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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:10 pm Post subject: Brace for this... |
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This story is getting picked up globally...I give us maybe 36-48 hours tops before this is everywhere.
While the young man has a nice voice, I can't help but smell a rat. This isn't funtwo with his webcam. He better not have lied about being homeless (which I think might be the lie) Having gotten H.S. Arts training is fine and all...still seems there's more to this....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/06/sung-bong-choi-koreas-got-talent_n_871880.html |
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swinewho
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It's hard to watch the video of 22-year-old Choi's performance below and not be shocked, stunned, and touched.
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After sleeping in toilets I bet it was he that was 'touched'  |
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eamo
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think he's all that good, but if his story is true then he deserves a good singing career.....afterall, he's got 10 times more natural talent than 90% of K-pop singers. |
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yeti08
Joined: 04 Nov 2009
Location: Anyang - Pyeongchon
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been showed this by a handful of people already.....man this is going to get old. |
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methdxman
Joined: 14 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:21 am Post subject: Re: Brace for this... |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
This story is getting picked up globally...I give us maybe 36-48 hours tops before this is everywhere.
While the young man has a nice voice, I can't help but smell a rat. This isn't funtwo with his webcam. He better not have lied about being homeless (which I think might be the lie) Having gotten H.S. Arts training is fine and all...still seems there's more to this....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/06/sung-bong-choi-koreas-got-talent_n_871880.html |
I call major B.S. on that story... just seems too unreal. Ever since Paul Potts, all these "____ Got Talent" shows have tried to copy this formula. Even on America's Got Talent, they got a fat black guy to sing Nessun Dorma... |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:23 am Post subject: |
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| Crazy story. I'm not a big fan of his singing, but if true, that story is a heartbreaker. |
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bourquetheman
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Location: Suwon
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The way the Korean netizens pounce on everything, I say that this story IS true cause if it isn't he can be assured that the B.S. will come out of the story if he is lying and he will be crucified.
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say I hope he gains some success from this show. Good on him. |
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Oreovictim
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:30 am Post subject: |
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| I find the host to be a complete b!tch / 나쁜 년. Watch around 1:08. After the kid said that he was a manual laborer, she laughed. The people in the audience who laughed should be ashamed, too. |
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jrock
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:40 am Post subject: |
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| I find the host to be a complete b!tch / 나쁜 년. Watch around 1:08. After the kid said that he was a manual laborer, she laughed. The people in the audience who laughed should be ashamed, too. |
I found that part despicable too. |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:24 am Post subject: Re: Brace for this... |
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| methdxman wrote: |
I call major B.S. on that story... just seems too unreal. Ever since Paul Potts, all these "____ Got Talent" shows have tried to copy this formula. Even on America's Got Talent, they got a fat black guy to sing Nessun Dorma... |
I am pretty skeptical myself. He just does not have that hardened look someone living on the streets would have.
Regardless, I agree that that host is a major b. Even before she laughed, that comment about not being able to tell what he does for a living from his appearance-what's up with that? |
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crescent
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:01 am Post subject: Re: Brace for this... |
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| methdxman wrote: |
I call major B.S. on that story... just seems too unreal. Ever since Paul Potts, all these "____ Got Talent" shows have tried to copy this formula. Even on America's Got Talent, they got a fat black guy to sing Nessun Dorma... |
I am pretty skeptical myself. He just does not have that hardened look someone living on the streets would have.
Regardless, I agree that that host is a major b. Even before she laughed, that comment about not being able to tell what he does for a living from his appearance-what's up with that? |
These hosts are informed of the backgrounds of the participants. Looks as if she was setting the scene for the impact of his story. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:58 am Post subject: |
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| jrock wrote: |
| Oreovictim wrote: |
| I find the host to be a complete b!tch / 나쁜 년. Watch around 1:08. After the kid said that he was a manual laborer, she laughed. The people in the audience who laughed should be ashamed, too. |
I found that part despicable too. |
Ah yes. Patronise or infantilise anyone with less wealth.
Lower social status also means you must talk with a lisp like a 6 year old, so as not to appear threatening to your superiors.
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| that comment about not being able to tell what he does for a living from his appearance-what's up with that? |
Job, age, marital status, university education are all necesarry initial information to help a Korean decide wether they want to know you or not. |
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SeoulNate
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:51 am Post subject: |
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| Saw this a few days ago and I agree with a few of the other posters above; it was terrible when the audience and host laughed when he said that he had a 3D job. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
| jrock wrote: |
| Oreovictim wrote: |
| I find the host to be a complete b!tch / 나쁜 년. Watch around 1:08. After the kid said that he was a manual laborer, she laughed. The people in the audience who laughed should be ashamed, too. |
I found that part despicable too. |
Ah yes. Patronise or infantilise anyone with less wealth.
Lower social status also means you must talk with a lisp like a 6 year old, so as not to appear threatening to your superiors. |
The reason they laughed is because he used a more slangie version of the term manual laborer, a term most would not use when speaking to large groups of people. It was not because he was a manual laborer.
The term he used I believe closely means 'working stiff who catches the day', which means he works in the early morning. It's not a term you'd normally use in a situation like that. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
| Lower social status also means you must talk with a lisp like a 6 year old, so as not to appear threatening to your superiors. |
In Korea entertainers are traditionally part of the lower social class. The potential of money has made it slightly acceptable these days, if you make it big. |
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