tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post2860427780811327674..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Score with Samsung Card!matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-18272743578490143492007-10-27T23:30:00.000+09:002007-10-27T23:30:00.000+09:00I'm more surprised about the douchebag that's host...I'm more surprised about the douchebag that's hosting the Minyoduluisuda show, since he was so anti-American during the period after the two girls were killed. He wrote editorials condemning the Korean police as race traitors for doing their job protecting Yongsan from demonstrators. He must be a whore for the money to put up with all the foreigners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-55476927434883695922007-10-17T21:03:00.000+09:002007-10-17T21:03:00.000+09:00I see your point about white women in the lingerie...I see your point about white women in the lingerie ads signifying developed country status, and I acknowledge that lingerie stores have Korean women in the windows in their advertisements.<BR/><BR/>But I still disagree about Korean women being on ads on TV. Sure, I haven't done an objective study of them...although the task doesn't sound too onerous...but when I used to watch late-night TV here it was almost impossible to avoid lingerie infomercials. Those did indeed feature Korean women, but they'd always be walking along a catwalk wearing normal clothes and HOLDING the lingerie on a coat hanger. After they turned back the white women would come up, wearing nothing but the product. It was pretty ridiculous really.<BR/><BR/>I admit, I have also seen some Korean stars in lingeries ads by themselves, but they're always wearing clothes over the lingerie. For the sake of completeness, I've just spent 10 mins surfing Korean lingerie companies' websites searching for Korean models as well, but to no avail. If you know of any, please let me know!<BR/><BR/>I should really shut up by this point, but seriously after being bombarded with so many lingerie ads here on a daily basis even a priest would find them difficult to avoid, and even he would think it odd that the only ones with a Korean women displaying the products were in store windows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-40611794201060422052007-10-17T02:20:00.000+09:002007-10-17T02:20:00.000+09:00when bizarre notions of occidentalism and "feminin...<B>when bizarre notions of occidentalism and "feminine virtue" mean that Korean lingerie ads, for instance, can't have KOREAN models in them,</B><BR/><BR/>Korean underwear ads used to have only Koreans in them (and many still do). The reason for white women in the lingerie ads is a way of showing that Korea has reached the status of a rich country: "Look! We're just like Japan in that we can afford to have gaijin models come here to do our ads!"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Matt, the women on this show simply represent the producers' desire to have energy and excitement on their show so that people won't turn the channel. Bubbly is always easier to find than intellect, so producers usually seek that out.<BR/><BR/>In other words, the Misuda women are probably representative of foreigners in the same way that the contestants on Deal or No Deal are representative of Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-12778925840722129882007-10-16T19:41:00.000+09:002007-10-16T19:41:00.000+09:00I don't think you're reading too much into it at a...I don't think you're reading too much into it at all, and agree with the entire post. Like I say in a post on my own blog that I'll link to below, when bizarre notions of occidentalism and "feminine virtue" mean that Korean lingerie ads, for instance, can't have KOREAN models in them, then even minor changes in the way non-Koreans are presented on TV here assume much more significance than a casual examination suggests.<BR/><BR/>Having said all that, I don't watch much Korean TV at all these days, but I did notice the Western woman you mention in an "S-Oil" recently too. I wonder how much of a regular feature she'll be on Korean TV from now on.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, James.<BR/> http://thegrandnarrative.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/korean-employers-attitudes-to-a-40-hour-working-week/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-43396640354529817452007-10-11T19:41:00.000+09:002007-10-11T19:41:00.000+09:00i have to agree with the above poster. seems to me...i have to agree with the above poster. seems to me they're just acting like bubbly women. it's an ad so we understand the embellished nature of their behavior. <BR/><BR/>pawi<BR/><BR/>ps thank you for your wonderful blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-76993523886739761132007-10-09T06:03:00.000+09:002007-10-09T06:03:00.000+09:00your reading into it too much buddy.your reading into it too much buddy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com