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CULTURE
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InterviewwithKimByong-soo,secretarygeneralof“CartoonandAnimationSocietyinKorea”
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Ears & Eyes
Developingpropercartoonculture
Duplicityofreunification
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hismonththereportervisitedtheoffice
of low quality in large quantity. Cartoon
policyingovernment
of “Cartoon and Animation Society in
rental shops are also a problem. The
Korea(CASK)” located on the second floor
tendency that readers do not buy comic
of Seoul Animation Center in Mt. Namsan.
books but borrow books resulted in
T
Theinsideoftheofficewasrelativelysmall,
cartoonists’ hardships. Because no matter
hisyear’sPusanInternationalFilmFestivalwassuccessfullyclosedafteritsnine-
but it has something of the smell of the
how they make efforts to produce good
dayfete.Thefestivalwasattendedbymanyforeignanddomesticaudiences,who
cartoons, which well represented its being
worksandtheworksbecomegreathits,they
praiseditasthebestPre-MarketofAsia’sfilmindustrybothinnameandreality.Italso
reallyworthyofthename.Insidetheoffice,
cannot be profited by them. From the
hadproblems,however.Amongthemwastheinjunctionbanning“TheGreatEscape”
bookshelveswerepackedwithvariouskinds
beginning, publishing companies also
produced by senior director Shin Sang-ok. Originally, it had been scheduled to be
of comic books, and posters about cartoon
opposed rental business, but they suddenly
shown in a special program, “Recollections of Mr. Shin’s films” to honor his
exhibitionwereputuponthewall.
turned from opposition since rental shops
accomplishmentsasafilmdirectorbutthegovernmentrestricteditsshowingonlytothe
“Cartoon and Animation Society in
begantoincreasesharply.
pressandinvitedguests.In1998,Shin’sfilmswasdenouncedas“aworkbenefitingthe
Korea” is an organization of people in the
Though it is impossible to revise law on
enemy[theNorth]”.
comicworldinKoreaandmainlycomposed
rental business market, we are planning to
Here is another episode. On November, 16, it was revealed that the Seoul
of people with progressive idea. At first, it
awaken publishing companies and the
BroadcastingSystem(SBS)hadplannedtoproduce“JangGil-san”asatelevisionserial
was formed to propose definite and
governmentbyleadingthecountry.Besides,
dramabackin1995,buttheplanfellthroughunderpressurefromAgencyforNational
systematic alternative plans and execute
it is necessary to make continuous research
SecurityPlanning,nowNationalIntelligenceService.Thegovernment’srationalewas
them for the development of comics in
onthecirculationsystemofcartoonsthrough
that“JangGil-san”wasanovelbyawriterHwangSeok-youngwhohadbeenarrested
Korea. Under such objective, they have
on-line which is designed to suit the Korea
forviolatingtheNationalSecurityLaw(NSL).
carriedouttheirworksuntilnow.TheArgus
marketasoneofviablealternativeplans.
These two events go to show that the government blocks all attempts by people to
met Kim Byong-soo, secretary-general of
accesstheNorthbycitingtheNSL.DirectorShinhadproduced“TheGreatEscape”in
this organization to ask more about their
R: CASK has done a lot of social
1984duringhisstayintheNorth.Itisthemovieversionofanovelofthesametitleby
LeeSo-jung/TheArgus
activitiesandideas.
movement for proper cartoon culture.
“Choi Seo-hae (1901~1932)”, which highlights the story of a leftist writer who
based on “Jangsangotmae”, Indie movie
In education projects, the second one, there
What is your idea about healthy cartoon
participated in the social movement even at the expense of his family. Although its
Reporter: What was the motive of
production which made “The eve of the
are several programs proceeded by
culture?
theme is socialism, the Pusan Festival did not intend to benefit the North. But the
establishingCASK?
strike”. There are also cartoon critics and
Hankyoreh Cultural Center since 1996,
K: People generally think of cartoon as
governmentappliedtheNSLtothiscaseanyway.Itwasobviousthatthegovernment
KimByong-soo:Itwasformedbasedon
storywriters.Withtheparticipationofthese
croquis class for university students, and
just what suit children’s tastes and have an
prevented people from even knowing about the socialism. In case of “Jang Gil-san”,
the condition of the late 80s and the early
members, the primitive form of CASK was
cartoonclassforchildrenandteachers.Such
ephemeral popularity. But I think that the
they pressured the broadcasting company to prohibit its televising just because the
90s. At that time, organizations including
reshuffled to the larger scale of today in
education projects have not only functioned
cartoon is what transcend the distinction of
authorhadactedagainsttheNSL.Didthegovernmentreallythinkthattheworkbyan
Barun Cartoon Society, meetings on Indie
1995.Inthebeginning,allmembersactively
ascultivatingpillarsofourorganizationbut
one’sageandthetimebecausethecartoonis
offenderagainsttheNSLisalsoa“red”?
