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SEPTEMBER1,2001
CULTURE
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LookingintoTVprogramswhichintroducebooks
Televisiontalksaboutbooks
I
t¡¯s a shame that Koreans hardly read
However,therunningtimeisshortandthey
¡°Mensesisnotshamefulthing
books. According to current research, it
canonlyintroducebooks,notdiscussissues
was found that many people don¡¯t read as
thatthebookshavewithinthem.
many books as people do in under-
The other program, ¡°Bouillion de
butnaturalthingtomakelife¡±
developedcountries.Oneofthereasonsthat
Culture¡±, usually talks about the books of
we rarely read books is that we depend on
social sciences or humanities. There is a
TV too much as passive entertainment
moderator and some experts who argue
insteadofreadingbooks.
aboutabookandthemainsubjectofit,and
¡°
I
To solve such a problem TV stations
sometimes the program seems to be a
participatedinthe
broadcast programs which deal with books
debating club. If the broadcasting center
second Menses
debatingaboutthesubjectsofbookswitha
hadn¡¯t admitted the importance of reading
Festival on September 2
moderator, book authors and the TV
books correctly and done their duties and
last year at Ewha
audience. The program producers had
met their responsibilities to society, such a
Women¡¯s University,
recognizedtheirresponsibilitythatTVsteals
program could not have existed for the last
and I was very
away the viewers¡¯ activeness and
20years.
impressed with that,¡±
imagination.Thesedays,theyfeelcompelled
Both programs in Korea have difficulties
said Hwang Jung-hye
toproduceTVprogramsintroducingnewor
on what books to select as both programs¡¯
(C-97), one of the
famousbooksanddebatingaboutthebooks
charactersarealmostsameandtheychoosea
members
that
is
withtheauthors.
book regardless of genre. Therefore the
preparing the next
Themoderatorisintroducingabookon¡°TVtalksaboutbooks¡±,aprogramofKBS
producers should make the programs
MensesFestival.
dealingwithbooks,onAugust30th.
I.WhenTVmeetsbooks
specializing their own unique characters,
¡°I realized that there
In Korea there are two TV programs that
introducebooksaccordingtoviewers¡¯favor
was more to ¡°the
introduce books. One is called ¡°TV Talks
had never been such types of programs
author,¡°Yourwritingstyleistoosarcastic.¡±
or related to their age. Moreover, if they
menses¡±andIdecidedto
aboutBooks¡±,everyThursdayonKBS,and
before. They felt the programs were
Thentheauthorfoughtbacksaying,¡°Iused
make a program shorter, they will prevent
work for the third
the other is called ¡°The World, as Seen by
refreshingatfirstandthoughtitwasagood
thatstylewithanintenttoclearlyshowthata
the program from turning into a debating
Festival.¡±
Books¡±everySaturdayonEBS.Inthecase
opportunitytobefamiliarwithbooks.Even
personallifethathadbeenweigheddownby
clubandnottalkaboutthestoryofbookstoo
Menses
Festival,
of ¡°TV Talks About Books¡±, at first it was
thoughtheprogramsarebroadcastlateinthe
the burdens of his history. As a result, the
much.
peculiarasitmaysound
produced as a special documentary on
night,i.e.,¡°TVTalks..¡±startsat10p.m.and
program has become an aggressive debate
like, is actually very
books, but many viewers really liked the
¡°TheWorld..¡±startsat12a.m.,manypeople
arenaforthewritersandreaders.
IV.Whatweshoulddo
normalandtellshonestly
program.Moreover,theexecutiveproducers
watchthem. Theaverageageofviewersof
Asthepurposeofprogramistointroduce
Perhaps the appearance of book-
on human being¡¯s
ofKBSpromisedtosupportalotofmoney
these programs is over 20 years old and
and discuss a book, they have to talk about
introducingprogramscanbefeltasifthey¡¯re
physiological function.
HwangJung-hye(C-97)
if a program introducing books would be
many of the adults who watch them are
thebooktoomuchwhethertheyintendedto
too late. Even though such programs were
The first festival was at
made. On the other hand, ¡°The World, as
interestedinbooks.
ornot.Iftheprogramintroducesabooktoo
startedlately,theyshouldbesettleddownas
1999,incaseoflastyear
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
Seen by Books¡± was made because of the
much,tele-viewerstendtolosetheirinterest
to their format.With their success many
about 3000 women
program standards of EBS, which are
II.Difficultiesinmakingprograms
to read the book. The original aim of the
people will become interested in books and
participated the festival. And many of them came with their family and their
producedforeducationalaims.
