Comments on: Colbert does Korean pop

By: AsiaPundit » Blog Archive » links for 2007-05-21

AsiaPundit » Blog Archive » links for 2007-05-21 — Mon, 21 May 2007 13:21:33 +0000

[...] SOUTH KOREA - Colbert does Korean pop “To prove he’s more influential than Rain, Stephen Colbert does his own Korean music video [Comedy Central]. Painful. Very painful. At the same time, it does show Korea’s rising cultural profile—just a couple a years ago, no one would be making joke [...]

By: peninsular aborigine

peninsular aborigine — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:02:33 +0000

I always thought my singing room pronunciation was much better than my everyday butchery of the language. Colbert seems to bear this out. His spoken Korean sounded a little bit like Chinese to me.

By: 10DH

10DH — Wed, 16 May 2007 00:08:58 +0000

Pissing off Koreans is always funny.

By: 조엘

조엘 — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:23:27 +0000

That picture is 비. It’s just not a very good picture.

By: gbevers

gbevers — Sun, 13 May 2007 22:25:36 +0000

Sonagi,

Not “all” the netizens chided the reporter. Read deeper.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Sun, 13 May 2007 20:36:57 +0000

The reporter missed the joke, but netizens got it. They all chided the reporter for being thin-skinned about the comedy skit.

By: The Marmot’s Hole » Netizens divided on Stephen Colbert skit

The Marmot’s Hole » Netizens divided on Stephen Colbert skit — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:21:02 +0000

[...] News (Korean) reports that Korea’s netizens are unsure as to how to take Stephen Colbert’s skit on Rain [Marmot’s Hole]. Some felt the skit was racist and degrading to Korea, while many others [...]

By: seouldout

seouldout — Sun, 13 May 2007 14:48:39 +0000

And the joke is missed.

Go get him, thin-skinned VANKers.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 13 May 2007 00:36:47 +0000

LOL “What else is Korean?”

His Korean pronunciation is better than mine

By: Maekchu

Maekchu — Sat, 12 May 2007 16:39:12 +0000

“Get into my Hyundai…We can eat some kimchi”.

LOL.

Best Korean pop video I’ve ever seen.