animation, and the Comic Branch of the
worked together, but as growing larger, it
alsocontributedtomakingabreakthroughin
akindofartisticgenrewhichhasacreator’s
SincetheKimDae-jungassumedpower,theSunshinePolicyhasbeencarriedoutto
Korean People’s Artists Federation, were
becamehardtogatherallmembers.Nownot
the industry from the excessively quantity-
own style. Of course, to meet readers
showitswilltoachievereunification.Aresultofthiswillwasinter-Koreanexchange
scattered. Then, they, especially people of
all of them are active in the projects of
orienated cartoon production that caused
continuously,creatorsshouldmakeeffortsto
andcooperationintheformofMt.GeumgangtourismrunbyHyundaiAsanCo.forthe
comics,gottogetherandformedaprimitive
CASK.
inevitabledowngradinginquality.
reach the public through producing adult
pastthreeyears.Butthegovernmentistakingadualattitude.Ithaspreventedthepublic
formofCASKinKoreaputtingthematterof
Thirdly,aseventpromotionprojects,there
cartoons,etc.
from approaching whatever is related to the North and kept exclusive possession of
cartoons in Korea and the contribution of
R:PleaseoutlinetheprojectsofCASK.
were “Reunification cartoon competition”,
informationabouttheNorthbycitingtheNSL.
cartoonstooursocietyinquestion.
K:Thescopeofouractivitiesaredivided
thesecondonethisyearand“Laborcartoon
R: How will CASK relate cartoon as
TheSouthandtheNorthhavelivedwithdifferentideologiessinceKoreawasdivided
As a problem inside the cartoon society,
into two sections, matters on the domestic
exhibition”, only informally held this year
culturetothepromotionanddevelopment
intotwoduetoambitionsoftheU.S.andtheformerSovietUnion,callingeachother
there was a problem with the binders who
Korean cartoon world and on the social
butwillbeanofficialprojectfromnextyear.
ofthecomicindustry?
“theReds”and“puppetsoftheU.S.”.Thatiswhyweareprejudicedagainsteachother.
wereconcernedwithmassproductionofthe
contribution through cartoons. In the matter
We also manage “Korean cartoon prize of
K:Thatmaybeourdeadlockedproblem.
PriortothereunificationoftheGermany,eachpeoplecouldexchangeletters,visiteach
cartoons. For example, a cartoonist should
oftheinsideKoreancartoonworld,wehave
today”, which helps readers to be aware of
The culture is related to qualitative
other, and watch television on both sides. This had been thorough prearranged to
produce several tens of books per month.
made effort to reform absurd elements by
the status quo of Korea cartoons and finds
developmentwhiletheindustryisrelatedto
harmonizedifferentsocialstructuresandvalues.
This resulted in deteriorating the quality of
proposing policies. And for the latter part,
outstandingpiecesofworkstartingfromthis
quantitative development. But these things
InGermany,atruesenseofreunificationbeganfromapsychologicalcommunication
theKoreancartoons,thuswebegantotryto
ourworkscenteredoncartoonsparticipating
year.
should not only live apart but also coexist,
betweentheEastandtheWestandmutualunderstandingofnationalhomogeneity.To
solvesuchaproblem.
inthesocietalimprovement.
Besides, we help produce leaflets
because fully grown culture in quality can
understand the North, we need to learn all about the North such as its ideology,
composed of cartoons. Each members,
secureitscompetitivepower.
economic structure, customs, etc. Good examples are exchanges between artists,
R: What kind of people are
R: What projects did CASK carry out
especially a group “Cartoons and Human
historians,andintellectuals.ButtheNSLprescribestheNorthasanenemyandalsoitis
participatinginCASK?
tillnow?
Rights”, are also active in various social
appliedambiguouslyhinderingpeople’sknowledgeabouttheNorth.Ifthegovernment
K:ThereareIndieanimationartists,such
K: There are three kinds of specific
activities.
trulywantsreunifiednation,itshouldmakeeffortstoabolishorrevisetheNSLinline
as Lee Yong-bae, Lee Sung-kang, etc.
projects. “First, for publishing projects, we
withtheSunshinePolicy.
