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anemoiawithatouchofobsession · 4 days

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I'm trying to record the video now and omg it's so short? 3 minutes is NOTHINg for the amount of things I wanna say lmao

Excitement

I'm participating in a korean language speaking contest and I want to talk about 1st gen Kpop, 80s and 90s korean popular culture and how its inspiring me and influencing my music taste, fashion, makeup, mindset, and the respect for people of all ages and why I think the Korean 80s and 90s trends are unique in Asia

AND ITS SUPPOSED TO BE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES AND I HAVE TO SUBMIT IT ON SUNDAYYY

So here is what it boils down to, eventually :

Introducing myself with Lee Jiyeon's "That Reason Was Pain To Me", just to start off with something more eye-catching and unique than the standard "Annyeonghaseyo"

Introduce my background shortly

Explaining how I heard of older Kpop and why it is different from the current global Kpop trend

How I went back in history and kept checking out odler artists due to my interest and curiosity

Parallelly, getting interested in 90s K-dramas through MBCs Masterpiece Theatre on YouTube

Finding my niche in the 8090s and fully exploring artists and albums, actors and their dramas, variety shows, and loving it

Explaining my favourite theme of the 8090s, "Longing" through two to three examples in songs/music and drama/movies

Song examples : "I am loneliness, you are longing", "Wind, please stop blowing", "Rain outside the glass window", "Past days", "when the wind blows outside the window"

Drama examples : Lee Mi Yeon in Love Blooming on a tree, Taesoo and Hyerin in Sandglass, Kim Hyesun in Walking To Heaven, Hoonam and Seokho in Sons And Daughters, Choi Soojong in Pilot, Chae Shira and Choi Jaesung in Eyes Of Dawn

Explaining how I relate to Longing and Sentimentalism in my current life

How I am influenced in my current life by the 8090s in dressing style and makeup style

Some other special 8090s korean fashion trends I love : dark lipstick, jeans and leather jackets, wispy feather bangs

Explaining why this era is special to Korean popular culture, because of all time rating highs in drama, new musical genres and perfection in existing genres, a society ready for change and development, yet humanist and a 낭만적

This is a special part of Korean culture I love, and I cannot wait to come to Korea and see parts of the culture that is left over for myself

End the submission with "가리워진 길" because why not

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anemoiawithatouchofobsession · 5 days

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--- KOR translation below ----

Someone said it was lesbian awareness week?

Well, then happy lesbian awareness week to probably the first lesbian representation(?) on Korean dramas, Park Jung-eun, Ji-eun's younger sister from "What Is Love".

While watching "What Is Love? "This one part stood out to me. How... did no one in the drama make this a bigger thing? Because there's no way the script had Jung-eun say THIS line and still be forced to like Cheol-jin, her childhood friend who had come back to woo her - whose persuasiveness was almost stalker-like. Who genuinely had a lot of problems with him.

Now, saying "our daughter is weird" would have been the most logical thing for parents in the 90s, but looking back now , what if she just wasn't attracted to men, which is why she didn't want to settle down? What if she just genuinely was attracted to women? LGBTQ+ has always existed in every society, is what I think, and with the first trans women appearing on TV, it was also a societal thing.

This could have been such a good plot point to deal with - even if Jungeun fell "back in love" with men later on. The confusion of sexuality during your younger adult years is a very real thing and I'm sad that they went in a very weird Oedipus-ish way that "Jungeun is actually in love with her father and no man can match up to him for her" instead of acknowledging that she hasn't come to terms with her sexuality yet... well, it's the 90s. The fact that this went on broadcast is kinda great.

레즈비언 자각 주간이라고 누가 말했나요?

글쎄요, 그렇다면 아마도 한국 드라마 최초의 레즈비언 대표(?), "사랑이 뭐길래"에서 나오는 지은이 여동생 박정은을 소개합니다.

'사랑이 뭐길래'를 보면서 이 부분이 눈에 띄었는데, 드라마에서 이 부분을 더 크게 만든 사람이 없었나?싶었어요. 극중 정은이가 이런 대사를 하고도 설득력이 거의 스토커급이었던 철진이를 계속 좋아할 리가 없으니까요. 저였어도 성희롱이라고 하고 경찰에게 갈텐데요...

90년대에는 "우리딸 이상하다"라고 하는 게 가장 논리적인 일이었을 텐데 지금 돌이켜보면, 만약 정은이가 남자에게 진심으로 끌리지 않았다면? 진정으로 여자에게 끌린다면 어떨까요? 레즈비언인데 그러면... LGBTQ+는 모든 사회에 항상 존재해왔다는 것이 사실이에요. 첫 번째 트랜스젠더 여성이 TV에 출연하면서 이것은 또한 사회적인 일이었습니다.

정은이가 나중에 "남자들과 다시 사랑에 빠졌다"고 하더라도, 정은이의 혼란을 다루기에 너무 좋은 스토리 포인트가 될 수도 있었어요. 젊은 성인기 동안의 성적인 혼란은 현실적인 것이고, 정은이 아직 자신의 성적인 정체성을 받아들이지 않았다는 것을 인정하는 대신 "정은이가 사실 아빠하고 연애한거야"는 좀 이상한 오이디푸스적인 방식으로 진행된 것이 아쉬워요. 글쎄요, 90년대잖아요.... 이 대사가 방송이 나간 사실은 오히려 좋습니다.

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