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Colbert Report Angers Koreans!
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Geckoman



Joined: 07 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:41 am    Post subject: Colbert Report Angers Koreans! Reply with quote

Colbert Report: He's Singin' In Korean

To prove he's more influential than Korean pop star "Rain," Comedy Central TV newscaster Stephen Colbert made his own Korean pop video!

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=86679

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This parody of Korean pop star "Rain" by American comedian Stephen Colbert is hilarious! And what is equally funny is how Koreans took the skit.

Koreans did not understand the parody and got offended by Colbert's skit, as shown by the editorial pages of major Korean news agencies.

See what these Korean news agencies wrote:
The Chosun Ilbo: http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200705/200705140015.html .
Yahoo Korea: http://kr.news.yahoo.com/shellview.htm?linkid=63&articleid=2007051313393417980 )
The JoongAng Daily: http://news.joins.com/article/aid/2007/05/13/2924323.html
Sports Chosun:
http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?ut=1&name=/news/entertainment/200705/20070514/75n02203.htm
YTN News: http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0106_200705141614332886
YTN Star: http://www.ytnstar.co.kr/_ln/0103_200705141011077999
SBS News (a little more balanced): http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000256221

They were pissed! All those Korean news agencies were offended by the skit. Check those sites out and the messages posted by readers. Hahaha.

Total misunderstanding! They got in all wrong!

In fact, Colbert has done Rain, and the Korean pop culture industry, a world of good by publicizing Rain in this skit. After all, Rain and all other Korean pop stars are virtually unknown in America and this gave Americans a rare glimpse into the Korean pop world.

We can not underestimate just how much this coverage of Rain by the Colbert Report will help Rain and the Korean pop industry.

So goes an example of a cultural misunderstanding. See the video clip. It's hilarious!

Very Happy


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doggyji



Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:18 am    Post subject: Re: Colbert Report Angers Koreans! Reply with quote

Geckoman wrote:
They were pissed! All those Korean news agencies were offended by the skit. Check those sites out and the messages posted by readers. Hahaha.

Total misunderstanding! They got in all wrong!
You are a little late on this. There were already a few threads about this here. Wink Speaking of the messages posted by readers, check one of the links you gave us again.

Yahoo Korea: http://kr.news.yahoo.com/shellview.htm?linkid=63&articleid=2007051313393417980

You can blatantly check those readers are in the phase where they are sick and tired of the same ole baiting tactics by cheap journalism. You can read Korean, right?
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Freaka



Joined: 05 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:16 am    Post subject: Re: Colbert Report Angers Koreans! Reply with quote

Geckoman wrote:
They were pissed! All those Korean news agencies were offended by the skit. Check those sites out and the messages posted by readers. Hahaha.

Total misunderstanding! They got in all wrong!

In fact, Colbert has done Rain, and the Korean pop culture industry, a world of good by publicizing Rain in this skit. After all, Rain and all other Korean pop stars are virtually unknown in America and this gave Americans a rare glimpse into the Korean pop world.

We can not underestimate just how much this coverage of Rain by the Colbert Report will help Rain and the Korean pop industry.

So goes an example of a cultural misunderstanding. See the video clip. It's hilarious!


Thanks for sharing that! I hadn't seen it before...Colbert is frickin' hilarious! Yeah, it seems that there was a cultural misunderstanding if the Korean press really was offended by Colbert's remarks and music video.
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kermo



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Chosun Ilbo didn't seem that bothered at all.
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Thanks for sharing that! I hadn't seen it before...Colbert is frickin' hilarious!


Really...maybe if you're tripping...otherwise pretty dumb... Very Happy
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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://koreabeat.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/netizens-1-media-0-on-stephen-colbert/

Basically nobody was upset about it. Netizens all lambasted the media for trying to make something our of nothing. Probably the journalists in question were more happy than outraged, as they had the chance to try and gin up controversy and gain readers.
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duns0014



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Colbert mocked Rain, who beat Colbert in an online poll of the world's 200 most influential people by Time magazine, in a recent broadcast of his "Colbert on Demand" comedy show.



He was ranked like number two due to koreans being koreans and voting a hundred times each for him.
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Satori



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good to see Korean netizens getting hipper and realising that this is a COMPLIMENT goddamnit ...
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Tokki1



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd like to see him dancing in a Cabaret to trot music Laughing
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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

duns0014 wrote:
Colbert mocked Rain, who beat Colbert in an online poll of the world's 200 most influential people by Time magazine, in a recent broadcast of his "Colbert on Demand" comedy show.



He was ranked like number two due to koreans being koreans and voting a hundred times each for him.


Which certainly is probably not at all similar to how Colbert ranked second.
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willneverteachagain



Joined: 17 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah but it's no problem for the korean media to make fun of us Rolling Eyes

get a life korean media

dumbasses
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Horangi Munshin



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I showed that youtube vid to some of my middle schoolers, they cracked up.
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EFLtrainer



Joined: 04 May 2005

PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

duns0014 wrote:
Colbert mocked Rain, who beat Colbert in an online poll of the world's 200 most influential people by Time magazine, in a recent broadcast of his "Colbert on Demand" comedy show.



He was ranked like number two due to koreans being koreans and voting a hundred times each for him.


Rolling Eyes

Colbert mocked COLBERT.
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djsmnc



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still don't laugh when I see Colbert.
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Wishmaster



Joined: 06 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh gawd...this idiot Rain. Yes, Koreans are the most hyper sensitive people on the planet. If the west actually gave a rat's ass about the place...Koreans would go insane over all the piss takin'. Rain...what a stupid name. I would expect a singer with that name to be a girl. Considering how he looks, I'm not far off the mark. For people that think that "Rain" is somehow gonna be the next big thing abroad...got news for you...YOU GOTTA SPEAK ENGLISH. White, black and latino kids ain't gonna be singing in Korea. And the only way that this guy has any pub and sells any tickets abroad is to the Korean public. They(and perhaps a few other Asians) are the only ones on the planet who even know who this guy/girl is. We had the 80's, Mr/Ms Raindrop. We also had Michael Jackson. Time to wake up to reality. You ain't gonna appeal to non-Asians, so your best bet is to continue to market your talent-less ass back in Korea. Good riddance...
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