Maybe you have heard about director Lee
have issued a news letter every week for
R: What are the current problems
Sung-kangwhoproducedananimationfilm
three years. Before reshuffled, we had
inside the cartoon world in Korea and
“My Beautiful Girl, Mari”. They came to
published transactions, “Cartoons and
whatisCASKdoingtosolvethem?
participate in our organization with the
Times”. And recently, we are planning to
K: The most serious problem is the
By KamEun-jin
ByKamEun-jin
exhibition“Let’sreviveKoreancartoons”in
bring out a cartoon-centered magazine,
factory-type system in cartoon production
EditorofCultureSection
EditorofCultureSection
1995 hosted by us. And they are mainly
“Mook” with Hankyoreh Daily Newspaper.
whereartistsareforcedtoproducecartoons
Reviewingacomicbook“NewYorkNewYork”
Jukebox
Homosexualityisnotcrime,itjusthappens
Crossovermusicforjazzmania
H
ow many people would think
him at first as he just could not believe the
T
he album “Passion, Grace & Fire” is
You can hear some Spanish flamenco
homosexuality positively? People’s
fact. When friends get to know one’s truth,
very special. The reason - three super
sound dipped into jazzy feel in songs like
viewsseemtobegettingbetterbut,thereare
theywillbeconfusedandnotknowwhatto
guitarists,JohnMclaughlin,PacoDeLucia,
“Aspan”, and hear some legendary Andres
manypeoplewhothinkitisacrimeorfault.
do. But, in this case, even it takes a long
and Al Di Meola, have met to share their
Segovia like classical guitar feel in songs
Homosexualityisrejected,andthoughttobe
time,theyhavetotrytounderstandandcare
common interest and inspiration in music,
like “Chiquito”, traditional gypsy feel in
negative in Korea. Films or books on
forhim.Ontheotherhand,hisseniorofficer,
and this kind of project is quite rare in
songs“David”,somemedievalfeelinsongs
homosexuality is banned according to
Brian,understoodhim.Heevenattendedin
professionalmusicscenes;theyareofficially
like “Passion, grace & fire”. But you can’t
JuvenileProtectionAct.
their wedding. These different sights on the
known as the first as a trio. These three
exactlysortoutwhichsong’sstyleiswhich,
There are many comics dealing with
two lovers made them get through hard
guitarists are well known for their
becauseeverysongincludeseveryaspectof
homosexuality, but most of them are called
times.
monumental works in jazz and Spanish
the given music style. For this reason, this
Yaoi. Yaoi is a genre dealing with
Itisjustalovestory
flamenco field. In this album, all the
album’sgenrecanbedefinedasfusionjazz.
homosexualitiesbutjustcuteguysstarringin
recordingisdonebyonly3acoustic/classical
One tip on enjoying this album more
stories, never taking homosexuals seriously.
This comic is known as a puppy love
guitars, which means this album is
delightfully-ifyouhavestereoaudiosystem
However,acomicbooknamed“NewYork
story,agenreofcomicsthatdealswithlove
unpluggedandincludesnohumanvoice.
orstreoearphone,youcandiscriminateeach
NewYork”isastoryabouttwoyoungmen
stories, not Yaoi, even though its subject is
From the first to the last, every song is
player’s playing. Conclusion - if you are a
who fall in love with each other. It surely
homosexuality,becausethestorycontainsall
filled with surprisingly fast guitar solos,
jazz/musicfreakbutdonotownthisalbum,
dealswithhomosexualitybutnotYaoi,justa
factors that can be seen in common love
yummy guitar strokes, interesting chord
shameonyou!!!
lovestorybetweentwolovers,showinghow
storiesandintherealworld.
works, mysterious musical progress, and
thesocietylooksonthemandhowtheyget
Kain has got a wild and tough character.
fresh items full of musical imagination.
throughdifficulties.
Ontheotherhand,Melisgenerousandself-
These three virtuosos are showing off
sacrificing. Their contrastive characters go
Whenamanlovesaman
everythingthey’vegot.Itfeelsliketheyare
well and they know how to care for each
insideabattlefieldshootingmachinegunto
Thethemeof“NewyorkNewYork”may
homosexual made them confused and in
Ontheotherhand,hisfathergreetedthem
other. Mel believed and forgave him,
eachother.Youcanfeelthateachplayeris
be unfamiliar to readers but, whoever starts
despair. Since then, he could not come out
when they arrived Kain’s hometown. As
althoughKainwentoutwithsomebodyelse.
