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THEARGUS,SEPTEMBER1,1999
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CULTURE
Reviewingbook:‘TuesdayswithMorrie’
OVER
VIEW
LookingBackonLifewithMorrie
OtherSidesof
KoreanFestivals
years.(Mitch was one of his
at the top of his career as an
L
students.)
APSE(Associated Press Sports
astAugust,‘99TriportRockFestival’washeldatSongdoParkinInchon.Itwas
Unfortunately, he caught the
Writer). However, he was
thefirstfestivalthatgatheredthemostfamousrockgroupsanditwasalsothefirst
incurable `Lou Gehrig’s’ disease.
struggling with his dissatisfaction
overnight concert series featuring the best international lineup ever in Korea. Many
Itssymptom beginswithlegsand
with his own life and career. On
people were interested in the first international rock festival. The second day of the
eventually the whole body
theotherhand,Morrieliveda rich
festival was canceled due to heavy rain. The planning committee couldn’t help but
becomesstiff.Thoughthemindis
life filled with friends, family,
reducethetwentygroupstofive.Nothavingenoughbackupplan,theywerereluctantto
alive,thebodyislikeadeadman.
teaching,and music.Although he
refund the admission. Those who waited for the performance in tents were deeply
When professor Morrie knew of
was dying of Lou Gehrig’s
disappointed.
hisdisease,his doctortoldhim he
disease ? a crippling illness that
This gives us a chance to think twice about the real meaning of the festival. These
had only two years to live. He
diminished his activities ? his
days,therearesomanyeventscalled‘festival’inKorea.Koreansareenjoyingthirtyor
thought seriously of how he
spirits were the same. Mitch was
forty festivals a month across the nation. It has not been long since the beginning of
shouldlivehisremaininglife. So,
one of the hundreds of former
festivalevents.Culturalindustrydevelopedalong.Atthattime,themeaningoffestival
he decidedto dohis bestjustas
students and acquaintances who
wasintroducedtooursociety.Inthe eraof IMF,as economiccondition wentbad,
he did before he caught Lou
traveled great distances to visit
culturaleventsalsoexperiencedhardtimes.Peoplestartedthinkingabouteachfestival
Gehrig’sdisease. Insteadofbeing
Morrie in the final months of his
as a method of earning money with the economic revival. Comparing with the older
I.Preface
depressed,hewanted tothinkthat
life.
days,weareseeingvariousfestivalsgrowlikemushroomsafterrain. Manyfestivalsare
M
aybeitwasagrandparent,a
deathwasa partoflife.
The subject of each lecture is
springingupeverywhere.Peoplearegettingconfusedexperiencingallthosefestivals.
teacher, a colleague, or
Morrie observed that everyone
about life.The topicsin thebook
There is still a lack of public relations to provide people with sufficient information.
MorrieandMitchinconversation
someone older, patient and wise,
diedanddeathisimportantaswell
cover the world, self-pity, regret,
Theproblem,however,isthatitislosingitsoriginalmeaning.
who understood that you were
aslife.
death, family, sense, the fear of
14 episodes of Morrie in Mitch
edtwo things. Oneis thatdeath
Festivalhasthemeaningofaplacewherepeopleenjoythemselves,expressingtheir
young and searching and helped
He rejected despair. Morrie
passing time, money, culture,
Albom’suniversitylife. Thebook
is just one part of life, which we
ownjdeas.Thescopeissodiverse.Itcontainsalmostallofculturalsphereslikemusic,
you see the world as a more
wrote short phrases about fighting
love, marriage, culture, forgive-
is written in an easy to follow
shouldtherefore value.Thenother
movies and so on. Opening festival has many merits: establishing affinities and
profound place, who gave you
against the disease. For instance,
ness, perfect day, and sharing
stylewiththefirstpartonhowthey
isthat loveisthegreatestthing in
developing their passions. But now, the festivals are ill-used to support some local
sound advice to help you make
`Accept the fact that there are
farewell.
meet each other, middle part on
our lives. So, thorough out this
governments’financialprofitandalsotorecreatetheirimages.
your way through it. For Mitch
thingsyouare abletodoandnot
All through out the book,
recollection of Morrie’s life, and
book, we can approach his
Expressing its special products or local color, of course, is important. It is also
Albom that person was Morrie
abletodo.’
Morrie states that the most
theendpartonthe deathofMorrie
philosophy oflife easily.
desirabletoencourageeachregion’sspecificcharacteristicsandvalueaddedbusinesses.
