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CULTURE
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Reviewingthedrama“Talkingwoman”
OVER
VIEW
Talkingwoman’sjourneytodiscoveridentity
Conditionsforparody
I.Animmigrant’sidentityconfusion
The drama, “Talking woman” is a story
invisible barrier between the audience, the
and falling in love. The woman talks about
T
herearemanyKoreanimmigrantswho
about a Korean woman, who immigrated
playersandthestage.Theaudiencestayedin
the unprogressive present life of her
have moved from their homeland to a
abroadandsuffersfromconfusionabouther
their seats but the players would be seen
fatherland,thepeoplewhohaveforgottenit,
T
foreigncountryeagertofindabetterplaceto
nationalidentity.Thisdramatriestofindout
everywherepossible.
and herself, who knows what to say but
hereisahotcontroversyovera“parody”whicharisesfromamatterbetweentwo
live. They had to endure hard times in the
her real identity through her motherland’s
doesn’t know what to do. However, at last,
singers, Seo Tae-ji and Lee Jae-soo. On July 31, Seo brought a suit against the
new country adapting to another society.
modern history, undergoing the stress of
III. The monologue of “Talking
she finds “hope” talking about what her
‘tone-deafsinger’LeeoverthematterinwhichLeeparodiedSeo’ssong“ComeBack
Many people, who immigrated to a new
usinganotherlanguageasshelivedabroad.
woman”
mother once told her through mime. Such
Home” in his album. Seo insists that Lee imitated his song excessively, hence he
country, have had confusion about their
The play starts with a quotation of
circular images, a standing woman near a
infringed on his copyright and personal rights. On the other hand, Lee asserts that he
identityastheyhadtouseanotherlanguage
II.Therevolutioninthedrama
Sappho’s poet and the “talking woman”
well-side, Korean water jars, stones and a
madethissongasatributeofrespecttohimandSeosuppresses‘parodyculture’.
instead of their mother tongue. “Why do I
The drama is based on the novel
starts to talk. She speaks in French
sunsetinthewest,decoratingtheendofthe
Inadditiontopopularsongs,nowadaysaparodyboomcoversthewholefieldofmass
have to use a different language instead of
“DICTEE”,written by Cha Hak-gyoung,
expressingthefeelingsaboutunfamiliarlife
drama,thestagefadesout.
cultureincludingadvertisingcircles,themovieworld,andsoon.Therearealsofloods
my own language? Where do I belong to?
who is the real model of the “Talking
whilelivingabroad.Itseemsthatshetriesto
ofInternetsiteswhichprovidehumorousandbizarreparodyworksofvarioustypeslike
Where is my real homeland? and Who am
woman”. This novel is the story of the
talkaboutthelinguisticsuppressionandthe
IV.Thebeautiful“Talkingwoman”
cartoons,movies,advertisementsetc.Mostofthepresentparodyworks,however,seem
I?”... These preceding thoughts make them
writer’s reflections about her country and
wonderofheridentity.
When the drama ended nobody could
toavailthemselvestothefameoftheoriginalwithnocreativity.Inspiteoftheparody
confusedanduncertainabouttheiridentities.
identity,whichcamefromthepainofusing
The talking woman talks about the tragic
know what to do as it was like waking up
boominoursociety,wearenotestablishingareasonable“parodyculture”butsuffering
another language. The writer had
historyofhercountry,whenthecountrywas
from a dream. The framework of the story
froma“parodysyndrome”.
to attend a pre-school, not being
colonized by Japan, through “Ryu Gwan-
wasveryunusualanduniqueaswellasthe
Parodyisdefinedasaliteraryorartisticworkthatimitatesthecharacteristicstyleof
abletospeakEnglishatall,though
soon”,whocriedoutfortheindependenceof
form.Everysceneuseddifferentexpressing
an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. This originated in ancient Greece in
she was 11 years-old and that
Chosun against Japan but died at an early
skills to maximize the characters of the
those days, it had been an expression of ridicule at the society, notables or works for
made her ashamed and stressed.
age.Inaddition,theheroinetalksabouther
drama, such as utilizing the stage to
pleasure.Fromtheeighteenthcentury,itdevelopedintobeingacriticalweaponagainst
Therefore she started to wonder
motherandthemother’ssufferingpast.Her
approach to the audience. The audience
a specific work. Since the nineteenth century, it has extended its field and prevailed
why she had to speak only
mother was prohibited to speak Korean as
couldhaveanewexperiencebreathingwith
among new media genres including films, broadcasts and plays as well as literature.
