Comments on: I Agree with What He Said

By: Breaktrack

Breaktrack — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:36:30 +0000

Why do people give a crap about the Wonder Girls? What a waste of breath!

On the flip side, if Koreans can criticize other countries pop icons, and they do, than other people can do the same to their pop icons.

“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:44:59 +0000

#18,

Maybe said netizens should click on the link I posted.

By: seouldout

seouldout — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:33:22 +0000

Maybe they’ll try to get married off to a rich chaebol heir and divorce with a huge paycheck a few years later.

Heck, that’s an upgrade. Used to be the cheabol geezers would have their way with them and later give them a sock factory and a one-way ticket to Hong Kong, Japan or the States. Baby momma needs to be taken care of, you know.

Anyway, whether here or in the States it’s saccharine tripe pop music. I don’t get the ruckus.

And Bono knows bugger all about economics; his campaigning for “debt forgiveness”, especially for Nigeria, is a disservice to good governance.

By: littlebrownasian

littlebrownasian — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:15:07 +0000

Oh boy, I can see it now. If ‘em die-hard netizens ever get to reach this thread and start postin’ em stingin’ remarks as to how insensitive y’all waeguks are’n how much they love ‘em Wonderbra-huggin Girls until the day they die, that’ll be the day.

I’m buyin’em beer and pizza!

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:03:06 +0000

http://summerz.pe.kr/blog/index.php?pl=1089

By: arubaito

arubaito — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:49:28 +0000

Wow, great post.. I never got why this innocent craze incited such a ruckus in the foreign community.

By: Benicio74

Benicio74 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:35:58 +0000

And, as pointed out, when they suddenly stop becoming the big cash cow, they are tossed aside like old hookers.
Maybe one or two can slog it our for a solo career, maybe even be more popular ala Lee Hyo-Ree. Maybe they’ll try to get married off to a rich chaebol heir and divorce with a huge paycheck a few years later. Maybe they’ll end their days slogging it off in a Kangnam room salon.

The future doesn’t look bright!

By: Benicio74

Benicio74 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:32:36 +0000

Yes, they are all just products!
They are not singers, they are “entertainers”.
They are produced, down to the smallest detail, to appeal to the lowest common denominator and generate the most amount of cash as long as the “fad” can last.
They are the same the world over; the Britneys, Lindsay Lohans, Spice Girls, Wondergirls, SES, PINKL, on & on ad nauseum.
They f*** for money. They f*** the eyes and minds of everyone who calls themself a “fan”- the “fans” that don’t give 2 sh*ts that they can’t sing and have had their “talent” beaten into them from years & years of “training”. These “fans” only want one of 2 things- to f*** them or to be like them. It has nothing to do with any talent whatsoever!

By: The Goat

The Goat — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:14:23 +0000

Sweet!

to go along with the pedestal we now have the “it is worse over there so nyah nyah shutup!” argument.

Wonder Girls are whores (of a different nature). They are being prostituted out by their creators mercilessly for cash and when the fad fades, they will be left to a similar fate as an old hooker - cast aside without a second thought.

One - perhaps two - might be able to parlay this exposure (pun?) into a reasonably successful career but I would not bet too much money on it. Only time will tell if these girls will develop their…erm…talent. If not, I am sure there are plenty of places in Kangnam that will develop it for them.

ps. I think you can pretty much substitute any created, no-talent pop group (redundant?) for the Wonder Girls in this regard.

They (pop singy dancey created crap groups) are all whores. Just so that the Wonder Girls are teenage whores like (like so many before them).

By: cmm

cmm — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:50:25 +0000

Guys like clooney or sean penn or the other members of the Film Actors Guild (F.A.G.), are certainly annoying and best ignored when are doing anything but acting and appearing on the entertainment page.

But I think Bono is a bad example. He relentlessly and nobly campaigns for humanitarian causes in Africa on the scale that he has been given consideration for the Noble Peace Prize (all jabs about the value of said prize, al gore, arafat comments preeminently acknowledged). He is one of the few entertainers who I’m happy to see on a page other than just the entertainment section. He deserves to be taken seriously based on his efforts and accomplishments. The fact that he also happens to be a rock star of sorts just makes him cool and affords him an Edge (bad pun preeminently acknowledged).