Korean Job Discussion Forums

[jvalmer]

[0ju]

[ulsanchris]

She was Korean.

[Smee]

On the show they have a panel of foreigners, and they do most of the talking. It's in front of a studio audience of Koreans, mostly women, and they occassionally participate. Occassionally they do have a panel of Korean men (one of whom is a kyopo).

Recently, I think, they've had a handful of D-list Korean female celebrities also on the show to kind of add balance, I guess, and there's been more participation from the crowd.

The woman who made the comments is a Korean student at a university in Seoul. I don't remember her name or her uni, but Google will be your friend.

My fiance likes the show, and I guess it's good in that it helps some viewers learn about countries and cultures they wouldn't think about otherwise. (Though they do seem to continue to be pretty ignorant of the US, and they like to make fun of China). But, the show is pretty far from being out to challenge any stereotypes. It's essentially a place for foreign women to flatter Korean men.

Could you imagine the outrage, considering how much trouble Vera got in over the summer, if a foreign woman made a comment like that? Or, worse, if a foreign man made a comment about Korean women?

Worth bringing up again, too, that over the summer they had an episode criticizing foreign guys, yet no netizens seem to get bothered by it. Here's an excerpt from an article Korea Beat translated:

[Xuanzang]

[Smee]

Oops, thanks, fixed the typo.

I think this whole episodes says more about men's insecurity than it does changing attitudes of women (thought it's weird height is such an issue among people who have been historically short). Since when do the opinions of a random 20-year-old (or whatever) mean anything?

[Xuanzang]

[pr1ncejeffie]

If you go on youtube and search "why do Asian-American girls date white guys" You will see a treasure trove of Asian-American girls telling the camera because of the very things that Misuda said. Now, would the Asian-American girls call other guys losers? Of course not but you can hear the tone and realize its not that far off from calling guys "losers".

Maybe for Koreans, times are changing but the Asian-American girls that I've encountered (yes I've seen many, most are friends and I live in one of the biggest Chinese-American neighborhoods in America) are far more materialistic than their natives. It's just that Korean women are catching up to modern times.

[fermentation]

People always seem to bring up how Asian dudes are being stigmatized and stereotyped in the Western media. I don't see it. If anything, the current trend in the US seems to be challenging and making fun of preconceived notions people have about Asians.

[Steelrails]

For real. The whole Hollywood hates Asians thing is so tiring. I so got out of the Asian scene because thats all people would go on and on about. Always whitey keeping us down with his media image. Meanwhile I'm meet random hot chicks from Iran and Chile who get all excited when they hear I'm Korean and then all disappointed that I don't know or care about Korean Soaps. These girls know more about Korean stars than I do and have posters of K-Guys and are drooling over them. Meanwhile my Yoo Hok female friend is all like "Why are you into Korean guys???" and I'm just like "Man I should have watched those soaps with the church people, those chicks are crazy about that crap."

The point is all this media stuff is a bunch of silliness. Whether its the media making Waygooks look like the scum of the earth here and everyone believing it or Hollywood making Asians look like losers, its all silliness, and I don't care for either group of people and their hysteria and cries of "racism".

[crossmr]

[Captain Corea]

She isa 'Korean Korean' that goes to Hongik Uni.

She, and others, were brought on there for shock value - to try to show how young girls think.

[nautilus]

[Steelrails]

This reminds me of the first scene from "A Raisin in the Sun" where Walter Lee and Ruth go back and forth over eggs...

Walter Lee: Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs...---- MY EGGS ---- ALL THE EGGS THAT EVER WAS.

[Deep Thirteen]

Since we're on the topic of eggs, anyone remember this commercial?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RELR70DoWL0