There are some difficulties in making the
programwasmakingpeopletohaveinterest
make friends with books and culture, and
boyfriends.
The programs of KBS and EBS are
programs. The producers have to be very
inandtoreadbooks,buttheprogramseasily
readingbooksasahabitwillbeestablished
¡°The festival is really great. Everyone is open-minded and no biased thouhgts are
differentintheirtypesofpresentation.There
consideratewhentheychooseabookforthe
forgettheirintention.
inoursociety.
allowed,¡±saidHwang.¡°Wearegoingtoinviteapopularsingertogiveaperformance,
is a moderator, the author of a book, and
program. If the books they select are only
Like the programs in France, Korea¡¯s
andevensheisgoingtotellabouthermenstrualcycle.¡±
experts on the subject and theme of the
popularandfamous,itwouldseemthatthey
III.HowTVdiscussesbooksinFrance
programs have to be characterized in other
Hwangseemedveryconfidentandproudofherjobassheseriouslyexplainedabout
book. However, on ¡°The World,..¡±, there is
would be neglecting their responsibilities to
There are good examples to solve these
ways and broadcasting centers should
theMensesFestival.Justbyholdingthiskindoffestivalmeantthatwomenwereopen,
only a moderator and the author and the
make TV effective for the society. On the
difficulties in making programs. In France,
supporttheadvanceoftheprograms.When
aboveboardandjusticeasmenusuallysaytheyareinKorea.
audience, who sometimes ask questions
otherhand,whentheychoosebooksthatare
therehavebeenmanyprogramssuchas¡°Un
bothproducersandtheaudiencekeephaving
TheArgusmetHwangJung-hye,whowasattractedtothepurposeofholdingsuch
aboutthebook.Thentheydiscussthebook¡¯s
too difficult and serious, tele-viewers will
Livre¡± and ¡°Bouillion de Culture¡±. Both of
concernsandloveforbooks,excellentbook-
festival annually. She was involved in Bultuk, the group which planned the Menses
themeandhaveaconversation;forexample,
hardlywatchtheshow.
them are produced to introduce books but
introductingprogramscanbeproduced.
Festival.Thisgroupismadeupof7peopletakingcareofbusinessaffairsandmany
themoderatoraskstheauthorquestionsand
In addition, as the programs talk about
they are different in some other ways. ¡°Un
volunteers.MostofvolunteersinBultukarewomen,andthisshowsclearlyhowmen
heanswersabouthowthebookwaswritten.
books, sometimes they can be turned into a
Livre¡± is a program for youth in their
were still not very familiar with the term, ¡°menstruation¡±, or ¡°period¡± as it is more
Sometimes the program can be very calm
free-for-all. Once they were talking about a
twentiesandtheproducerschoosenovelsor
commonlyused.
andquiet.
novel, ¡°Minor-league¡±,written by Eun Hee-
essays that young people can deal with
BultukstartedthepreparationfortheMensesFestivalsinceMarch.Itwillbeheldon
ByLeeSo-jung
When the two programs were initially
kyoung on ¡°TV Talks..¡± While on the air,
easily.Theprogramisbroadcasteverydayso
September8,andHwangwasinchargeofthepublicinformationparts,soshehasbeen
ReporterofCultureSection
broadcast many people loved them as there
oneofcastcriticizedthewritingstyleofthe
they can introduce various kinds of books.
bus publicizing about the festival. ¡° It will be very different from the festival of last
yearandthatoftwoyearsago,¡±gushedHwang.¡° Bultukwasnotpublicizedonalarge
scalewhentheeventwasheldlastyearandtwoyearsbefore,becausethefestivalwas
heldinsideacollege.Butthisyear,wewillgooutsideofthecampusandletthepeople
Feelnatureinforestinurbanarea
onstreettoadvertisethetruemeaningofmenses.Andthatitisnotadisgracefulthing.¡±
But actually that¡¯s a hard work. According to Hwang, there are so many practical
problemslikelackofpeople¡¯sunderstanding.People,especiallythemiddleagedmen
stillthinkthatwomenshouldhidetheirmensesperiod.¡°Somepeoplesaysthatthey
LeeSo-jung/TheArgus
I
t seems to be just a gallery, but when
onthestructures.
