From: jkim@eos.ncsu.edu (JIUN KIM)
Subject: Re: T.V.
Originator: jkim@c00100-100lez.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: jkim@eos.ncsu.edu (JIUN KIM)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 04:18:47 GMT


In article <1992Jul26.203907.15251@news.acns.nwu.edu>, park@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Yongsup Park) writes:
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|> From: park@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Yongsup Park)
|> Newsgroups: soc.culture.korean
|
|> In article <1992Jul26.024122.3262@eng.umd.edu> dskim@eng.umd.edu (Daeshik Kim) writes:
|> 
|> >Can anyone recommend some good stuff?
|> 
|> Go rent mini-series "Jil-Too".
|> Again, Choi Jin-Sil, Choi Soo-Jong combi.
|> This is a blockbuster hit while it was on TV for 8 weeks in Korea.
|> It ended in Korea just a couple of weeks ago and they're already talking 
|> about the sequal.  Total 8 videos 16 broadcasts.  Prepare to spend 16 hours 
|> in front of TV if you borrow all 8 of them at once.  
|> Good acting, superb producing.
|> IMO, this is monumental in Korena TV mini-series history.
|> 
As another person saw this mini-series, I have different opinion about them.
It is fun to watch all the events which are very dramatic and played in a quick 
tempo.  But I found them kind of unrealistic and even childish to be extreme. 

I don't mean all the dramas has to be dead serious or should represent only 
moral and decent characters. But as one of the most powerful means of 
public media, things on TV at least need to reflect the society with a 
viewpoint, I think.  All 
the characters in "Jil-Too(jealousy)" easily succeeds in their job, drives car,
and there advant fancy characters as Sang-Hoon(international lawyer), 
other young president of a big company as candidate bridegrooms. These rather 
stimulates "cinderella syndrum" of viewers. Cherry(Ha-Kyung's friend), whose
only purpose is to find an husband who can make lots and lots of money so
she can have a levish life, is shown as a charming and even thougtful character.
Ha-Kyung and Young-Ho both wonders between two candidates(?), and easily forget 
one and easily fall in love with the other again and again. 

Also,I don't know how majority of middle class and lower class(economically) people
will feel after watching this drama. I am sure they will feel like they are 
living in different society in the same country. Ha-Kyung's mother is supposed 
to  be short on money enough not to be able to pay Ha-Kyung's Tuitions and fees
when she was in college, but they still live in first-class Billa. Well, I know
that this kind of problem of TV is old and not only discussed for this drama, 
but this one seems to be typical one of them in that sense, only targeting to 
popularity rather than the quality of the drama, making people lose sense of 
what really is and should be.

If you want another suggestion, I recommend "Ya-Myang-e Nun-dong-ja". This is
20 tapes and 39 series and widly praised both as high-quality and fun-to-watch
one. It won almost every awards among TV dramas last year. It is long series
to watch in a short time, but I can guarentee and it will worth your time!


Jiun Kim(jkim@eos.ncsu.edu)

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jkim@eos.ncsu.edu      Dept. of Computer Science, 
kim-j@aza.csc.ncsu.edu       North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC
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