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drydell
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It's just a novelty pop record (ala macarena etc)..with a chubby asian guy doing a funny horsey dance to a a catchy pop/dance song - that's what the world sees... and that's why Korea should be thoroughly depressed that Psy has become their number one cultural export.
and if this was supposedly an anti-consumerism record - anyone else finding it forehead bangingly ironic that Psy is now the new consumerism face plastered everywhere - advertising for anyone that will throw their Won at him?...
or maybe it was never about that in the first place?.... |
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hari seldon
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Location: Incheon
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"Gangnam means, it's like Beverly Hills of Korea," said PSY, or Jae-Sang Park. "But the guy doesn't look like Beverly Hills. Dance doesn't look like Beverly Hills. ... And the situation in music video doesn't look like Beverly Hills. But he keeps saying I'm Beverly Hills style. So that's the point. It's sort of a twist."
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Music/south-korean-rapper-psys-gangnam-style-viral/story?id=16996559#.UGR4165SRdg
There are subtle differences in the appeal for Korean and overseas viewers. At home, the focus is on the tweaking of Gangnam as a symbol of high-end culture.
�You have this totally non-Gangnam PSY doing his ridiculous dance and chanting �Your man�s got Gangnam style,�� said music critic Choe Min-woo. �So there�s this aesthetic where he�s skewering the Gangnam image.�
For overseas audiences, experts said the comical qualities are what come across as fresh amid a wave of teen idol groups in the increasingly popular K-Pop genre...
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_entertainment/546196.html
ironic (adj.)
1. different than what was anticipated;
2. humorously sarcastic. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:56 am Post subject: |
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| drydell wrote: |
It's just a novelty pop record (ala macarena etc)..with a chubby asian guy doing a funny horsey dance to a a catchy pop/dance song - that's what the world sees... and that's why Korea should be thoroughly depressed that Psy has become their number one cultural export.
and if this was supposedly an anti-consumerism record - anyone else finding it forehead bangingly ironic that Psy is now the new consumerism face plastered everywhere - advertising for anyone that will throw their Won at him?...
or maybe it was never about that in the first place?.... |
Their number one cultural export? 
This is priceless |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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I think Kim Jong Il is Korea's #1 cultural export. I say that in all seriousness.
Sorta like Ghadaffi or Pol Pot sometimes your country becomes identified with a single leader. Even the independent other half of your country.
I'm not sure MASH qualifies but it might be #2. |
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Dave Chance
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| drydell wrote: |
It's just a novelty pop record (ala macarena etc)..with a chubby asian guy doing a funny horsey dance to a a catchy pop/dance song - that's what the world sees... and that's why Korea should be thoroughly depressed that Psy has become their number one cultural export.
and if this was supposedly an anti-consumerism record - anyone else finding it forehead bangingly ironic that Psy is now the new consumerism face plastered everywhere - advertising for anyone that will throw their Won at him?...
or maybe it was never about that in the first place?.... |
Their number one cultural export?
This is priceless |
At the moment he is. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| MASH was only shown on AFKN. Most Koreans don't anything about it. |
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Captain Corea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| andrewchon wrote: |
| MASH was only shown on AFKN. Most Koreans don't anything about it. |
But if we're talking about exports, what does it matter how much of the local market consumes it? |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't think MASH qualifies, unless anything produced by a US media network about Korea counts. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| Dave Chance wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| drydell wrote: |
It's just a novelty pop record (ala macarena etc)..with a chubby asian guy doing a funny horsey dance to a a catchy pop/dance song - that's what the world sees... and that's why Korea should be thoroughly depressed that Psy has become their number one cultural export.
and if this was supposedly an anti-consumerism record - anyone else finding it forehead bangingly ironic that Psy is now the new consumerism face plastered everywhere - advertising for anyone that will throw their Won at him?...
or maybe it was never about that in the first place?.... |
Their number one cultural export?
This is priceless |
At the moment he is. |
He is the most popular k-pop singer due to his huge hit right now. He is not the countries no 1 cultural export. However, I fear there is no way you will understand that so let's forget it: PSY is the no 1 cultural export of the Republic of Korea.
Have a pleasant weekend. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave Chance wrote: |
| Don't think MASH qualifies, unless anything produced by a US media network about Korea counts. |
I mean in the sense of "What do you think of, when you think of Korea?"
Probably be KJI, MASH, and eating dog. |
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edwardcatflap
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| When I first came here the only things British people associated with Korea were eating dog and the Moonies (there were a few high profile cases of people being brainwashed) Ask them today and it would be eating dog, the Moonies, Park Ji Sung and Psy. This is probably more a reflection on the dullness of your average Brit's intellect than a shortcoming in Korea's cultural outgoings. I'd love to know what PGHB with his rather pathetic 'you're not intelligent enough to understand, so I'm not going to tell you' act thinks Korea's biggest cultural export is. |
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JustinC
Joined: 10 Mar 2012
Location: We Are The World!
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| When I first came here the only things British people associated with Korea were eating dog and the Moonies (there were a few high profile cases of people being brainwashed) Ask them today and it would be eating dog, the Moonies, Park Ji Sung and Psy. This is probably more a reflection on the dullness of your average Brit's intellect than a shortcoming in Korea's cultural outgoings. I'd love to know what PGHB with his rather pathetic 'you're not intelligent enough to understand, so I'm not going to tell you' act thinks Korea's biggest cultural export is. |
I'm guessing either soap operas, Kpop, good phones that aren't iApples, video games, or a comination thereof. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Taekwondo is a huge cultural export. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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IMO, Korea is best known in the West for
The Korean War
North Korea and KJI
TaeKwonDo
And possibly technology firms such as Samsung or LG... but those aren't branded as KOREAN as much as some might think. |
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12ax7
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, his song is number 1 in the UK charts right now. So, Korea might also become known for its sense of humor over there. |
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