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CULTURE
JUNE1,2004
Exposingbiasthroughlaugh,play
OVER
VIEW
Feminism,
DifferentopinionsexpressedinthelastAnti-MissKoreaFestival
reconsidered
“W
einviteyou,ifyoupursueequality
IFhomepage.“Todosexwell,womenmust
of both genders.” A group of
know their own body.” Although their
peopleboycottedMissKoreasayingthatthe
comments were very surprising, it was fun
beauty pageant numericalizes women’s
andmeaningfulnotonlyforwomenbutalso
beauty. This group has held Anti-Miss
formen.
Feminism is a sensitive word. Well, not to everybody but to those who take the
Korea Festival (AMKF) annually. While
involvingmattersseriously.Inasensepeopletakethiswordtooseriously.Butthinking
Exposingthegenderprejudice
MissKoreavaluesphysicalbeauty,AMKF
ofitinanotherwayitcouldseemverysimple.Thinkaboutit,withoutanyprejudiceor
has tried to show the beauty of the human
One of the most popular among
egoismtheanswerwillcomerighton.
beings’ spirit and has talked about women,
participantswasJungHyun-min,calledmale
Goingbackallthewaywherefeminismcamefrom,itisendless.Itfirststartedinthe
peace, and equality between both sexes. It
Lee Hyo-ri. “Why do men have to dance
mid1800’swhenwomenstartedtoacttofindtheirrightstovote.Thefeminismtheory
has tried to reverse various distorted social
only strong, powerful dances and women
is based on liberalism, according to this term of feminism women cried out, being
recognition by means of laugh and play. In
have to do conversely?” With this question
subordinate to men blocks their ways and rights on participating in social. This is the
addition, it has brought on the stage many
he entered wearing a costume exposing his
basic meaning of where feminism came from. Going in deeper, it gets too deep.
controversial issues related to people’s
shoulder and abdomen. He received the
Socialismfeminism,Marxismfeminism,Radicalismfeminism,allthesewordsarewhat
stereotype such as stress about women’s
Dwijipjaawardbecauseheprotestedagainst
explainwhatfeminismreallyis.Theybasicallycryoutadifferentpointofview,butin
appearance, prejudice about the
the bias that people had on dancing. Even
theendwherethestorygoesofeachtheoryisthesamefinishline.Thesetheoriesaretoo
handicapped. This year was the last of the
though he was the only on the stage, many
hard for people to understand and whatever it is saying it’s not the ideal answer that
festival,becausetheyhavealreadyachieved
audience made a bigger and more exciting
peoplewouldwant.Assaidearlierofthecolumnit’sverysimple!
initial aim which was to stop the
stagedancingtogetherincludingHongSuk-
Feminismcarriesonalotofcontroversies,buteventuallyitcarriesonlyonemeaning.
broadcasting of the annual Miss Korea
chun, an actor who was excluded from TV
Whichis“equality.”Justblurtingthisoutallofasuddendoesnothelptheunderstanding
JoHyun-mi/TheArgus
Pageant. The 6th Anti-Miss Korea Festival
after his coming-out about his homo-
offeministacts.However,thinkingofitinanotherway,basicallyandsayingitagain,,
Allparticipantsarestandingonthestageintheawardingceremony.
of this year was held on May 8 with the
sexuality. He showed that men also can be
isn’t equality between both sex the finality of what feminism really wants to persist?
catchphrase“Goodbye,MissKorea!-We’ll
sexy,beautiful,flexiblewhentheydance.
Well, it says in the encyclopedia book that feminism first started as to change the
BeBack.”
startedwiththislettertomartyr,ChoiOk-ran
“No, you are not,” saying the heroin Kim
AcasesimilartomaleLeeHyo-ri,another
inequality and suppression coming from the difference of the genders. These days, to
who fought against the government and
Jin-mi walked to the audience and talked a
groupexpressedstrong,positivewomanand
throw out the resisting feeling coming from the word “feminism,” the word gender,
Lowvoicesbecomepowerful
society for better treatment for the
stately self-love. “Most people call and
weak,passiveman.Musical“Tellmemore”
which means in terms, social sex, is used instead of the word, sex which is just a
First,twowomencameonthestage.Choi
handicapped. The Association of
blame me snob. However, if I am a real
dealtwiththissubject.Onegirlshowedher
biologicalmeaning.So,insteadoffeminismitisnowgenderstudies.Thisseemstobea
Gwang-giandYuChaeJi-naemceed.Two
Gyeongnam Female Handicapped People
snob, I would not stand on this stage.”
