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there's a reason that almost every Korean movie or TV show has an underlying theme of extreme economic inequality
by skrtskrt 4y ago
there's a reason that almost every Korean movie or TV show has an underlying theme of extreme economic inequality
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoAh, it similarly explains why Gangnam Style was such a big hit compared to that artist's other works. My understanding is that Gangnam is a very affluent area (neighborhood?), especially as compared to some others, and the song was intending to speak out in some way against this inequality. (I don't remember where I heard this, so take it with a grain of salt; I'm not sure how accurate it is.)
- m0llusk 4y agoMost don't recognize the visual references but every scene in that video is from a famous movie, show, or popular music video but remade with garbage blowing instead of snow or whatever. So it ends up being sharp criticism of society as a whole.
- tekla 4y agoSort of? It mostly refers to people who act/look rich but aren't. Which is why its called "Gangnam Style", buying/doing shit to look affluent like people in Gangnam. Korea has so much that BS, its extremely obnoxious.
- legitster 4y agoNot necessarily. I have been told that the stuff that gets play over in the US is a pretty niche category in Korea. The TV most people watch is highly commercialized.
- lostlogin 4y agoWhat ever it is, Squid Games was much appreciated.
- skrtskrt 4y agothere is an enormous amount of korean stuff to stream on US services, most of which originally aired on Korean TV and are widely regarded as the most popular korean shows of all time They'd have to have a second, huge, secret TV industry for the stuff we have available here to not be representative.