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Scorpion
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What blew me away was the enormous screen they set up outside Geckos. Being an 'International Festival" i assumed it would be something like a documentary on Peru, Indian dancing, or Italian art. Boy did I feel stupid when I realized that what they were showing was their beloved Korean dramas. My baflement turned to annoyance once the yelling and crying, so tyical of any K-drama, started to fill the Itaewon air. We go to Itaewon to get away from that stuff. But here we had several hundred ajoshies and ajummas sitting on their plastic chairs watching their ridiculous dramas on a ginormous screen - at an Itaewon international festival. 
Scratching my head I head to the pub, hoping the inside music will block out the K-drama, only to find myself afflicted by 'Gangnam Style' being played over and over during the evening.
Sigh.
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fosterman
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Scorpion wrote: |
What blew me away was the enormous screen they set up outsise Geckos. Being an 'International Festival" i assumed it would be something like a documentary on Peru, Indian dancing, or Italian art. Boy did I feel astupid when I realized that they were showing was their beloved Korean dramas. My baflement turned to annoyance once the yelling and crying, so tyical of any K-drama, started to fill the Itaewon air. We go to Itaewon to get away from that stuff. But here we had several hundred ajoshies and ajummas sitting on their plastic chairs watching their ridiculous dramas - at an Itaewon international festival.
Scratching my head I head to the pub, hoping the inside music will block out the K-drama, only to find myself afflicted by 'Gangnam Style' being played over and over during the evening.
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ohh that just sounds awful! |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| dairyairy wrote: |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6L1iO-be8I
Was it off the hook? Where are the Itaewon dwellers? |
Err I had to walk through the festival but didn't really take part in it. I was there around 5 or 6 and it was a madhouse. I got pretty pissed off because there was almost no room at all to get around the stage and people were starting to get pushy. That made me start yelling at the worst offenders.
When they first started this festival and it was pretty much all behind the Hamilton, it was a good time. Now it's way too crowded. |
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saram_
Joined: 13 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Ah yeah!!
As has been inferenced here before-
Itaewon is the latest cool place in town to be..
A far way removed from how it was perceived before!
This event echoing the Itaewon area is just going to get more crowded and popular amongst Korean folk..
Those who ve always found an escape from the hum drum of Korean life in Itaewon. mightn't approve though!
The landscape just keeps on a changing at a super fast pace. |
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3DR
Joined: 24 May 2009
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Ah yeah!!
As has been inferenced here before-
Itaewon is the latest cool place in town to be..
A far way removed from how it was perceived before!
This event echoing the Itaewon area is just going to get more crowded and popular amongst Korean folk..
Those who ve always found an escape from the hum drum of Korean life in Itaewon. mightn't approve though!
The landscape just keeps on a changing at a super fast pace. |
We foreigners need to find a new spot to takeover! |
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fosterman
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| 3DR wrote: |
| saram_ wrote: |
Ah yeah!!
As has been inferenced here before-
Itaewon is the latest cool place in town to be..
A far way removed from how it was perceived before!
This event echoing the Itaewon area is just going to get more crowded and popular amongst Korean folk..
Those who ve always found an escape from the hum drum of Korean life in Itaewon. mightn't approve though!
The landscape just keeps on a changing at a super fast pace. |
We foreigners need to find a new spot to takeover! |
I think HBC will be that place..
I dont think Koreans will be venturing down there to take pictures LOL |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| 3DR wrote: |
| saram_ wrote: |
Ah yeah!!
As has been inferenced here before-
Itaewon is the latest cool place in town to be..
A far way removed from how it was perceived before!
This event echoing the Itaewon area is just going to get more crowded and popular amongst Korean folk..
Those who ve always found an escape from the hum drum of Korean life in Itaewon. mightn't approve though!
The landscape just keeps on a changing at a super fast pace. |
We foreigners need to find a new spot to takeover! |
Koreans have overrun Itaewon lately. Take a look around the next time you visit. Just like Insadong and other "foreign zones" the Koreans are flooding the area. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| fosterman wrote: |
| 3DR wrote: |
| saram_ wrote: |
Ah yeah!!
As has been inferenced here before-
Itaewon is the latest cool place in town to be..
A far way removed from how it was perceived before!
This event echoing the Itaewon area is just going to get more crowded and popular amongst Korean folk..
Those who ve always found an escape from the hum drum of Korean life in Itaewon. mightn't approve though!
The landscape just keeps on a changing at a super fast pace. |
We foreigners need to find a new spot to takeover! |
I think HBC will be that place..
I dont think Koreans will be venturing down there to take pictures LOL |
There and Gyungnidan are where its beginning to happen, some nice restaurants are popping up in Gyungnidan.
Now to get rid of Jacoby Burger in HBC as thats where all the Koreans go to here |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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I was also mildy irritated by that big screen showing K-dramas. At an international festival. They can watch their shows on a billion tv screens across the country located in homes, restaurants, convenience stores, taxis, fitness clubs, and countlerss other places. Christ they can even watch them while sitting on a bus or train simply by pulling out their smart phones. Do they really need to erect a massive screen in Itaewon during a 'foreign' festival and show them there? Was that really the best use of the screen at an international festival?
Honestly. |
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fosterman
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| Smithington wrote: |
I was also mildy irritated by that big screen showing K-dramas. At an international festival. They can watch their shows on a billion tv screens across the country located in homes, restaurants, convenience stores, taxis, fitness clubs, and countlerss other places. Christ they can even watch them while sitting on a bus or train simply by pulling out their smart phones. Do they really need to erect a massive screen in Itaewon during a 'foreign' festival and show them there? Was that really the best use of the screen at an international festival?
Honestly. |
why do you think they did it? to show off to foreigners that's all..
they don't care about promoting Foreigner things in Korea, they see it as a vehicle to promote Korea to foreigners. |
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lemak
Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:02 am Post subject: |
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| Is this the one that used to be a "Foreign Food Festival" and in spite of getting bigger and bigger each year seems to correspondingly be getting crappier and crappier?? Better to steer clear of that thing and jump the subway to Ansan Station for the day if you want "proper foreignness". |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| Korean dramas are crap with crap production value. Yet there is so much pride. The opening credits to Game of Thrones costs more to produce than an entire season of some K drama. |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
the blogger ChrisinSK had an interesting observation on his twitter feed about this saying he found it ironic that MBC was a sponsor of this event given their rep for anti-foreigner journalism.
Yeah I find that very ironic |
Here's your answer. MBC paid to have their shows projected onto a large screen in Itaewon.
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I was also mildy irritated by that big screen showing K-dramas. At an international festival. They can watch their shows on a billion tv screens across the country located in homes, restaurants, convenience stores, taxis, fitness clubs, and countlerss other places. Christ they can even watch them while sitting on a bus or train simply by pulling out their smart phones. Do they really need to erect a massive screen in Itaewon during a 'foreign' festival and show them there? Was that really the best use of the screen at an international festival?
Honestly. |
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