Controversy
When the concert film was aired on television in Japan, many fans in the country became offended after they had heard that the phrase "BOMB JAPAN NOW," was displayed among the hundreds of various random words displayed during "The Fly." The phrase was said to have been an ironic joke since the entire show was a satire about the media. However, Japanese fans who did not understand the "joke" were very angry and upset. In August 2007, Zoo TV set designer Willie Williams confirmed the fact that the offensive phrase was never part of the Zoo TV show, and that it was simply a figment of a reporter's imagination after viewing the hundreds of random words displayed during the song. In reality, the words displayed were shown in the following sequence — BOMB / WHORE / ULTIMATELY / JAPAN / CHAOS / I / WANT / IT / NOW — which caused the reporter to "see" the phrase.
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