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"Michael, My Friend" ...stunningly awful...

 
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kermo



Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:49 pm    Post subject: "Michael, My Friend" ...stunningly awful... Reply with quote

I was searching youtube for "Let's Learn Korean" and found this clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4W3Vp99-HU
I was intrigued by the description (I probably shouldn't reproduce it here though.) It turned out to be fairly unhelpful for the purposes of learning Korean (the show is designed for Koreans who want to learn English) but it blew my mind with its sheer cheesiness.

The show's script and acting are unforgivably bad. This actually aired on EBS? Have any of you actually watched it?
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

'stunningly awful' is being generous. Very Happy
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korian



Joined: 26 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm gonna go out on a limb here and throw my unknown reputation to the wolves and say it's not that bad. it's a kids show for one. and it's in korea, the land of cheesy overacting.

kids' shows anywhere are hardly the beacon of light for future jack nicholsons are they?
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cruisemonkey



Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I came across it 'channel surfing', and couldn't stop watching because I was fascinated by its insipid crap.
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KumaraKitty



Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Bucheon

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That was painful.. Shocked
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SeoulShakin



Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last semester when we had a class to kill (textbook material was finished) my co-teacher was really excited about a website she had found. She really wanted to show the kids these educational videos. I let her do it. It was these "Michael, my friend" videos. Dear God those were awful to the point of being hilarious. The jealousy those two young Korean girls have over that little boy, and he's oblivious to it. Haha I ended up getting a kick out of it, but the kids LOVED IT for some reason. They were all cheering for more at the end of the episode. Shocked Glad it was only for one class.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not any worse than the shows for adults. Laughing
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