King of Clones - For the Greatness of Korea
Channel: Mean Pomeranians
Date: 2023-06-28

We give our impressions of the Netflix doc 'King of Clones,' about Korean scientist Woo Suk Hwang (황우석) who became a Christ-like figure in Korea for his cloning research, which turned out to be a sham. This launches us into a fiery talk about a range of issues hovering along the horizon at the end of the world -- the use of women's bodies, exploitative capitalism, patriarchal disregard, coercion, bad academic research, the religious fervor of science, the psyches of nations, the cult mind. In this very Korean of stories, a theme kept returning: How could this all happen? For the greatness of Korea.

00:00 Bad science in Korea
05:15 Appropriating women's bodies
10:45 The cultish psyche of a nation
14:18 Korea's low birthrate and capitalism
18:00 The greatness of...

Show Notes: CeCe is a professional singer, songwriter and voice actor. James is a teacher, musician and film theorist. Taking a particular film as a launching point, we talk openly about the lives of artists, travelers, and other intrepid souls.

Produced, engineered, shot, and edited by James Batcho.

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