Comments on: MBC caught in Gochu Gate II

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:12:38 +0000

My only fear is that if Korean broadcasters started showing “the thing” on TV, they would start trying to superimpose advertising on it, which, in turn, would result in a new kind of race to find the largest for the sake of showing more advertising at one time.

I must also wonder just *who* spends their time watching Korean TV, trying to spot genitalia . . .

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:40:04 +0000

I like this line in the Chosun story: “After the scene aired, websites started to bulge with comments from Korea’s famously vociferous Netizens.” “Bulge,” eh? Marmot, Marmot, Marmot.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:14:08 +0000

It’s almost as if they had never seen Korean late night TV.

By: Gerrybevers

Gerrybevers — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:29:07 +0000

Why does the Chosun Ilbo post pictures with the article if there is nothing to see in the pictures?

By: kushibo

kushibo — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:52:09 +0000

You’re making this up, Andy. The only outrages in Korea involve Americans and Japanese. Everyone here knows that.

pathetic. i watched the drama and thought it refreshing for a tv show to be comfortable with nudity in such a natural setting. it’s certainly not the first time a bathhouse scene has had nudity here.

Don’t get too discouraged there, Your Honor. This is merely the outrage of the week, which is pored over and scrutinized and criticized or praised by a few thousand people out of a population of nearly fifty million. The other 99.9% probably stop paying attention to it after they’re done reading the headline about it in the papers.

In other words, the ranters on the Internet probably do not represent the norm. Just like with Nipplegate, a tiny, tiny fraction of the population tried to make it look like America was outraged.

Thank you, Al Gore, for inventing a glorified collection of bullhorns.

What is the sound of one hack yapping?

By: judge judy

judge judy — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:30:20 +0000