Comments on: Korean Wave taking U.S. by storm?

By: snow

snow — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 07:32:45 +0000

Hey, I can’t believe it, I actually agree with Nulji on this one. People shouldn’t have such low expectations of Korean ’stuff’. I don’t much like most of the tv programs here in Korea, but I’ve seen a few really good movies. They’ve definitely got what seems to be a creative, inventive, professional film industry worth looking at.

By: virtual wonderer

virtual wonderer — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 09:50:54 +0000

sorry for double post

By: virtual wonderer

virtual wonderer — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 09:50:31 +0000

Heh.. During the citizenship interview or test or whatever it’s supposed to be, I was asked, amongst many things:

1: Was I ever a communist. (I was rather tempted to reply, “I’m rather intrigued and awed by the early Christians’ lifestyle as depicted in the book of Acts)
2: When is the Independence Day. (I was really nervous at the time and thought, “Crap! When was July 4th????”)
3: Who is the first president of the United States. (My sister tells me the tale of the very old applicant desperately trying to remember this fact and screarming, “Bill Clinton! Bill CLinton!” and the exasperated interviewer who was symapthetic to this old applicant kept asking, “no no, I said first president. the FIRST.”
4: (this was difficult for a clueless person like me)Who is the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court? If they had asked me who the Speaker of the House or Secretary of Education or define Habeus Corpus, I would have suredly been to this day, a greencard carrying (which by the way, for those who don’t know, is actually white and blue, so therefor a misnomer) permanent alien.
But i digress and I’ll stop hitting my drum and Jangoo as Dogbert once accused someone else of doing.

By: virtual wonderer

virtual wonderer — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 09:50:07 +0000

Heh.. During the citizenship interview or test or whatever it’s supposed to be, I was asked, amongst many things:

But i digress and I’ll stop hitting my drum and Jangoo as Dogbert once accused someone else of doing.
3: Who is the first president of the United States. (My sister tells me the tale of the very old applicant desperately trying to remember this fact and screarming, “Bill Clinton! Bill CLinton!” and the exasperated interviewer who was symapthetic to this old applicant kept asking, “no no, I said first president. the FIRST.”
4: (this was difficult for a clueless person like me)Who is the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court? If they had asked me who the Speaker of the House or Secretary of Education or define Habeus Corpus, I would have suredly been to this day, a greencard carrying (which by the way, for those who don’t know, is actually white and blue, so therefor a misnomer) permanent alien.

By: komtengi

komtengi — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:07:55 +0000

Komtengi, I am just shocked. shocked. now let me get back to using bittorrent. My friends and I have large text files (700megs) of our very own literary creations that we like to share with each other.

sarcasm… usually lost on americans

By: dogbert

dogbert — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:32:34 +0000

I wouldn’t worry about “Homeland Security”. They’ll probably welcome you and keep Robert out.

By: solongo/marmotess

solongo/marmotess — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:22:16 +0000

Nope, I’m a former comi who used to be a very proud “Pioneer”. (I hope american immigraion people doesn’t read Robert’s blog)

By: dogbert

dogbert — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:00:03 +0000

Are you really a princess?

By: solongo/marmotess

solongo/marmotess — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:15:07 +0000

Korean “soap operas” are also very popular in Mongolia, I usually don’t watch them here in Korea (except Kim sam soon) because I don’t understand most of what they’re saying (being ignorant angry Mongolian) and asking Robert for translating is like well, I’d be better off doing a suicidal jump to the Han river reborn as a Korean and rent the drama. ??Good wives always blame their husband?? Chinese proverb of the day!!!!!
Anyways, Korean dramas are so popular in Mongolia; In fact they show them on every channel. I like Korean dramas too they’re so addictive you just have to watch it until the end, no other choice.

By: zhang_fei

zhang_fei — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:54:07 +0000

Korean soaps are hitting the airwaves in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. The stateside viewership is probably the product of immigrants from the Far East taking their viewing preferences to the US. I saw ads for Daejanggeum playing on cable TV at the local Chinese restaurant. It was dubbed in Mandarin, though.