Showing posts with label South Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Korea. Show all posts

Friday, October 18, 2019

IMDB 250 - Parasite (2019)


If you're looking for a film to watch, I recommend the South Korean film "Parasite" (2019). It's a comedy, it's a drama, it's a suspense/thriller, it's a horror, it's social commentary... it's an experience in every sense of the word. 

Don't read anything about it, but be warned that it's South Korean. South Korean films tend to be intense and disturbing, and this movie is no exception. Disturbing for sure, but the best film I've seen in a long time.

Friday, October 26, 2018

Koreans Try American BBQ

A couple videos in the "Some people try American ______" genre.

(South) Korean girls try American BBQ:



And North Koreans try American style wings with an American. Watch for captions such as "Laughs in American".



You must be able to to take the royalty-free version of "La Grange" for a while but I think it's great to see cultures share some good food.

Call me a dreamer but I really think we'll see North and South reunite in our lifetime.

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Korea, China and Japan

Not funny but I find these videos to be very interesting.

I recently watched the movie "Under the Sun", which is a documentary filmed in North Korea with the blessing of the North Korean government. North Korean "documentaries" are strictly censored by the government, meaning that they're careful lies - they depict actors reciting scripted lines and living happy lives. The whole time I was watching the documentary, I couldn't help but wonder what these people really think. If they were free to tell the truth would they really be toeing the party line or are they aware of the farce?

And this is the value of this youtube video - it's interviews with people who were able to leave that regime and can now speak freely.



The second video is just a nice sociological insight. The Korea, Japan and China have a long history of mutual hatred, mistreatment and racism. So they ask Japanese people on the street about whether those historical resentments survive today.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Conan in South Korea

See the full episode of Conan's trip to South Korea here.

Monday, April 11, 2016

Conan Learns Korean

The youtube title for this video is "Conan Learns Korean and Makes it Weird". It's both self-explanatory and a bit of an understatement. Conan makes it real weird.