wrote:
>> Debito is probably going to *LOVE* this:
>> http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/mao-inoue-and-jonathan-sherr-to-star-in-my-darling-is-a-foreigner 
>> Especially considering the massive hate-on he has for Tony.  
> 
> I have found that, in person, Tony does not seem to be as much bigger 
> than life as his wife makes him out to be.  I think he owes about 99.9% 
> of his popularity to her.  I've met both of them a few times and he 
> really doesn't make much of a permanent impression.  

Needless to say, that hasn't been my experience. His "popularity"
among Japanese people is certainly due to his wife and the books,
but among gaijin in Japan it's a totally different story. He
certainly made a strong impression on me, both in email, etc. contact
and in person.

-- 
Jim Breen        http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/
Clayton School of Information Technology,
Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
ジム・ブリーン@モナシュ大学