Schwartz, his college professor
When he had over 50 phrases,
importantthinginlifeislove. He
and the epilogue of the writer,
Moreover,thisbookmakesusto
Sometimes, the essential meaning of the festival, however, fades away because of
fromnearlytwentyyearsago.
they were sent to the magazine
indicated that we manage to
Mitch Albom. The writer’s effort
look back on our relationships
pursuingtheircommercialbenefits.Itwillneverachieveculturaldevelopmentifitistoo
WhenherediscoveredMorriein
byhisfriend. A
overlookthepeoplearoundusonly
to avoid monotonous composition
withourteachers,too.
focusedonpersonalgainormerit.
the lastmonthsoftheolder man’s
reporter wrote an article about
to concentrate on our work. But
ofbook isseen.But,ontheother
Whoeverreadsthis,theyshould
In advanced countries like the U.S. or Japan, festivals have somewhat different
life, Mitch visited Morrie every
Morrie. Its headline was `Some
realizing the way of sharing and
hand, crossing composition of
thinkaboutthispoint,`DoIhavea
meaningcomparedtoKorea.WoodstockfestivalisthemostfamousfestivalintheU.S.
Tuesday, just like the old days.
Professor’s Last Lecture.’ This
getting love from human
bookseemsvague,thereaderscan
teacher guiding my life?’
astheworldknows.Peoplewholoveandenjoymusicnotonlymeettogetherinaplace,
`Tuesdays with Morrie’ is a
article caught the attention of the
relationships makes our lives rich,
feeltheconfusion.
Although wemanage tooverlook
but also express the progressive message against the society. This kind of powerful
chronical of their magical time
producer of the `Night line’ talk
he said. He emphasized that by
Although essays are usually
the basicvaluesin our modern
motive brought the U.S. to the development of rock. Numerous numbers of film
together in which Mitch shares
show. Taking this opportunity, he
quotingtheBible,`loveeachother,
written infree style,this writer’s
society, `Tuesdayswith Morrie’
festivalsheldabroadisnotlimitedtoonlyappreciatingfilm.Itisnomorethanamovie
Morrie’slasting gifttotheworld.
appeared on ‘Night Line.’ This
orperish’,hewarned.
style istemperate.
makes us reflect on our lives,
screeningifitendswithanawardingofaprize.
`Tuesdays with Morrie’ is a
momentwasachanceforMitchto
Mitchlearned that`death ends
Mitch minimized his personal
which states that the most
Korean society is under cultural transition. Festivals are everywhere in our
reportof thelectures onlife bya
meet Morrie. That was how the
a life, not a relationship’ from
emotions, thus conveying Mo-
importantthing inourlivesisthe
neighborhood,appealingtomoreandmorepeople.Itisregretfulthatwearenotusing
counsellor,MorrieSchwartz.
author first learned of Morrie.
Morrie. He admired Morrie’s
rrie’slife experiencesobjectively
peoplearoundus. That’swhythis
themostofouropportunity.Ifitbringstherealmeaningoffestivalandattractspeople’s
Mitch went to visit Morrie and
activities. Eventhoughhehadan
to the readers. The focus of this
bookisaguidetolife.
participation,ourcultureindustrycanseethelightofglory.
II.Introduction of the
called his weekly visits to his
incurable disease, he never gave
bookisnot thewriterbut Morrie,
character
teacherhislastclass.
uponhislife.
thecentralfigure.AlthoughMitch
The main character in this
isapopular writer,hemanagedto
III.Contentsofthebook
IV.Review
essay is Morrie Schwartz. He
write a book in a literary style
ByKimJi-yoon
ByKimYun-jung
was a sociology professor in
Mitch,thewriterofthebook is
This volume is composed of
successfully.
