In dojoji@match.com (2008), the consumer market is “dating” and the expectations that we place on ourselves as well as the pressures our families place upon us. Finding love is an all out effort by everyone in my musical and humorous dance of failing to fulfill the social expectation of finding the "perfect" someone. The music is from the traditional kabuki play "Musume Dojoji" about unrequited love, where a young maiden goes to the temple Dojoji and falls in love with a priest (a prince in disguise) who refuses her adoration. As the colorful background alternates, the maiden evolves from innocence to mature rage (the devil). A young woman in the past would perhaps meet a potential mate at a temple like Dojoji, but now people meet on internet dating services like Match.com and eHarmony. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

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In dojoji@match.com, the consumer market is “dating” and the expectations that we place on ourselves as well as the pressures our families place upon us. Finding love is an all out effort by everyone in my musical and humorous dance of failing to fulfill the social expectation of finding the "perfect" someone. The music is from the traditional kabuki play "Musume Dojoji" about unrequited love, where a young maiden goes to the temple Dojoji and falls in love with a priest (a prince in disguise) who refuses her adoration. As the colorful background alternates, the maiden evolves from innocence to mature rage (the devil). A young woman in the past would perhaps meet a potential mate at a temple like Dojoji, but now people meet on internet dating services like Match.com and eHarmony.

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