boldness when she confessed her love to a
goodchange,eventhoughthetheorythinksoftheweak,considerationontheopposing
MC enlivened the festival with excited
put the play about her life on stage re-
Strong,powerfulbutpersuasivemonodrama.
man or kissed him. With the music Grease
sidecanbeseen.
voices.Also,allremarksweretranslatedinto
illuminate human rights of female
She asks audience “Are you a virgin?” Her
from the famous movie, they reversed the
Fromthedayhumanwasborn,therewereobligationsofeachsexthatcouldnotbe
sign language. Next, Eom Eul-sun, the
handicapped people. Light came on stage
conversation with the audience continues.
preconceptiononrelationshipsbetweenman
changed.Theroleofeachsexwasdirectandclear.Butsomehowthewomanendedup
chairman of the promoting committee,
and three women sitting on wheel chairs
Shewasbeautiful,butnotbyherappearance
andwomancheerfully.
beingtheweakone.Theroleofeachsexreceivedandthephysicalchallengestheywere
announcedthereasonofendingthefestival.
appeared. Uncomfortable bodies made their
buthercandidness,confidence,majestyand
givenwaswhatdividedtheclearrolesofbothmaleandfemale.
“More people became to know and
acting rough, and their pronunciation was
self-esteem. She flew paper planes carrying
“Wewillbeback!”
Looking into the Miss Korea Pageant which is thought of as a disgrace to “gender
sympathize our purpose. In addition, the
not clear. It was hard to recognize all their
her own messages. Also, she showed her
“Anti-Miss Korea has appealed to the
studies” and the Anti Miss Korea Festival, both contests, or should both be called
threemainbroadcastingsystemshavegiven
words, but it helped people feel their sad
willingness by breaking “Sunggyeol”
public and it will serve as a stepping stone
pageants,bringsalotofcontroversies.TheMissKoreacontestgotblockedtogoonair
upbroadcastingtheMissKoreaPageant.We
voices. The play consisted of two parts. In
signboard and shouting “You don’t discuss
foranotherfemalefestival.Nextyearwecan
bytheactiveactionsoftheAntiMissKoreaCommitteewhichhasproducedits6thand
end this festival to make it bigger feminist
thefirstpart,threewomentalkedaboutOk-
mybody,myvirginity.”Amalevisitor,Lee
make a newer, better feminine festival with
lastAntiMissKoreaFestivalthisyear.It’struethatmenarealittlebitsadthey’regoing
festival.Let’smakeanotherAntifestival.”
ran’sstoryandthesecondpartwasOk-ran’s
Chul-jincommentedaboutherperformance.
the know-how we achieved through this
tomissthebathingsuitcontest.Whatashame!However,itisalsotruethatpeopledon’t
Performances began with “Singing
crying monologue. Ok-ran got divorced
“The speech that my body is mine was
festival. We will make another anti festival
have to watch those girls putting on fake smiles and crying out “My wish is world
woman.” Jeong Yeon-hee entered the stage
becauseofherhusband’scheatingandlater
impressive. She maybe had difficulty to
to fight for equality of both genders.”
peace!”Whatarelief!
with crutches a little behind schedule and
her son was taken away, because she was
express her feelings honestly, because there
remarkedParkJinChang-a,theheaddirector
The Anti Miss Korea Festival has done a good job not only in banning a beauty
said. “I’m sorry I’m late, my tools are
disabled and could not make money by
are conventions that women cannot say
ofthe6thAnti-MissKoreaFestival.
pageant from television, but changing the atmosphere of the ordinary thoughts on
heavy.” She called crutches as her tool just
herself. Although she received assistance
everythinginoursociety.But,I’msurethis
Anti-Miss Korea has worked to show
feminismwasalsoabigachievement.
likepeoplewoulddowithglasses.Likeher
fromthegovernment,itwasnotenough.By
atmospheremustbespreadout.”
various females’ beauty and to bring the
Thevisionsoffeminismthatpeople,menorwomenseeisverydifferent,butcoming
remarks,shewasnotdifferentfromcommon
resortingtofastdemonstration,shefoughtto
One unprecedented talk-show was also
subject on surface that dealt with equality
intoaneratherealmeansofthewordshouldbeunderstood.Womenseeitdifferently,
people at all. She sang Seongjupuli and
achieve normal life for the female
showed. Korean Women’s Orgasm
betweenthehandicappedandothersaswell
men see it in a another way. Even among women their are various responses on the
Saetaryeong getting merry in the blue and
handicappedpeople.Intheend,shedied.It
Association’s “Get your O” talked about
asbetweenmenandwomen.Itwasnotonly
matter.