English,whereshecamefromand
the country was under the imperialism of
the stage and the players by these
Therefore,parodybecameentertainmentinthemassmediaanditsconceptenlarged.It
whoshereallywas.Intheplaythe
Japan. By those scenes, we can notice the
experimentalfactorsusedintheplay.
needsourattentionforthatreason.
“talking woman” talks about her
dark time of Korea’s history and the
We had an opportunity to look back on
Thereisagoodexampleofparodyculturefromanothercountry.AlYankoviccalled
mother, her nation’s history,
sufferings of people in that time. We also
ourselves,women,immigrants,ournationby
“WeirdAl”isaparodysingerintheU.S.Hemadehisdebutinthe80sisstillpopular
womenandherself.
noticethepainwewouldfeelifwecouldn’t
the peculiar character of the piece. The
overtwentyyearslaterwithfansofallagesrangingfromteenstothoseintheirfifties.
Her characters in the drama are
useourownlanguage.
writer’s experience and following thoughts,
Since his debut, he parodied many song of well-known singers including Michael
so experimental and new. It has
Inthefourthscene,theactorsandactresses
basedonherlongexperiencelivingabroad,
Jackson,Madonna.NewkidsontheBlockandevenNirvana.
nine scenes, and a prologue and
use stage effects to express scenes of the
combined with the character of the genre
The reason why he is still keeping up his popularity is that he does not carry a
eachscenetakesitsnamefromthe
Korean war. An emergency bell suddenly
successfullyandmadethisbeautiful“talking
haughtinessinhisparodysongs.Withtemperatedrollery,hiswordsexpressacritical
nine goddesses of muses from
rings,theyannouncetheaudiencetomoveto
woman”.
consciousness as well as a sense of humor. Especially he made sarcastic remarks on
Greek myths. Every scene starts
another stage, the original seats of the
Nirvana,whohadbeenassociatedwiththealternativemusicandbecameclassedwith
with a name of a goddess and a
audience. They make the audience to go to
themainstream,parodyingNirvana’ssong.Saying“Becauseonlysomeonewhohasa
subjectlikeatitleandphotographs
two different sides of their seat so they can
senseofhumorcanunderstandparody,Ipermithissongtobeparodied.”,healways
ofhistoricalwomenorblack-and-
feeltheheartbreakofadividedcountry.
obtainspermissiontoparodyfamoussingers’songs.
ByLeeSo-jung
white pictures. In addition, she
After the Korean war, the woman talks
HowisthesituationinKorea?Parodywhichconveysaparodist’sideaandemotionis
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utilized the space to break an
aboutwhatit’sliketobelivingasawoman
suretobeprotectedbytheconstitutionalfreedomofexpression.Theconstitutionallaw,
TheatergroupMythos
however, also secures one’s honor and property rights. Therefore, though one can be
abletoexpresshisorherthoughtsandemotionsthroughparody,onemustnotinfringe
InterviewingwithChonSeung-il,arepresentativeofMimesisTV
ontheoriginalauthor’shonororcopyright.InthecaseofLeeJae-soo,hesoldhisalbum
Ears & Eyes
withoutanypermissionorpriorapprovaloftheoriginalauthor.Thisisnotonlyhisfault
butalsoblatantcommercialismofhismanagementcompany.Inessence,thisisduetoa
lackofpreconditionsforestablishingaproperparodycultureinKorea.
“Indieanimationshouldreturntoactivistarts”
The essential conditions for parody culture are a parodist’s sense of humor, critical
consciousnessandsenseofresponsibility.Atthesametime,generosityofthatsocietyis
absolutely needed. Present Korean society has none out of these. Unless we set the
mentioned above forth as a premise, there can be no true parody any further and no
W
hen some people hear the word
properties of pure art and
R: You made the Indie animation
parodycultureaccordingly.
“animation”, Walt Disney or
capitalistic goods together.
broadcasting station “Mimesis TV” as a
Othernewphenomenaaremuchthesame.Toestablishanewcultureinasociety,the
Dreamworks, two big animation companies
In the case of Korean
methodforthat.Whatistheresult?
constituent members should have the virtue of “generosity” and a sense of
in the U.S., often come across their minds.
animation, it began as
C: If there was any different result than
“responsibility”.Thesetwoarethenecessaryandsufficientprerequisiteconditions.
