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Post by CaptainVideo on Jan 31, 2006 11:50:36 GMT -5
I would appreciate just a little clarification of the plot here... Just before the frequency change, I thought that Jaedo was being let go from his position for being too old (which I thought was at the Home Shopping Network, so I'm really confused) but he just explained that he quit? And I can't seem to figure out how Suk-hyun began his confrontation with Jong-nam. I seemed to regain the ability to read the subtitles after he soiled his pants and was demanding she pay the bill??? Why did he give her the watch to hold and to what meeting did he arrive late? I did happen happen to see the episode when she got mugged and lost all of her belongings
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Post by Lucy on Jan 31, 2006 12:45:18 GMT -5
Yes, that's what happened to Jaedo, but he told Nara's husband he quit. I don't know if this is a mistranslation, in the sense that being made to resign or fired = same diff in Korea, or if he only said that to save face, but the fact is that he was let go. No, he had a civil service job and did not work for the Well-being Home Shopping Network. Sukhyun and Jong-nam met when he got really, really drunk one night at the bar where she worked. Check the other thread (sorry, I don't know which one specifically--can anyone else help?) for a full explanation of what happened that night. But she had his watch as collateral while she was waiting for him to pay her back for all the money she had to spend to help him that night when he was helplessly falling-down drunk. He didn't keep the appointment they had for him to pay her back, and in the meantime she was robbed, not only of his watch but also of her life savings. That was because she was out on the street after being fired from the bar (which had nothing to do with Sukhyun). Being an honest person, she spent all the money she earned thereafter, including the money her new "mom" gave her, in order to buy a replacement watch. Now it turns out that was only a fake because his mother was keeping the real one for safekeeping. He soiled his pants that night while he was drunk and she was carrying him on her back. So he urinated all over her, not just himself.
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Post by Soju on Jan 31, 2006 13:46:59 GMT -5
To add to what Lucy said: Shortly after he returned to Seoul, Suk-hyun was invited out by his friends for a welcome home get-together at the bar where Jong-nam worked. This involved plying Suk-hyun with drinks until he was incompetent not to mention incontinent Suk-hyun is delayed returning to the bar due to a traffic accident. When he finally arrives, it is closed and locked. Inside, Jong-nam is partying by herself, drinking and dancing with the music up way loud, so she can't hear him outside. The next morning, Jong-nam's boss finds the bar trashed, with Jong-nam sleeping it off at a table, and fires her, as he has noticed that someone has been pilfering the food and liquor.
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Post by CaptainVideo on Feb 1, 2006 2:48:30 GMT -5
Oh!! Thank you soooo much, you two, this really helps. I really do like this story; I wasn't sure if I wanted to invest my time in a daily that could last for years, but this is being a very cute story. So, is KBS typical of all Korean broadcasting or are they particularly conservative because they're state run? I'm just wondering because the level of morals and respect is so high, it just seems to be a bit exaggerated. It's also kind of interesting to see that there is veryl little display of affection between couples, even behind closed doors.
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Post by Lucy on Feb 1, 2006 11:05:42 GMT -5
Good call, CV. We have heard that KBS is particularly conservative compared to the other two big Korean networks, MBC and SBS. After watching mostly KBS dramas for a couple of years now, because that's all that KBC shows for the most part, I've gotten used to it. I don't think that what they portray is exaggerated, per se, but maybe a little out of date. That is, that sort of very respectful behavior toward parents, for example, is true to tradition, but many of the other networks don't invariably show it. As for the PDAs, I believe that very little of that does go on in modern Korea to this day.
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Post by Soju on Feb 1, 2006 11:16:06 GMT -5
Except for Dae Jang-geum, I don't recall ever seeing a subtitled MBC show on WOCH, and no SBS shows at all. Now that WOCH is affiliated with KBS-America, we no longer see MBC shows. But we do see a lot more subtitled shows, so that's good.
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Post by Lucy on Feb 1, 2006 11:24:56 GMT -5
"Attic Room Cat" was an MBC show. That's the only other one I can think of. And, to illustrate our point, it was a tad racy, what with their sleeping together (once) as soon as the Cat moved into the Attic Room.
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Post by Soju on Feb 1, 2006 11:56:19 GMT -5
Oh, right! And 'Love Letter', too.
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Post by ginnycat5 on Feb 1, 2006 12:17:11 GMT -5
Why does the age 15 warning show at the beginning of this drama? Unless it's related to a scandalous entanglement, and not something we are going to see on screen.
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Post by Lucy on Feb 1, 2006 14:42:01 GMT -5
That's just a formality, as far as we can tell. They (KBS, I think, not KBC-41) have been putting those warnings before just about every show.
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Post by Soju on Feb 1, 2006 14:57:18 GMT -5
Luckily, KBS World only puts it at the beginning of the shows hey export. In their domestic market, the yellow dot pops up every ten minutes or so.
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Post by BAE on Feb 1, 2006 15:21:36 GMT -5
Will we ever be able to get some SBS shows?
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Post by BAE on Feb 1, 2006 15:23:23 GMT -5
So does that mean that there's a possibility of seeing SBS shows? Sorry, I'm not a tad bit knowledgeable when it comes to things like this.
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Post by Soju on Feb 1, 2006 20:15:53 GMT -5
Well, a while back, there were SBS dramas on WOCK, WOCH's sister station, which showed a lot of Chinese programming. They used to be on ch 13, which now shows the Mexican "TV Azteca"
They were dubbed into Chinese AND had Chinese subtitles. My reception was so bad I could hardly ever even tell what was going on.
They might be showing them on ch 48, but if and when, I don't know. My reception of that staiton is dismal as well.
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Post by Soju on Feb 2, 2006 21:13:32 GMT -5
I was going through some shows I had recorded today, and realized Kim Hye-ok (Yoo-jong) was also in "Sorry, I Love You".
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