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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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 Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:16 am Post subject: Program: My Husband Chris |
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Did anyone catch the program on KBS2 called "My husband Chris."
It was about a Korean woman married to an American who is in the Army. Actually it was pretty funny. My wife told me about it and we sat here and watched it together. Most of it was in Korean, but I didn't need to hear the translation to basically know what was happening (especially if your married).
The best part was when he hid underneath the couch and she came home. She looked all around the house and couldn't find him. He came out from under the couch and scared the crap out of her.
The other funny part was when he wanted to ride his mini motorcycle and he was catching hell from both the wife and his Korean mother-in-law. He was down on his knees begging.
Anyway, it's suppose to be on everyday this week at about 8:50pm (maybe a few mins after that, but it started before 9pm though) on KBS2. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| Ya know, back when I was young, married and thin I hid under the couch, too. It spelled the doom of my marriage. Which just goes to show, it doesn't pay to be young. Or married. |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:43 am Post subject: |
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http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=35500
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Biracial couple goes prime time in South Korea
GI, Korean wife hope TV segments combat negative stereotypes
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Monday, March 6, 2006
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — One fall day a few years ago, Army Sgt. Christopher Largent discovered an art gallery on the eighth floor of a department store where he was shopping in Daegu, South Korea.
Having studied fine arts before enlisting in the Army, he went in for a look at a ceramics exhibit.
He soon found himself talking to two young women who also were looking things over. One spoke some English, the other almost none.
��The conversation started because of a genuine interest in ceramics,�� said Largent, 28, a personnel clerk at Camp Carroll with the 307th Integrated Theater Signal Battalion.
It took about 30 seconds for a voice inside his head to tell him that the woman who spoke some English was ��very attractive.�� And after about 20 minutes Largent sensed the interest might be mutual.
��Honestly, though, I would be too chicken to even approach her for a date had her friend not suggested it,�� he said.
Her name was Yu-sung, and she shared his interest in art, having majored in ceramics at Daegu Catholic University. The next day she drove from Daegu to Waegwan, and they had lunch in a local restaurant.
Eight or so months later, in June 2003, they were married.
Not an uncommon tale of love and marriage but theirs will be one a lot of people will soon become intimate with. From Monday through Thursday, South Korean TV station KBS2 will chronicle their married life in its regularly scheduled program ��In Gan Geuk Jang,�� starting at 8:50 p.m.
It began with a January phone call to Yu-sung from a woman at KBS2 in Seoul, who said a ��neighbor�� — the Largents never have learned who — had suggested the couple as a possible TV subject.
The woman asked Yu-sung to e-mail her the same day with her and her husband��s photos and a summary of how they met. A day later, a Daegu-based video crew on contract to KBS2 all but moved in with the Largents and filmed their mealtimes and housework, their shopping trips, visits to her parents, time at work. They spent about 18 days, 16 of them in actual filming.
The crew was friendly and the couple got along well with them. But the project had its pressures.
��I was so uncomfortable,�� said Yu-sung, 26, who said she was self-conscious throughout.
��I couldn��t do anything in front of camera, even just kiss my husband, and just like normal thing like wash the dishes or cleaning home �� because I was so nervous,�� she said. ��Three strange guys following everywhere.��
Her discomfort eventually wore off. But by then, the crew was pretty much wrapped up.
They told the Largents a payment of 1 million South Korean won (about $1,000) was in their future.
They hope the broadcasts will help erode negative stereotypes of marriages between South Koreans and U.S. servicemembers.
The Largents have their own stories to tell about that, too.
Like the occasional cab driver who��s told Yu-sung she��s attractive enough to have drawn any number of Korean suitors, so why did she marry Largent?
Or the incident around Christmas 2002 when the couple tried to enter a Daegu restaurant. An employee stopped them at the entrance and pointed to a blue and white sign that read in English: ��Foreigners not allowed.��
��I think the biggest thing that everyone will take away from this, regardless of their cultural background, is that people are people no matter where you��re from,�� said Largent. ��And if you��re coming to someone��s country, you have to have a certain degree of openness.
��I��m sure,�� he said, ��everyone will take away the fact that there are good and bad people regardless of the culture that you come from.��
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Spiky
Joined: 29 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:32 am Post subject: funny! |
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| I just saw this show..funny! Kudos to Chris. He has great rapport with the family and I was really impressed with his naturalness and fun-loving spirit. OK, actually, I loved his Hanbok strip tease...did anyone else see it?? Great stuff! |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:56 am Post subject: |
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Spiky,
Yeah, I was watching it again tonight. It was pretty funny. Nothing topped hiding under the couch though. He scared the living **** out of her.
I do that to my wife all the time! haha
Speaking of, poor wifie was still working so I taped it for her.
I also have a pretty good repore with my Korean in-laws. I go right up to my father-in-law and give him a bear hug. He's a little too frisky when he's drunk though! 
Just a reminder, it's on again (the continuation) Wes and Thurs at 8:50pm on KBS2 (it doesn't start till about 8:55 actually).
Ps-Thanks Weatherman for the link. I emailed that to my wife and mom! |
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