Or Japanese animation occurs to others.
capitalistic goods and,
expected, it was that a membership system
Such countries have developed their
moreover, the beginning
was made. We formed an Internet
animation industry and have made a great
was later than in other
communityandthenumberofmembersare
ByKamEun-jin
coup in either industry development or
countries. It, however, has
over three hundred. I had not been able to
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quality. Things are different in Korea. In
been understood as a
look forward to this situation. At first, my
Korea, animation had been done by
weighty field of the image
originalintentwasthatwepresentworkson
subcontracts with developed countries as
industryinTVprogramsor
theMimesisTVandlater,whenthenumber
export commodities. By at least the early
movietheaters.
of audience members increased, show them
Cultural Straights
90’s, there was generalized recognition that
Animation, however, has
inthetheater.
animation is a kind of industry. With the
another function of being a
But, as the number of audience members
5thSICAF,moreeventsadded
advent of “independent animation” in the
work of art besides being a
increased continually, members felt the
mid 90’s, however, animation began to be
commercial commodity. It
necessityofsharingoftheinformation.The
T
createdasworksofart.
was through an Indie short
community was spontaneously formed
he 5th exhibition of the Seoul
Nowadays,Indieanimationisattemptinga
animations in the mid 90’s
consequently.
International Cartoon and
new development through a union with the
that such a possibility was
Animation Festival (SICAF), was held
Internet.MimesisTVisoneofmethodsfor
tried out and proved. The
R: What is the aim of the Indie
from August 11 to 19 at the COEX,
LeeSo-jung/TheArgus
that. It is an Internet broadcasting station
Indie animations of those
animationinthefuture?
Jungdong A&C and at the Cinecube in
showing independent animation for the
dayswereworksofartofself-expression.It
mass support, but why should we do that?
C: In the present situation that Indie
Gawnghwamoon.
activationofIndieanimationthroughon-line
still has a very short history and this term
We also need arts which suit people’s
animationaddeditsformofcommunication
There were exhibitions of published
networking.ItwasformedlastMaybyChon
wasgeneralizedbutnotclear.
varioustastes.IthinkthatIndieanimationis
through the Internet, it should take
cartoons at the festival. Moreover,
Seung-il, a representative of the Indie
notartforthemassesanditisnotabsolutely
precautions not to fall into being only a
animation showing programs and
animationgroup“Mimesis”.
R: Despite the development of Indie
necessary for it to appeal to the common
meansofcommercialism.
SICAFAwardswereadded,thefestival
Chon Seung-il is a professor of the
animation,thereexistsobviouslimitsinits
taste.
Also, Indie animation should beware of
was more abundant than ever. In the
LeeSo-jung/TheArgus
Department of Drama and Cinema of the
popularization due to its nature which
becominginstitutionalizedfromwithin.With
exhibitionspeoplecouldseedisplaysof
The visitors are watching the pictures
GraduateSchoolofDonggukUniversity.He
rejectscommercialism.
R: What do the combination of
repeated situations where the government
comics, which have brought cheer to
exhibitedintheCOEXonAugust19.
started doing animation in early 90’s when
C: First of all, when we think about
animationandtheInternetsignify?
has initiated large-scale events of animation
their lives. A few examples of North
he graduated from university. During his
circumstances of Korean society, Korean
C:Thesituationsarecompletelydifferent
thatdragIndieanimationasoneofitsmany
KoreancartoonsandanimationsaswellasEuropeanmoderncomicdisplayswereondisplay
university life, he was engaged in the
arts and culture were very restricted by the
bythedifferentpointsoftheviewtowardthe
programs, the efforts for communication
attheexhibition.
Minjoongartmovementincooperationwith
government, especially during military
Internet. It can be a means for pursuit of
with people are decreasing continually. In
In addition to the more plentiful exhibitions, SICAF Awards that chose artists who
outsideactivists.Andasanextensionofthe
regimes.Nowadays,thoughthewayandthe
profits through business transactions or a
this sense, I suggest that it return to its
contributedtothedomesticcartoonsandanimations,andtheSICAFProjectPromotion(SPP)
art movement, he first began doing image
bounds of expression became wider than
space for sharing of information through
character of being part of the activist arts
werepreparedforthefirsttime.SPPwasfurnishedtogiveopportunitiesforproducersand
work and since then he has been active in
before, there still remains the effects of the
networking. On the Internet, these two
movement.
investorstomeetwitheachotherwithabout30investorsfromKoreaandforeigncountries
Indieanimationandimagearts.
militaryregimes.So,theKoreancultureand
viewpointsalwayslivetogether.Tosharethe
participating. The visitors went to different places according to their ages. Children visited
arts were not promoted from within but
Indie animation works on the Internet, we
COEX to see exhibitions of comics and characters staring in comics or animations. On the
Reporter: Explain the notion of the
controlledbyexternalfactors.
need an enterprising acting agent and good
otherhand,thereweremanyyoungpeopleintheirtwentieswhocame toseetheanimation
Indieshortanimations,please.
