X Man
Hello Class. Since everything about Korean music and Korean music videos have been talked about, I'm gonna introduce a popular Korean comedy show called "X-Man." Basically, the show is a variety game show where Korean celebrities play weird games that are hilarious. A lot of the stars that appear on the show are music artists because in between acts, the stars sing or dance as punishment and who would be better singers/dancers than actual artists themselves. Hence, the shows is fully packed with fun games and cool singing/dancing performances. I highly recommend the show!
Something interesting I found about Korean celebrities is that, in general, they seem to be a lot more down to earth and are willing to participate in these game shows where a lot of the acts are very humiliating. True, there are shows in America like the "Surreal Life" however, the celebrities on that show are old, "have been" celebrities while the people on "X-Men" are people who are popular and hott now. Additionally, I've heard that the celebrities don't get paid or get paid very little to participate on this show, and the stars just do it to increase their publicity or just because it's fun. Artists like Kim Jung-gook and Minwoo from Shinhwa are regulars on the show and seem to have a good time, everytime they're on it.
For all you Rain lovers, here's a link to an episode where other stars try to imitate Rain's "I'm Coming". Enjoy!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OY7N-g1Dlrc
-deeKoh
posted by deeKoh @ 9:42 PM
6 Comments:
that seems to be very similar to some of the variety shows from hong kong, where the drama actors are the guests (they are probably not paid or also very little) and they do ridiculous acts or humiliating ones too.
I love X-Man >.< It used to be my favorite show! I agree with what you are saying about the actors in Korea who are more willing to act silly infront of a camera than American actors. There are actually some episodes of this show where middle aged big time movie actors participate in the games and don't care about how they appear on camera.
I like the old X-Man better just cause they used to have better game corners. But the new one seems to give them more opportunities to show their additional talents. I love it when they make themselves look absolutely ridiculous.
haha, that clip is pretty hysterical (and I don't even speak Korean). I agree that western celebrities tend to take themselves way too seriously - it would be nice if we had something like X-man in the US.
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I think one of my favorite moments involve Hwayobi in a game of "Dangyunhaji." You can see it here with subtitles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO3OnBWtXng
This one also has EunHye (from Goong).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb3pmGyqKSw
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