redlightings.ChoiGwang-gidancedaround
was a short play, but it let audience know
girls’ masturbations. “I’ll talk about
a contest just protesting against a beauty
Allthesevarious,floodingopinionsonfeminismiswrong.No,itwouldratherbesaid
her.Itshowedthatthiswasnotacontestbut
and think about miserable lives of the
masturbation which most people have
contests but also a festival to fight for
itisofnouse.Why?becauseisisjusttoosimple.Justthinkitover.Thereisnoneedto
a real festival. Even recorded accompani-
disabled. When Ok-ran shouted “Can you
experienced,butitissomethingmoresecret
everybody’s human rights. This festival has
thinkofthewordtoodeeply.Therealmeaningoftheword“feminism”isjustassimple
ment was not well controlled at first. The
livewithonly260,000amonth?”feelingof
thansex,”saidJoHang-ju,thefirstspeaker
surely motivated everybody to make an
aseatingaricecakewhilelyingonthefloor,asaKoreanssayinggoes.Respectingthe
deep voice expressed lamentation but also
sorrow spread out through the audience.
giving audience big surprise. This surprise
efforttoachieverealequalityforallpeople.
equalitybetweenbothgendersistheanswer,notagsattached.Let’sremember!
delightfulnesswhichtranscendit.Although,
Also,somepeoplecriedforOk-ran’sdeath.
was continued with the title “My
she could not dance to these sad but
After her death, people will continuously
masturbation” spoken by Foxy, Lee Yeon-
delightful songs, MCs and audience danced
worktomakethepoorenvironmentbetter.
hee. “We call orgasm Mr.O in our world. I
andclappedtotherhythminsteadofher.
met Mr.O when I was in high school using
ByOhSae-hoon
“To my friend who will bloom like
Candidtalkingsoffemales
Unix vibration kneader.” Talking through
ByJoHyun-mi
EditorofTheory&CritiqueSection
camellia.” In the dark, a trembling voice
“Ihavefantasyaboutvirginity.Iamyour
her experience related to masturbation, she
AssociateEditorofCultureSection
echoed loudly. The play “Wanted to live”
first man, right?” a man’s voice is heard.
recommendedtheprojectofmasturbationon
KoreanoperasstagedbyMs.KanginBeijing,Seoul,Tokyo
B
efore the interview with Kang Hwa-ja, the
university,Istudiedmusicbymyself.
1950 by Hyun Che-myung and became the first
reporterwaitedherwithalittlebitexcitementat
operaevercreatedinKorea.Therearemanytalented
YoufoundedtheBesetoOpera.Couldyoutell
the office of Beseto Opera. Kang came in saying
people in Korea, but they do not have enough
“Hello,nicetomeetyou.”Hermezzosopranovoice
usabouttheBesetoOpera?
chancestogototheworldstage.Thesupportforthe
JungJin-kyeong/TheArgus
powered in the office. Kang Hwa-ja is the first
When I was in Kim Ja-kyung Opera, I had an
creative opera should be increased and there is not
womandirectorofanoperaandwasaleaderofKim
honortobechosenasasuccessorbyMs.Kim.SoI
singleoperawriterinKoreayet.Thetrainingofthe
BuddhistArtsdisplayed
Ja-kyungOpera.Shewasconferredaculturemedal
wanttopassontootherswhatIhavelearned.Beseto
opera writer and composer is a very urgent matter.
of honor from Ukraina last year. It was the first
is a combination of the capitals of three countries-
Also, the staff for the opera stages must be a
medal which was dedicated to a Korean artist from
Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo. I coined the name because I
specialistforthebetterstages.
Museum of Korean Buddhist Art is showcasing
theUkrainiangovernment.Ms.Kanggraduatedfrom
hoped our singers and operas could be exported to
The popularity of opera is raised and you
KoreanBuddhistworksunderthenameoftheWishes
Sookmyung Women’s University and furthered her
world stages. When I performed the Korean opera,
of Living Beings. The special exhibition is for the
vocaltrainingattheManhattanSchoolofMusic.She
Chunhyangjon,inBeijingandTokyo,Iwassohappy
take the initiative in doing it. Could you say
aboutitmorespecifically?
commemoration of ICOM 2004 Seoul general
is an active performer in the United States and in
as if I have become a true representative for my
conferenceandthemuseum’s10thanniversary.
Europe. Also, she lectured at Yonsei University for
country.
The operas are usually performed on big stages
Pagodas are displayed outdoors and various
about twenty years. In 1996, Kang founded the
suchasSeoulArtsCenter.Itisnoteasytoseeoperas
Buddhist arts are displayed indoors in three sections.