Taking popular music as an example,
judgement. If Indie animation which rejects
filmsfamousfortheirartisticworkintheothervenues.
ByLeeSo-jung/TheArgus
ChonSeung-il:Aslongasweliveunder
national singers like Cho Yong-pil or Lee
commercialismclearlyemphasizestheartof
“DigitalDrill”movementinimagearts
By KamEun-jin
acapitalisticsystem,anyformofartcannot
Mi-ja, are widespread and common to the
self-expression, the methodology on the
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be completely pure art. At any time, it has
masses. Like this, we need artists having
Internetshouldbeconsideredindetail.
A
n independent image exhibition,
Jukebox
the“DigitalDrill”,washeldfrom
Heavenlymelodyofharmoniousguitarduo
August15to26intheInsaArtsSpace.
The exhibition was planned by Chon
Seung-il,aprofessoroftheDepartment
The classical guitar recording artists duo,
harmoniousguitarduo.Thelastpieceofside
instrument.
of Drama and Cinema of the Graduate
JulianBreamandJohnWilliamspreviously
A is “Theme et variations, Op.18” of
This album contains all the charm of
SchoolofDonggukUniversityandwas
had recorded an album called “Together”,
Johannes Brahms (1833~1897). Williams
classical guitar music. And it has recorded
held to show the possibilities and
this album used to be called “Together
arranged the second movement of string
neither sentimental nor cheap, but only
differences if we make images into a
Live”-wasrecordedbyRCAin1979.Julian
sextet No.1. As a piece of a neoclassicism
interestingpieces.So,it’stheverybestthing
digitalformat.Inthecategoryofimages,
Bream and John Williams are both top
musiccomposer,ithasastrongconstruction
for a person who is trying to enter the
there were short video films and
JulianBream&
LeeSo-jung/TheArgus
rankingclassicalguitarplayers.Since1960,
andrestrictedemotionexpression.
classicalguitarworld.Theearlyromanticism
animations expressing the inner
JohnWilliams
Two women are looking at the images of
whenever they were free of individual
The first piece of side B is “Dolly,
composer Chopin said, “Nothing is more
reflectionsoftheimages.
picturesinthe“DigitalDrill”exhibition.
concert schedules, they have held joint
Op.56”ofGabrielFaure(1845~1924).Faure
beautiful than guitar solo, if we except the
Nine artists participated in this
recitals. This album is well known to
composed this piano music for the baby
guitar duo.” Maybe he had been fascinated
exhibition who have been working in
classicalguitarlovers.
namedDolly.JulianBreamarrangedthisfor
bythetoneoftheguitarwhichhasdeepecho
digitalanimationorimagefields.Theartistshadpreviouslyworkedindifferentfieldsbutthey
O
n a dark stage, under the lightening,
The first piece is “Pavane & Gaillard”
guitars.Thepiecewhichdecoratesthefinale
andvibration.Youcanlistentothisalbumat
changed their work into digital imaging. As a result, their ways of expression are different
two men are sitting in chairs holding
which was composed by John Johnson
ofthisalbumis“Castilla(Seguidillas)”.It’s
www.cgclub.pe.kr
fromeachotherwithsomeworksbeingfilmproductionsandotherspictureimages.
guitars in their arms. They gaze on each
(v.1540~1595), a lute player of the 16th
work of Isaac Albeniz who is one of the
Asitwasanindependentexhibition,itintendedtoshowtrueartworksnotforcommercial
other smiling. They look happy enough to
century. This music functions as an
spanish nationalist artists. So, in this music,
purposes. “If capital is included in art pieces, the value of their artistic merit is easily lost.
the audience envy them. What on earth
introduction and informs us of the former
therhythmandmelodyofspanishfolkdance
Digitalimagingisnowanessentialpartofexpressioninart”,saidChonSeung-il,theplanner
ByYooJi-won
makesthemsohappy?Now,ifyoupressthe
style of classical guitar music and the fact
and song are melted together. This reminds
oftheexhibitions “anddigitalartthatiscombinedtocommercialismisdangerous”,headded.
ThewriterisasophmoreoftheSpanishDept.
“play”button,you’llfindouttheanswer.
that this is an album of the competitive but
usthatclassicalguitarisaspanishtraditional
ByLeeSo-jung/TheArgus

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