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Cho Seung-hui's masterpieces
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:12 pm    Post subject: Cho Seung-hui's masterpieces Reply with quote

Not sure if this has been posted in another thread, but it deserves its own topic. One of Cho's former classmates wrote about being in a playwrighting class with Cho, and reposted two of his plays.

I kind of like where Mr Brownstone was going.

http://newsbloggers.aol.com/2007/04/17/cho-seung-huis-plays/
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

from the two one-act plays it's obvious that one can see he had

an Oedipus complex

a problem with authority

obsessed about 'fat' people

obsessed about being rich

listened and appreciated Guns n' Roses album Appetite for Destruction
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Junior



Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In other words he was pis8ed his korean princess was getting it with a black man.

I wonder how long before Korea bans its women from travelling outside the country? Maybe fine them everytime they are seen with a foreigner.
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reactionary



Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

He doesn't seem to have a total grasp on the English language. Funny considering it was his major and how we keep emphasizing how he had been in the US since the age of 8. You'd think that would be enough time to gain fluency.
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leebumlik69



Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

reactionary wrote:
He doesn't seem to have a total grasp on the English language. Funny considering it was his major and how we keep emphasizing how he had been in the US since the age of 8. You'd think that would be enough time to gain fluency.


poetic license
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Woland



Joined: 10 May 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Junior wrote:
In other words he was pis8ed his korean princess was getting it with a black man.


There is no Korean woman among the dead. There is no evidence that this is anything but your fantasy. Have the decency to put a lid on it.
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Lysander



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very strange in the McBeef play that the step father's lines are in pretty much perfect English but the son's and mother's aren't.
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blynch



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

reactionary wrote:
He doesn't seem to have a total grasp on the English language. Funny considering it was his major and how we keep emphasizing how he had been in the US since the age of 8. You'd think that would be enough time to gain fluency.


5. Hey - - - we aren't reading it for correct grammar or English. It is written about his twisted mind. Get focused . . . Surprised(

Scott at 2:41PM on Apr 17th 2007


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blynch



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lysander wrote:
Very strange in the McBeef play that the step father's lines are in pretty much perfect English but the son's and mother's aren't.


Indeed...
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KOREAN_MAN



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting how nobody seems to be blaming his parents for not sending him to a mental hospital or at least getting some counseling. Koreans usually don't like to see shrinks, but I bet his parents knew there was something very wrong with their child.
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reactionary



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Read it again.

And try Brownstone.
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Fresh Prince



Joined: 05 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The parents might have been worried that if they sent their son for mental health treatment, it would hurt his chances at attaining citizenship.
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:16 am    Post subject: Re: Cho Seung-hui's masterpieces Reply with quote

RACETRAITOR wrote:
Not sure if this has been posted in another thread, but it deserves its own topic. One of Cho's former classmates wrote about being in a playwrighting class with Cho, and reposted two of his plays.

I kind of like where Mr Brownstone was going.

http://newsbloggers.aol.com/2007/04/17/cho-seung-huis-plays/


This relates to living in Korea, HOW?

Take it to the current events or off-topic forums where it belongs.
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chamisul



Joined: 04 Jan 2007

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

KOREAN_MAN wrote:
Interesting how nobody seems to be blaming his parents for not sending him to a mental hospital or at least getting some counseling. Koreans usually don't like to see shrinks, but I bet his parents knew there was something very wrong with their child.


Based on these two plays, I'd say the father definitely knew something was wrong (and why).
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DaeguKid



Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:34 am    Post subject: Re: Cho Seung-hui's masterpieces Reply with quote

ttompatz wrote:
RACETRAITOR wrote:
Not sure if this has been posted in another thread, but it deserves its own topic. One of Cho's former classmates wrote about being in a playwrighting class with Cho, and reposted two of his plays.

I kind of like where Mr Brownstone was going.

http://newsbloggers.aol.com/2007/04/17/cho-seung-huis-plays/


This relates to living in Korea, HOW?

Take it to the current events or off-topic forums where it belongs.


Ummm...Ughhh....Maybe because he is Korean. Just a thought. I live in Korea, he lived in Korea, I see a correlation. Another anal "why is it in this forum" post...
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