BesetoOperaCompanyinordertopromotecultural
The repertoire system was introduced to
becauseoftheexpensivecost.Sowemadeagroup,
Koreabyyouin1998.Whatdoestherepertoire
The Buddhist works such as Buddhist paintings,
exchange.
Joy Ensemble, for the popularization of opera. We
images, and crafts are on the ground floor, the first
systemmean?
visit places people want and perform there. We do
Howdidyoustarttolearnmusic?
section. The second section exhibits several Buddhist
Differentoperasareperformedeverydayinother
notjustsingsongs.Wealsoperformaplayandmake
paintingssuchasNineLevelsofParadise,especially,
I was born in Chungchongdo, which has a
countries,butnotinKorea.Oneoperaisperformed
thescenesmoreinteresting.
theonesmadeinthetimeoftheChosunDynasty.The
beautiful countryside. I used to go to school
foraboutfivedaysinKorea,sopeoplecannotenjoy
LeeHyae-myung/TheArgus
lastsectiondisplaysBuddhistimagessuchasBuddhas
following a cosmos road singing songs with my
various operas. The repertoire system means that
In Korea, there are still many students who
cannot learn music because of money. We
andBodhisattvas.
sister. I think that I was a sensitive girl. I liked
peoplecanseevariousoperaseveryday.Thesedays
Kang Hwa-ja poses in front of poster, Die
The Museum of Korean Buddhist Art was
writing,soIwantedtostudyliterature.Butoneofmy
Idonotuserepertoiresystembecauseitisveryhard
heard that you are trying very hard to train
Zauberflote.
andcultivateyoungartists.
establishedinJuly1993asaprivatemuseumlocated
schoolteacherssaidIhadagoodvoice.Theteacher
toruninthesituationofKoreanoperas.
nearChangdeokPalace.Themuseumcollectedabout
suggested that I would be better to study music.
Iwasaschoolteacherbeforemydebutasaopera
DieZauberfloteisaninterestingoperabecauseofthe
You are well-known for the charity concert.
three thousand Korean Buddhist works including
That’s how I started music at University. Before
singer.ImademydebutafterIsawtheadofKimJa-
plotandmusic.Also,theyoungartistsnotonlysing
paintings,sculptures,crafts,andritualitems.“Korean
Whatmotivatedyoutohavesuchsteps?
kyung Opera by chance. They gave me a chance
but direct, and make their own costumes. I want to
Buddhistartsareverybeautifulandwell-knowninthe
Thestorygoesbacktwentyyears.Iwantedpeople
althoughIwasunknownatthetime.Iwanttogive
makeaoperaschoolinthefuture.Ithinkthisopera
world. But many people do not recognize its
to feel peaceful with my music. I performed at
chances to young artists as I had received them. I
willbeastepingstoneformakingtheschool.
excellence yet. Usually, people who study arts often
hospitals, prisons, and etc. I visited about twenty
have directed Die Zauberflote, the opera of Mozart,
visitthemuseum,”saidYouMee-chung,thecuratorof
places last year. I had a great time, because I could
last year. I choose the singers aging from middle
ForherlastcommentstoHUFSans,shethinksthat
the museum. Also, the museum displays several
give people happiness with the talent I have. I was
schoolstudentstograduateschoolstudents.Teaching
HUFSansareoneofthehopesofKoreatopromote
national treasures of Korea. “This is my first visit to
encouraged because the response of the people was
isverydemanding,butIfeelhappywhentheyoung
Koreaininternationalfields.Whenwedosomething
themuseum,IdidnotknowaboutBuddhistart,butthe
soenthusiastic.
artists get a chance. I think the training of young
abroad, we cannot do it without foreign languages.
explanationofthecuratorisveryinterestingandeasy,”
artistsisveryimportant.
Also,shehopesHUFSansdotheirbesthavingalove
ArethereanyproblemsaboutKoreanopera?
saidChoHye-ryung,avisitorofthemuseum.
forourcountry.
The exhibition is continued to June 20 at the
You preformed the first Korean opera,
The last work of Mozart is going to be
Chunhyangjon. What do you think about
performed this month, tell us about Die
MuseumofKoreanBuddhistArt.
ByJungJin-kyeong
Koreanoperasingeneral?
Zauberflote.
ReporterofCultureSection
Ms.KangisactingCarmen.
The Chunhyangjon was made into an opera in
Many students think that opera is hard. However,
ByJungJin-kyeong/TheArgus

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