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Taoyuan Nights

Orca Killers I have known.

One of the greatest joys of shopping in Taiwan is finding things that repeatedly slipped through the safety net of good judgement. Particularly, I’m thinking here of the many films that simply should never have been made in the first place, much less duplicated en masse on DVD and marketed in a department store. Let’s take a look at a few examples, taken from a department store in Taoyuan.


An inspired set of titles - but WHY would any sane person choose to own this
small collection of DVDs rather than $2000 TWD? ($60 US)


It’s the Hoff! And it’s been discounted by almost $300 TWD in a sale! One of life’s few truly spectacular bargains, priced at only a full day’s wages for many Taiwanese people.


Genius.

I think it’s pretty safe to conclude that Taiwan’s choice of imports often seems rather surreal from a western point of view.

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