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[desperation]

THIS IS WHY i LOVE THE POST.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08142007/entertainment/travel/at_a_theme_park_in_korea__everythings_strangely_familiar_small_world_travel_jason_cochran.htm

[wo buxihuan hanguoren]

Hahaha

[Ya-ta Boy]

There is something fishy about that article. Every Korean under the age of 82 knows the word 'hotel'. No doubt the guy walked up the the woman in white gloves and rattled off a sentence at full speed, complete with idioms and slang.

[wo buxihuan hanguoren]

[jajdude]

They have announcements in Korean and English (some in Chinese too). One announcement says if you are looking for someone, a kid or parent or whoever, go to the 3rd floor.

"Yes, I'm looking for my friend Francis." Do they actually have someone there who can deal with that in English? I'm curious.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[wo buxihuan hanguoren]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Actually, I'd attribute it to a drama queen.

[Qinella]

I agree with Ya-Ta Boy. All the guy had to do was say "hotel" a few times and he would've been fine.

The writer embodies white privilege. He goes over to the middle of some Asian country and expects people making a buck an hour to understand English just because the theme park features a lot of English in its design. Clearly, he has not noticed the t-shirts people wear here.

Not much information in the review about the theme park itself. He points out how Everland rips off Disney World, but it doesn't leave the reader with the kind of information you'd expect to have after reading "travel coverage".

[dogshed]

[genezorm]

that guy is a genius.....he trashes everything about the park because he had to wait an hour until someone would help him find his hotel

someone tell the jackass korea aint a bilingual country

[Troll_Bait]

Page Two

[indytrucks]

I wonder if it's the same twit who went drinking White Russians in Hongdae.

[butlerian]

[IncognitoHFX]

And then there's Global Village, a slow-going indoor boat trip past animated dolls representing the world's cultures.

Americans are depicted as football players and cheerleaders, while the South African dolls, painted black, rush the boats with spears. Although it's a crude rip-off of Disney's famous "It's a Small World," Jaesun tells me locals adore this version, and most school kids can sing its mind-numbing theme song.



That surprised me, but in all I didn't like the reviewer. He seemed to have to many negative preconceptions about Korea going in to form an unbiased piece.