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Post by sandra on Apr 23, 2004 16:00:31 GMT -5
Hi! Could anyone post a summary of episode 34? With the time change I taped the wrong program. My tape stopped at the point when JG gave credit for the correct diagnosis to the other girl. By the way, geishas are not prostitutes. Nor are they court ladies recruited to "entertain." They are professionals, educated from the time they are children to be good at doing everything --- singing, dancing, conversing, playing games, traditional ceremonies, etc. Because becoming one and being one was so expensive, they often had patrons who paid their bills and who expected favors in return. JG is my absolute favorite show. An earlier writer was right when he/she said they should run it on PBS. Sandra
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Post by jacques on Apr 23, 2004 17:51:30 GMT -5
I agree. On the other hand, the Korean channel is kinda like PBS and the Soap Channel rolled into one! ;D
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Post by HumbleStudent on Apr 24, 2004 13:12:21 GMT -5
sandra: You're quite right about the role of the geisha, but if my understanding (which comes from the historical novel "Shogun", so it's not unassailable) is correct, that status was not established in Japan until the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the 1600's, which is about 100 years after the action in GJG. On the other hand, it might be that the kisaeng hostesses in Chosun were similar to what the geisha in Japan would later become. But it seems that we need some independent information on what kisaeng hostesses were actually doing in the 1500's.
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