|
|
Post by T'ae-bi-mama on Feb 8, 2005 22:30:10 GMT -5
In a previous thread (episode 29), Aging Warrior asked: When I saw episode 30 in NY, the instructor didn't explain why he was stealing and there was no scene where anyone found out. Was there a scene where someone found the letter he was crying over and read it? If there was it was cut by WMBC.
In the version I saw on MKTV (NJ), various people, including Commander Woo, defended the archery instructor when he was confessing/being punished. I think the archery instructor confessed that he sold their weapons for money. Also, when YSS was reflecting about it afterward, he blamed himself (of course) for failing to distinguish a friend from a foe (Chun-su) and then also blamed poverty as the real enemy. I was kind of tired when I saw it and the rest of that episode didn't seem so interesting, so my memory might be a bit fuzzy. Anyone else remember the first part of episode 30?
|
|
|
|
Post by moreshige on Feb 9, 2005 9:28:03 GMT -5
yes, I saw the archer instructor read the letter and crying over it.
|
|
|
|
Post by florel on Feb 9, 2005 12:29:35 GMT -5
About the instructor's stealing affaire, two hints are done in Episode 29 : two letters of the instructor's wife.
First, in a Hangeul letter sent to his husband, she deplores she has nothing to nourish her children.
YSS detects the crime when he receives a Hanja letter from the instructor's wife. It's an appreciative letter to the captain for his financial aids. But YSS has never furnished money to them. So he finds out something wrong has happened.
The content of this letter is revealed only in Episode 30 after execution of the archery instructor. - cheating on TV viewers ? perhaps...
In fact, the second letter annoys me. How could a common woman send a letter written with Chinese characters, monopole of the aristocratic male ? Perhaps, we could imagine someone should write the letter for her. But i think it would be more convincing if she had also written with Hangeul to YSS. At the same time, it would be better to condense the instructor's story in one episode.
The last half part of episode 30 gravitates around hope and hopelessness in life. YSS brings hope to slaves/serfs for the emancipation. (If they can successfuly defend Nokdun Island, they will be released from the shackles of slavery.) A gisaeng Chung-Hyang tries to give hope to Yu Sung-Ryong who is plunged in despairing mood because of his disappointment with the king and the government.
The gloomy mood overshadows Episode 30 even with a ray of hope.
|
|
|
|
Post by Aging Warrior on Feb 9, 2005 14:04:40 GMT -5
Thanks florel,
The meaning of the letter to YSS didn't come through the subtitles/editting in NY.
It seems natural that the wife of the thief would want to send a special letter of thanks rather than a hand written note. Maybe she felt that she could afford to pay a scribe to write the letter for her with some of the extra money.
Chung-Hyang was hard to look at with her asymetrical hair style. I kept thinking of the strain on her neck.
|
|
|
|
Post by skinz on Feb 9, 2005 15:33:12 GMT -5
Chung-Hyang was hard to look at with her asymetrical hair style. I kept thinking of the strain on her neck. Hahahaha! Women of Chosun sure gives Marie Antoinette a run for her money.  |
|
|
|
Post by florel on Feb 9, 2005 19:01:24 GMT -5
It seems natural that the wife of the thief would want to send a special letter of thanks rather than a hand written note. Maybe she felt that she could afford to pay a scribe to write the letter for her with some of the extra money. Um... a possible explication. Chung-Hyang was hard to look at with her asymetrical hair style. I kept thinking of the strain on her neck. Some Chosun women broke their necks because of the weight of their wigs. This is a historical fact. |
|
|
|
Post by T'ae-bi-mama on Feb 14, 2005 17:57:22 GMT -5
I'd believe that the wigs could break the neck. The ones they let you wear with wedding hanboks these days weigh at least 25 lbs. and they aren't nearly as large. One's bodily movements are so restricted when carrying all that weight. Its amazing what women were willing to put up with, in all cultures.
Poor Chung-hyang. At least YSS's mom and wife don't have these big hair issues. Would it be better to be poor with small hair or well off with big hair back in those days?
|
|
|
|
Post by florel on Feb 15, 2005 8:14:48 GMT -5
Old European (and American) women had their corsets which could cause a rupture of the viscera.
I'm inclined to wear neither a heavy wig nor a tightened corset.
|
|
|
|
Post by TheBo on Feb 15, 2005 11:39:18 GMT -5
I'm inclined to wear neither a heavy wig nor a tightened corset. Do you wear stilletto heels with tight, pointed toes? Plenty of women here do. (In spite of my kindly warnings about dreadful foot surgery, LOL.) I think women in every country, in every time, have been inordinately willing to do just about any ridiculous thing to be "fashionable" or acceptable. At least now, we only have ourselves to blame if we cave into the prevailing opinions on such matters. Bo |
|
generaldu
Senior Addict
The subway charms us so, where balmy breezes blow, to and fro. - Lorenz Hart - "Manhattan"
Posts: 312
|
Post by generaldu on Feb 15, 2005 13:29:52 GMT -5
Men are starting to fall victim to this nonsense too with body waxing, eyebrow "shaping" and other dubious fashion impositions.
As a child of the sixties, I thought it was great when some women decided to stop shaving their armpits and legs and also chose basic and practical forms of attire for themselves.
I'm sure many of those same women today have been absorbed back into glam-conformity.
|
|
|
|
Post by MasterCrabby on Feb 15, 2005 14:21:19 GMT -5
I saw a show on TV which stated that 19th century women would sometimes have ribs broken to accomodate the corset bit. Apparently "fainting chairs" were common so that when these corsets caused constriction and dizziness, the women could drop onto them.
Hardly comparable, I find that the wide elastic on men's underwear tends to bind up the innards unduly.
|
|
|
|
Post by ID on Feb 15, 2005 15:04:47 GMT -5
Men are starting to fall victim to this nonsense too with body waxing, eyebrow "shaping" and other dubious fashion impositions. As a child of the sixties, I thought it was great when some women decided to stop shaving their armpits and legs and also chose basic and practical forms of attire for themselves. I'm sure many of those same women today have been absorbed back into glam-conformity. You know, I just soemtimes can't understand you. I never new a normal man who waxed, and I was never attracted to a woman who didn't shave. No offense. And when will we talk about the show? These recent conversations should go in the tangents board. Sorry, but I just don't understand it. |
|
|
|
Post by MasterCrabby on Feb 15, 2005 15:25:46 GMT -5
Speaking of the show and attire, I wonder if the reason that the military robes are belted so high on the abdomen is so that senior officers, who might be paunchy, appear similarly vigorous to their subordinates. Any thoughts on this?
|
|
|
|
Post by florel on Feb 15, 2005 19:35:35 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by florel on Feb 16, 2005 3:02:37 GMT -5
It seems that the military uniform with large belt and narrow sleeves is well fitting for a combat.
|
|
, it's because actors wear lots of clothes under their costume not to catch a cold during the winter time.