can¡¯tunderstandwhyBultukdoestheuselessworks.Otherpeopleblameusaskingifa
people enter the place they have the
Thevisitorsfelttheywereinarealforest.
menseisaproudthing?¡±
feelingtheyareinaforesthearingthesound
Intheforesttherewasafountainandbirdsin
HwangisanactivecharacterassheworkseagerlyinBultuk.Shehasvariedabilityin
ofbirdsandfeelingthepeacefulmoodinthe
a cage. The children and their parents
entertainments.Inherfreshmanandsophomoreyears,shewasamemberofMinjoong
place.
curiosly watched the birds and fish in the
songgroupinChineseDepartment.Andnowsheisactiveasoneofthevocalofband,
On August 20, one of the ¡°Ecology
fountain. When a boy discovered the birds,
musicloverasahobby,ChiumsaatNownuri.Shealsolovestotakephotographs,plays
A boy is swinging on a
EnvironmentalProjects-wheretheaudience
hecriedoutwithjoy.
synthesizer,akindofelectricpiano.¡°IwantedtobeaVJ,soIboughtanicecamera
would drink from a spring in deep forest?¡±
The visitors wrote their wishes or
recorder,butIhavenotimetomakeagoodprogram.¡±sheaddedwithasmile.
swingintheforestsetinthe
was held in the Gana Art Gallery. The
messagesontheleaves.Theywrote:¡°Iloved
In1998,sheisheadedforChina.ThereasonsheisconcernedinChinaisinteresting.
gallery.
project held from August 15 to 26 was a
the forest. Nice try!¡±, ¡°It¡¯s boring. More
Atfirst,asshewasinterestedinmusicandthegreatpotentialdemandofChina,she
production of the ¡°2001 Summer Art
ideasneeded.¡±,¡°Iwishmyfamilyalwaysto
plannedtoexportKoreanmusictoChina,butthe¡°Koreanwave¡±wasalreadyan¡°in¡±
Workshop¡± planned by the Gana Art
be healthy and happy.¡±, ¡°Thank you to
thinginChina,soshecouldnotaccomplishthatdream.
Gallery.
nature¡±, ¡°Let¡¯s save our environment,¡± and
¡°Freshmenandsophomoresofnowadaysforgetsomething.Manyofthemonlycare
The purpose of the workshop was to
soon.
about their grades to get a good job and getting boyfriends or girlfriends. Of course
LeeSo-jung/TheArgus
inform visitors on the value of nature and
Children may not enjoy themselves
thosethingsareimportantintheirlife,buttherearelotsofthingsmoreimportantand
give thanks to our environment. Many
enough because they are disclosed to the
greaterthangradesordatingsomeone.Iwanttotellthemtogoonatripregardlessof
people, usually children and their parents,
danger of passing cars or air pollution in
theplaces,itwillhelpthemgrowtheirmind.Itwillbeagreathelptoincreasetheir
visited the gallery, as it was the period of
Seoul.However,thisexhibitionchangedthe
ability.¡±
summervacation, andenjoyedtakingpartin
galleryintoaforestwherechildrencanplay
theartworkshop.
joyfully.
A mother is writing a
Aboyenjoyedswingingonaswing,hung
Theexhibitiongaveagoodchancetothe
messege on a paper-made-
in the forest, and other children waited for
visitors making them to recognize the
leaf, which is hung on the
ByKimSang-min
theirturntogetiton.Thechildrenlovedto
peacefulnessandcalmnessinforests.
tree-shapedstructure.
Reporterof NationalSection
be on the swings and in the forest. There
were5or6structuresintheshapeofacube
ByLeeSo-jung/TheArgus
and leaves made of green paper were hung
CHAFS
LeeSang-hyun/CartoonistofTheArgus
CHAT+HUFS
The4thSeoulFringeFestival
Sep.7th~Sep.23rd
Around
HongikUniversity
Schoolauthoritieshavepreparedthe
Studentsstruggledinoppositionto
Alsosomeprofessorswentthrough
Allofasuddentheauthoritiesdecided
schoolrestructuringplanfortwoyears.
theone-sidedrestructuring.
hungerstrike.
todelaytheplan.Nowwhat?

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