Reporterof CultureSection
AssociatedEditorof Culturesection
Brandeis University
for 30
asuccessfulsportswriterwho was
MorrieSchwartz’s 14lecturesand
Morrie’s instructions summariz-
InterviewwithKim Jong-whi,therepresentativeofanIndependentRecordCompany‘Indie’
CultureShockfromAustralia
UndergroundArtCanBeMainstreamArt
K
jogging habit. Every day, I saw
them even though some bubbles still
wangwhamun is the center of
The development of underground
Owlof
people running around the town, not
remainedonthem.Inaddition,people
culture in Seoul: Sejong
culture is not easy as long as the
only in the morning, but also in the
rarely washed the vegetables they
cultural center, galleries, great
show business of television doesn’t
Minerva
afternoon, in the evening, and
bought at the supermarket. In my
historical churches and temples are
improve.
sometimes even at night. Some
view, those acts looked unsanitary.
around there. Although there is no
The major buyers of independent
people even walked barefoot along
However, when I rinsed the dishes
roomforanyundergroundculture,a
labelsareuniversitystudentsanditis
I
wouldliketotalkabouttheculture
the streets when it was a hot day. If
and washed the vegetables several
specialfestivalwasheldlastAugust,
due to the active role of university
shock that people experience
thoseactshappenedinKorea,people
times, my host family looked at me
from the 13th to the 15th ? the
broadcastingcenter.The reasonwhy
whentheymeetothercultures.Anold
wouldgenerallythinksuchpeopleare
strangely. After that time, I followed
YouthFestival1999.
independent labels proliferated in
Korean proverb says, “The frog in a
abnormalorcrazy.
theirwayofdoingthesethings.That
The most special feature of this
the U.S. is because the residents of
welldoesnotknowtheocean.”Itwas
The third culture shock was the
was quite convenient, except for the
festival was on the underground
nearbyuniversitieswereabletotune
sowithme.Itwasagreatshockwhen
friendlyrelationshipbetweenchildren
matterofhygiene.
artists who also took charge of
into the university stations. Korean
I, who had lived in a small city in
and their parents. Occasionally,
People meet many differences
planning and operating with
universitycultureisnodifferentthan
Koreafor21years,crossedthewide
children called their parents by their
when they visit other places,
sponsorship from the government.
highschool.
Pacific Ocean and arrived in
first names. At first, I thought they
especially, other countries, and they
However, it was regarded as an
Broadcasting is responsible for
Australia. At first, during my
were so rude, but that was just
may feel that those differences are
‘accident’ in the view of cultural
that. They only broadcast based on
Australian home-stay of about 2
becauseIwaslookingatthingsfrom
very strange. They may even look
administration. The reporter met
popularity.Ithinkradiobroadcasting
months, the Australian culture
my cultural point of view. As time
down on them. At first, I was like
Kim, Jong-whi, the director of the
inthe80’swasbetterthannow.
seemedsostrangetome.
passed by, I discovered that they
that. I thought the Australian way of
festival.
The first culture shock was the
obeyed their parents very well. For
living was strange and sometimes
Kim, Jong-whi is a representative
R:Howaboutyourmagazine?
matter of size. “Is it OK if there is a
example, children kept their bedtime
curious. However, when I started to
of an independent record company
K:Youcanfind‘Fandomgong’in
KimJin-young/TheArgus
doginthehouse?”anagentaskedme
exactly,andtheytriednottodothings
see those differences without
‘Indie’andapublisherofamagazine
any record shop. It was made for
when I applied for a home-stay. I
thattheirparentswantthemnottodo.
prejudice,Iwasabletoseetheworld
‘Fandomgong.’ He is a pioneer of
R: How was the planning for
not a man. It’s only natural that
underground culture. With severe
answered, “Of course, I don’t care
That is, parents taught their children
in a different way. Thus, it is
underground culture and the creator
this festival? Were there any
undergroundcultureexistsandIalso
criticism against show businesses,
about that.” However, at that time, I
that they could do anything they
absolutely necessary to view
of underground rock and culture.
problems?
don’t think we should distinguish
the magazine introduces under-
didn’tknowmyanswerwouldbethe
wanted as long as they strictly
differences in culture with open
With the publishing of a new wave
K:Koreahasacommitteecalled
between mainstream culture and
groundculture.Thefirstissueswere
causeofthefirstcultureshock.When
followedasetofprinciples.
minds. If we do that, overcoming
magazine on culture, he attracted
‘Culture Vision 2000’, which plans
underground culture because
soldout.Itnowhasregularreaders.
