Enia
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Post by Enia on Aug 26, 2004 22:58:50 GMT -5
Following the episode of 'Phoenix' on Tues. I watched another drama which is not subtitled. What caught my attention was that SJ from YH & Mr. Oh from OMR have roles in it. There is a little boy in the drama, aged about four or five. I'm not sure about the storyline but what I saw appalled & outraged me. The mother (presumably) of the little boy smacked him on the bottom, then slapped him several times on the back. She pulled him out of his chair & dragged him upstairs. There she had a cane & beat him so hard that he had welts on his little legs. I turned it off at that stage as I couldn't bear to watch anymore. It was so upsetting.
Is this common in K-dramas or is it an isolated incident?
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Aug 26, 2004 23:10:11 GMT -5
i don't know about modern k dramas
i know it is common in korean households
it's cultural. but i understand how americans would find it shocking
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Post by mace_windu on Aug 26, 2004 23:38:08 GMT -5
I believe you were watching the drama "Terms of Endearment" or "Conditions of Love". This is currently showing in Hawaii and L.A. with subtitles. Here's some background on that scene: the mother and father of the kid you saw decided to divorce. The father demanded custody of the child, and she had no say 'cause that's the way it is in Korea. So in the days leading up to when she had to give him up, she was being overly harsh on her son partly because she was frustrated and angry about the divorce and to also to try and make him hate her so it would be easier (in her mind) for them to part. After you turned off the TV, she went back to her son as he slept and nursed his wounds and telling him she was sorry for what she did and then cried some more.
But having said that, VIB is also right in that it's a cultural thing and I have seen it in other dramas as well.
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Post by Enia on Sept 20, 2004 13:20:15 GMT -5
VIB of YiSoonShin & mace_windu,
Sincere apologies for not acknowledging your responses to my query. I've been out of town for some time. It is always helpful to have an understanding of the other cultures. While the incident was upsetting, we know child abuse is not specific to Korean culture. One only has to look at the U.S. statistics to confirm that fact.
Thank you both very much.
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Post by ID on Sept 20, 2004 16:08:18 GMT -5
well, when you think about, isn't much more pleasent to watch children being disiplined, than to watch people cheating on their wives, with their sisters, in american soap operas?
sorry, i don't know too much about the show you are talking about. i'm not into soap operas.
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