ByKimKun-young
playing with extremely high concentration
to read, they even forget their genders that
becauseevenhimselfdidnotacceptthefact
George, the father, was a teacher, he had
And it is just a love story same as other
ThewriterisafreshmanofJapaneseDept.
andpossessessomewhatwildpassion.
bothofthemweremen.
that he was a homosexual. Kain’s co-
somestudentswhowerehomosexuals.Sohe
fictions because it shows jealousy,
Kain and Mel are the heros of the story.
workersdidnotknowthefactthathewasa
accepted his son calmly, but Aida, the
forgiveness, belief, sacrifice and so on that
KainWalkerlivedinNewYorkasapolice
gay.Hewasafraidtotellanyonethefact,so
mother, had never thought of his son as a
we can see in other love stories or plain
officer, hiding the fact that he was a gay.
evenhisfamilydidnotrecognizeit.Melalso
gay.Shewastooshockedtoacceptthetruth.
lovers in the real world. It comes to us so
MeetingwithEuropeanMovies
One night, he went to a gay bar, as usual,
didnotcomeouttootherpeople.
Finally Aida got to understand them and
normally that people do not get to feel
where he met his forever partner, Mel
KainandMelgottocohabitateinahouse
acceptMelastheloverofKain.Ittookvery
uncomfortablewithit.
T
he2ndMegaFilmFestivalwasheldin
Spain and others. In the “Rising Directors”
Frederics,fortunately.Thiswasdestiny,they
but he introduced Mel as a friend to
longtimetoacceptthefact.Asinthiscase,
The author is looking at Kain and Mel
MegaboxtheaterinCOEXfromNov.
part, the films of recognizing new directors
got to fall in love and needed each other.
everyone. However, introducing his partner
in our society people have a difficulty in
with warm approving eyes, showing their
23 to 26. Thirty three European movies,
were introduced. “Midnight Express” was
Their faithful love story begins this way.
asafriendmeantignoringthebeingofMel
accepting the homosexuals at first. She
pure love and emotions. Homosexuality is
whichwerereleasedinEurope,wereshown
for midnight movie program and showed
Kain had both parents but Frederics’ both
as a lover. Mel tried to understand because
visited her neighbor and confessed to her
not different from the love between
in the festival in many people’s keen
thriller and horror films. Among the films
parentshaddiedwhenhewaslittle.Hehad
he did not want Kain to be in trouble. But
friend that Kain was a homosexual.
bisexuals.Onlythegendermattersbutother
interest.Thefestivalwasagoodopportunity
shown in the festival, four films, “The
spentunfortunatedaysduringthechildhood
Kaingottofeelsorryforhimandknowhow
Surprisingly, however, she understood the
things are same. There are more
for people who saw the latest European
Experiment”,“Don’tDieTooHard”,“Love
so he was afraid to have a family. But by
deeply he loves Mel. Then he finally made
situationandtoldhermemoryonagay.She
homosexuals who are waiting to be
movies, which are good and interesting
atFirstHiccough”and“SoundoftheSea”,
meetingKain,Melgottodreamofhavinga
uphismindtotellthetruth.
said, “Common people do not feel sexual
understood in our society than the society
films.
arewaitingtobereleasedinKorea.
family. Kain cared his misfortunes in his
But it happened as he expected. When
desiretosamegender.Likethis,theydonot
expects. The society cannot ignore the
The festival was programed to show the
“Isawoneofmoviesanditwasgoodto
childhoodandMelloveshimwithsacrifice.
Kainsaidtohismotherthathehadsomeone
feelittooppositegender.”
shadowofsadnessofhomosexuals.
filmsinto4parts-“HotBreakers”isforthe
seeEuropeanmoviesthatwescarcelysee,”
whom he wanted to interact and that the
ThetruththatKainwasahomosexualwas
films, “The Experiment”, “Don’t Die Too
said one of visitors, in the cinema. The
Whatotherpeoplethinkofthem
personwasaman,shelostherwords.After
disclosedtoco-workersinthepolicestation
Hard”andmorefilmsthatwerefamousand
festivalsucceededthelastyear’sfestival.
Kain got to know that he was a
that she treated him coldly and that made
and one of his old friends. Therefore, other
popularinEurope.Inthe“NationalChoice”
homosexual when he was 18 years old. He
Mel nervous if Kain’s parents would not
peoplegottodespiseandignorehim.Some
ByLeeSo-jung
part, 9 movies were shown and they were
ByLeeSo-jung/TheArgus
couldnotbelieveit,hidfromhisfriendsand
accept them. They had to overcome such a
people thought the homosexuality as an
ReporterofCultureSection
directed by great artists, Bigas Luna from
he got to hate himself. The truth of being
barrierandmakeherunderstandthem.
insult to God. Even his old friend avoided

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