Ipushedthedoorofthehosthouse,a
The last culture shock was the
cultureshockwillnotbedifficult.
many readers. One can feel the
events for every national millenium
underground culture can become
Itaddedaunknownbend’ssongin
very big dog, like a tiger, welcomed
matter of washing dishes and
appropriateness of his nickname
festival. With different types of
mainstreamculture.
amagazinetogether.
me wagging its tail. How couldn’t I
vegetables. When people washed
‘culture fighter’ by his black
peopleworkingtogetheronaproject,
I think we get this kind of talk
This thing can aid to that people
be surprised? After that moment, I
dishes, they first filled up the sink
sunglassesandhisboldhairstyle.
you get a very different kind of
becauseundergroundcultureispretty
understand underground band’s
wasn’t frightened so much, not even
with water and put some liquid soap
festival.Theyreallywantedtoholda
weak in our country. Mainstream
music.
when I met bigger dogs, like adult
intothesink.Afterthebubblesarose,
Reporter : Last August, ‘Youth
festival for the youth right in
cultureinourcountryissystematized
ByAuKyung-hee
bears,onthestreet.
they put the dishes in the sink and
Festival 1999’ was held. Would
Kwanghwamun, the metropolis of
and stereotyped. In order for culture
R:Whatplansdoyouhavefor
The second culture shock was the
washed them, but they never rinsed
Thewriterisajuniorof SpanishDept.
youtellusaboutthefestival?
culture. I feel that it was successful.
todevelop,weneedknewideasand
the future? What can we, young
Kim : This festival was very
Ifthisfestivalturnsoutwell,weare
perspectives that may seem strange
students, do for new Korean
different from other festivals. There
going to plan a bigger festival, the
at first. We will open up to them in
culture?
Venueof ExperimentalSpirits
wasn’t any support from large
‘Young Asia 2000 Cross Over’, for
time.
K : I’m planning to make a web
companies. Young people planned
Asianyoungsters.
site about underground culture and
andoperatedallevents.
There were some problems with
R:Youconcentrateyourefforts
write critiques in the daily news-
T
he Independence Art Festival
denceArtFestivalwasheldin the
Edinburghfestival,madetheirown
During the three days, there were
the administration. It is true that the
on independent recordings. What
papers and magazines. I will
willbeheldattheopentheater
Daehakro for the first time in
stage for themselves. And fringe
many concerts, teenage fashion
Ministry of Culture supported the
areyoudoingnowandwhatisthe
continuetosupportindependentrock
and the Liberty Little Theater of
Korea. 11 genres had be ( play,
festival had the popularity in
shows,andexhibitionsofartworkin
festival. However, the press made it
presentsituationofKorea’smusic
groups. I believe underground
Seoul Art Center from September,
dance, music, movie, etc.), 84 art
France and Canada, too. At last,
the streets. It was a new kind of an
seem as if the administration did
industry?
culture will be loved by all people
17 to 26. The main theme of this
groups and 120 independence
fringe festival was held in Korea,
art festival. It gave people a chance
everything. The money they
K : It has been long time since I
someday.
festival is `Same saying of each
movies had volunteered for the
that is named The Independence
toexhibittheirartworkinthestreets.
sponsored was not enough that we
first made an independent album.
Universityisthecenterofculture.I
mind’,which isrepresentedofthe
festival. It was finished success-
ArtFestival.
People also enjoyed amateur music
suffered from urgent situations all
The situation is getting much better
want university students to be
performance, `Rage and singing
fully, with attract 5thousand
Thefringeactas`Indi’, butthey
bandsaswellaslookingandbuying
thetime.
than former days. My works may
interestedinundergroundcultureand
loudly’ in the music festival and
spectators.
had the great popularity of the
crafts made by young artists in an
havehelpedbutIthinkwestillhave
trytofindnewtidesbythemselves.
`Internal Construction’ composed
Thisfestival iscalled the‘Fringe
generalpeople.
open-airmarket.
R: People are talking about the
a long way to go. The magazine I
of the visual art. Moreover, there
festival’.Fringe festivalwasbegun
So, this event is expected of the
It was the festival of new art,
non-mainstream culture nowa-
publish puts much priority on
are the products of movies and
at the fringe of Edinburgh in
counterculturalfestival.
bringing an opportunity to all
days. Would you give us your
independent bands. It is still hard to
videoesinthefestival.
England. Thesmall theatergroups
citizens, especially to the youth.
definitionofnon-mainstream?
hear those songs on public broad-
ByKimYun-jung
In the last year, The Indepen-
which were not invited at the
Most importantly, underground art
K : I don’t like such expressions.
casting stations. Everyone knows
AssociatedEditorof Culturesection
wasgivenmainfocus.
It’slikesayingI’mamanbutyou’re
broadcasting’s power is enormous.

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