Korean film stars Kim Sun-ah, Hwang Jeong-min, Jeon Do-yeon and others actors and actresses attached to management firm Siders HQ plan to gather in Gwanghwamun at 2:00 today to protest the government’s plans to reduce the screen quota as part of its negotiations with the United States over a potential free trade deal.
This, of course, follows Jang Dong-gun’s protest in Yoido and Choi Min-sik’s protest/medal returning in Gwanghwamun. Oh, and let’s not forget Ahn Sung-ki’s and Park Choong-hoon’s demonstrations.
Pic ripped from here.
All this is fine and good, but I’m afraid none of it matches the conviction shown by Korea’s light-porn ero actresses (figures that I’d remember something like this) when they protested in Myeongdong in June 2004 over a number issues, including reductions in the screen quota, the Iraq War and dodgy food products. Oh, and lax government control over access to online Japanese porn.
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Reducing Screen Quota ??? They should get rid of it. Many Koreans support getting rid of Screen quota or whatever.
Ha ha ha, that last cause there “lax government control over access to online Japanese porn” really gave me a laugh. Maybe they should ‘act’ a little better… if there’s any involved.
The signs the actors have are so neat and nicely printed.
I wonder if Choi Min-sik was up really late the night before his protest, trying to put together such a nice sign on his Epson printer.
I’m no huge fan of Hollywood, but I think the pro-quota protestors are a bunch of whiny crybabies who are raising a big stink over relatively nothing. What are they so worried about? Is the Korean film industry so lacking in confidence that it cant deal with an extra 73 days out of the year of competition with Hollywood? With all the talk about Hallyu and Korean Wave these days, one would think they can still prosper based on merit and not on protectionism which was implemented in the 60s. The farmers have a much better cause for protest than they.
Mt. Tan, you make light of these poor girls’ plight, but as I explained before in an old post, the Korean ero industry has been taking a beating thanks to the wide availability of online Japanese porn. Heck, if there was any sector of the Korean film business that needed a screen quota (or at least a monitor quota) if it’s to survive (not that you’d want it to) without making radical transformations, ero’s it.
Korean “ero”=beige grandma panties
“Friends of the screen quota, aid us. The Korean flag will unfurl across the world”? What if other nations had their own measures to keep out foreign (including Korean) movies? No whiff of hypocrisy there, Mr. Typhoon heartthrob?
If only every article here could be linked to porn… Please?
I’m sympathetic to the poor eros actresses’ problems, but why does every assorted protest try to fit in a multitude of complaints onto their protest agenda? It seems that almost every protest nowadays (here and elsewhere in the world) includes the obligatory ‘US out of Iraq’ segment. They’re protesting over the film quota, Japanese porn invading Korea, food products and, oh yeah, the War in Iraq. Leave no stone unturned, always gotta throw that in as an afterthought. To their credit, the regular stars didn’t do this-or did they and I just missed it?
Snow–Actually, the ladies hit the streets to prove that they were more than just T&A, and that ero actresses cared about “the issues,” including Iraq and dodgy foodstuffs (the latter was a big issue at the time because of the “dodgy mandu” scandal). Obviously, though, the issue they were most concerned about was the screen quota and blocking access to illegal Japanese porn.
How can you people scoff at the plight of these poor actors? Why, they have only a 60% share of the nation’s screen-days right now. They can’t afford bi-weekly trips to their beloved Cannes unless the quota is raised to 75%.
And don’t get me started on the ero actresses. They have to suffer not only poor scriptwriting, but also male actors sporting facial expressions reminiscent of someone extruding a Lombardi Trophy out his ass.
We send them Hollywood movies and rice while they send us steel, electronics, and appliances… who is the loser there? I’ve seen their movies… they’re way ahead…
Korean movie stars address the average Mr. and Mrs. Choi:
“Citizens! You must all pay 30% more for your food and everyday goods than you need to, because WE are big movie stars and WE want to keep our money coming and WE come first!
Your sons and daughters and maybe you could use more jobs as Korean companies expand as a result of free trade with America, but to hell with that! Think of OUR jobs! You think living in Star Towwer is easy? “