Korea's Got Talent discovers Sung-Bong Choi,
an orphan with a dream.
Extra bonus points for discovering George Takei's love child on the panel, too!
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..wil, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 22:46,
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That had me in tears earlier!
I'm a sucker for a sob story...:-)
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Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 22:47,
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KOREA got talent?
i better hope this is NORTH korea- the only korea there is. also i like the fact no matter what version of this program you watch- its always edited in the same way and the always use the same awful dramatic music ppft
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It's a condition of them buying the rights to use the format.
Otherwise it wouldn't be much of a format I guess :-).
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JamTallons, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 22:59,
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That's the other fascination
no matter where they're done, they are identical, every one, everywhere, in every way, the editing, the music, the content, identical, yet it seems to work in even the most disparate of cultures.
I find the whole Got Talent franchise fascinating, it's very nearly religious in it's identity and influence now, and it's worldwide! The Pope should be taking notes!
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..wil, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 22:59,
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You're right about the editing and music
But the way the judges and audience react is so much more dignified and less patronising than western versions.
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mookay immune to icons since, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 23:04,
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Wait, what? north?
If north korea had a talent show, I bet any contestant who failed to pick a song praising their illustrious leader would be promptly manhandled off the stage and charged with treason :P
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They buy the format specifically, it'sa copyright/trademark/Bern convention thing.
Also, fuck you for supporting North Korea.
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There are no homeless children in north Korea
all orphans are probably housed in *orphanages* ie state work camps and looked after by the dear leader....
Only vile capitalists would allow children to live on the streets..
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This is like that 'Tearjerker' episode of American Dad
With the film trailer about the orphaned retard in the holocaust with the cancer-stricken puppy.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 6 Jun 2011, 22:57,
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His parents left him at the orphanage when he was 3
becaue he was rubbish at Starcraft.
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Louse POKE 35899,0, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 23:03,
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I really want to not hate this
but I can't. I hope the orphan kid gets his break, but I also hope the judges (especially the oh-so-sincere pretty one) die very soon.
Career-wise of course, not in some sort of horrificaly-gory freak supermarket bacon-slicer accident. Because that would be awful.
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you know it's rigged right?
Pretty obvious... just look at the name... -->SUBO<--ng. It's her in a shirt... not even had a haircut.
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RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Tue 7 Jun 2011, 9:59,
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Whenever I see these clips I think of Ben Elton's Chart Throb
Where the producers divide contestants into Blingers, Mingers and Clingers - cynically grooming and exposing the vulnerable in their pursuit of 'good telly'.
It would be better for the kid to escape the clutches of the Talent Machine soonest possible - but he won't. According to insiders the contracts contestants sign mean that they belong to the programme makers until they are squeezed dry of any publicity potential.
Get this - even if they win, they have to hand back their prize money in return for all the 'coaching costs' incurred during the contest, it's in the contract.
There was a really interesting article about this the other day here justpaste.it/c8g Oh Deary Me Look What Happened!
EDIT: various kind souls have rescued the article, here's one here www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72549341
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Bootsthealchemist is barred from the Masterchef Facebook page, Tue 7 Jun 2011, 10:32,
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