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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: China bans 5 Korean historical dramas |
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http://www.shenyuepop.com/2007/09/10/china-bans-king-bae%c2%b4s-the-legends/
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China bans King Bae�s The Legends
�Korean Wave� hits a snag recently as 5 South Korean dramas with historic themes have been banned on the grounds that China suspects them to be degrading. Among the dramas banned are Jumong and Bae Yoon Jun�s The Legend that will be broadcasted in South Korea starting tomorrow, September 11, 2007.
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Five Korean historical dramas have been banned in China on suspicion of being "degrading"? Northeast Project, anyone? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| It will be interesting to see if this gets media play here. The 'usual' reaction when China does something along these lines is to keep it quiet. |
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xtchr
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe the censor just has taste, or a low tolerance for whining and histrionics, rather than any overt political motives. |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| The incredible thing is that here in Korea they screen Chinese (modern)historical dramas. These dramas are typically rabid Communist propaganda that glorify Mao Tse Tung. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:57 am Post subject: |
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| Good. Those dramas are trash anyways. |
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Vancouver
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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| says you. Personally, I liked Jumong. It wasn't perfect, but I still thought it was good |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| xtchr wrote: |
| Maybe the censor just has taste, or a low tolerance for whining and histrionics, rather than any overt political motives. |
| Ilsanman wrote: |
| Good. Those dramas are trash anyways. |
I'd agree with you if you were referring to dramas set in modern times. I really like the historical dramas, though. They generally don't have the whining and over-the-top histrionics. Also, although there is a lot of fictionalization, you can still learn something about Korean history. You should give them a try. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Seems China has even more of a problem digesting different versions of history than Korea does. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| They even played some of those historical dramas in Iran. It was fun watching Yi Sun Shin speak Farsi. |
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itaewonguy
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Good for CHINA! |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| Only the historical ones? You mean those grating, modern-day melodramatic soap operas are still getting through? I hope the Chinese don't have TV sets in the prisons and coal mines. Those guys are about to have their human rights violated big time. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:45 am Post subject: |
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Nah, I just took up a hobby of watching paint dry.
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| xtchr wrote: |
| Maybe the censor just has taste, or a low tolerance for whining and histrionics, rather than any overt political motives. |
| Ilsanman wrote: |
| Good. Those dramas are trash anyways. |
I'd agree with you if you were referring to dramas set in modern times. I really like the historical dramas, though. They generally don't have the whining and over-the-top histrionics. Also, although there is a lot of fictionalization, you can still learn something about Korean history. You should give them a try. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:42 am Post subject: |
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| its a feature of their nationalism that Koreans favourite shows are historical re-enactments designed to teach them their glorious past. |
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adios4ca
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| GoldMember wrote: |
| The incredible thing is that here in Korea they screen Chinese (modern)historical dramas. These dramas are typically rabid Communist propaganda that glorify Mao Tse Tung. |
yeah, just the same as someone is fond of watching garbage American war movies that glorify those baby killers and murderers in vietnam and iraq. |
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