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cannotconfirmwhoistellingthetruth.Thepublic,though,isnot
around her are not genuinely interested in her. These dramatized
interested in the truth. Their only concern is how they can dig up
responses depress her but she still wants to get them even though
theeventandcriticizeherfiercely.Itisasconnected“netizens”that
theyarenotreal,justlikewealldo.
thepublicbusiesitselftomaketheeventanissuewithoutregardto
theprocessoftruth.
Rejection
Themaincharacterinthefifthstoryishomosexual.Itisdifficult
Hospitality
for him but he finally confesses his preference with great dash
The main character in the second story receives a hospitable
but the response from people is callousness. They do not accept
favor from society but the irony is that she receives this favor
him and criticize him cruelly. In this situation, there is nothing
only when she dies. Her death will benefit her family, neighbors,
he can do except to say, “I am sorry.” Like him, many who are
nation, and ultimately all of society. Because so many groups in
homosexual in this society are rejected because they do not have
Korean society are linked to get benefits from someone’s death,
the same sexual orientation as the majority. Another kind of
such as insurance companies and funeral parlors. Just like in the
entrapmentanddiscrimination,thisstoryrevealsthosepartsofour
bullring,whenabulldies,anotherspaceinsocietyopensandthere
livesthatdonotembracethecircumstancesofothers.
emergeadvantagesfromthedeath.Sothelinesintheplay,“Your
sacreddeathwillcontributetosociety,”canbesimplifiedto,“Die,
Anonymity
please.”
The final story wraps up the play by depicting anonymity,
symbolizing those of us in the audience, as well as all who make
Entrapment
upthepublic.Thefinalcharacterpointstoallthecharactersbefore
Themaincharacterinthethirdstoryisaseventeen-year-oldgirl
him and laughs at their lives. The other characters then rage at
whohasbeensexuallyassaultedandisnowpregnant.Itisagrave
himandshout,“Donotequatemewiththeothers!”Anargument
misfortune for her, but people around her entrap her by gazing at
begins between the characters and the anonymous character
herwithshameintheireyes.Thisnotonlyhappensintheplaybut
observing the argument says, “You are not qualified to argue
alltoooftenisasadrealityformanyyoungwomennowadays.We
becauseyoucannotunderstandyourselves.”Intheend,anonymity
treatpeopledifferentlywhoselivesweregardasonthefringe,and
represents nothing at all. The audience comes to regard the six
insodoing,oftenignoretheirrights.Insocialscience,thisiscalled
charactersonthestageaspitifulbutalsoridiculesthem.
“labelingtheory.”Thepublicinthisstoryacceptsandclingstothe
normsofthemajoritywithoutquestion,whichforcestheminority
ornon-normaltosuffer.
Self-examination
Dramatization
Celebritieswhosufferfromrumorsandsuicide,peoplewhowant
Howmanytimesdoyouclick“Like”onfacebook?Doyoureally
tocommunicatethroughSocialNetworkingServicebutintheend
feelonlyskepticism,minoritieswhoarenotrecognizedbysociety…
like what you are clicking? The fourth story examines the desire
to be liked. A woman who is an acknowledged artist and has a
Theseexamplesshowthattheplayisn’tafantasybutisindeedour
greatprofileseemstobeveryhappy.Everyonesaytoher“Great!”
own stories. Though the audience is rarely familiar with the play’s
or “Like,” which echoes the reactions in facebook. But soon, this
genre, it responds to all six stories. Viewers strongly respond to
happiness for her turns into skepticism because she realizes that
the conflicts and mismatches played out and each member of the
this “Like” is just ceremonial and superficial and that the people
audienceidentifieswitharoleofoneormoreofthecharactersand
considers society from that new point-of-view. And this process
of self-examination is a difference of the existing plays which are
accustomedtous.Atthesametime,itisavalueofthisplay.
Choi Ji-eun, an art therapist who helped to form the overall
structure of the play, added about the distinguished feature of
it. “Maybe lots of people feel repulsion about this profound play
which involves a performance art. But ironically, they can absorb
to the play with this device more. They can share each story and
feelcatharticbecausetheyarelivingKoreansocietyoftoday.Self-
examinationofoneselfandsocietyandfurthermorefindingaway
tocommunicatewithothers,itisthebiggestmeaningofthisplay,I
think.”
key91419@hufs.ac.kr
▲Theplayisdifferentfromothersbecauseofafeatureofperformanceart.
NOVEMBER 2012

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