Post by humblestudent2 on Oct 3, 2007 14:32:24 GMT -5
The KBS Global Marketing page contains this bio of Hae-in:
'A psychometric, Hae-in currently works as a librarian. She is talented at drawing and is an outstanding taro card reader, but she only does that as a hobby. Her forgetfulness has almost reached the level of amnesia, but her ability to concentrate is stunning once she engrosses herself in something. Having an unsuspecting personality that is often perceived by others as “weird” because of her poor communication skills, she nonetheless knows how to face hardships head on and turns into a courageous and strong woman when necessary. Her father died three years ago of liver cancer, and currently she lives with her deaf mother, which explains her habit to use the sign language whenever she is angry or lacks words to express her thoughts.'
Clearly the writer of this bio has little knowledge of his/her subject. The portrayal of Hae-in as a "forgetful" person is particularly far off the mark. The woman has the memory of an elephant. How many women do you know who could remember the exact appearance and speech of somebody who gave her an umbrella in junior high school?! And how about that flash drive thing? You all saw the two flash drives - how many of you looked at the second flash drive and said, "That's not the one the reporter had in Episode 12!"?
Furthermore, who so far in the whole series has had any trouble communicating with Hae-in? And how about this fantastic notion that when Hae-in is angry she loses her ability to speak and bursts into hand-talk? Leaving aside the fact that she never gets angry....!
Who writes these distorted accounts? Seong-Kisa? (Seriously, I wonder if the marketing people were working from some early treatment of the story, composed before the writers even wrote it.)
'A psychometric, Hae-in currently works as a librarian. She is talented at drawing and is an outstanding taro card reader, but she only does that as a hobby. Her forgetfulness has almost reached the level of amnesia, but her ability to concentrate is stunning once she engrosses herself in something. Having an unsuspecting personality that is often perceived by others as “weird” because of her poor communication skills, she nonetheless knows how to face hardships head on and turns into a courageous and strong woman when necessary. Her father died three years ago of liver cancer, and currently she lives with her deaf mother, which explains her habit to use the sign language whenever she is angry or lacks words to express her thoughts.'
Clearly the writer of this bio has little knowledge of his/her subject. The portrayal of Hae-in as a "forgetful" person is particularly far off the mark. The woman has the memory of an elephant. How many women do you know who could remember the exact appearance and speech of somebody who gave her an umbrella in junior high school?! And how about that flash drive thing? You all saw the two flash drives - how many of you looked at the second flash drive and said, "That's not the one the reporter had in Episode 12!"?
Furthermore, who so far in the whole series has had any trouble communicating with Hae-in? And how about this fantastic notion that when Hae-in is angry she loses her ability to speak and bursts into hand-talk? Leaving aside the fact that she never gets angry....!
Who writes these distorted accounts? Seong-Kisa? (Seriously, I wonder if the marketing people were working from some early treatment of the story, composed before the writers even wrote it.)