Korean TV

I feel the issue of Korean television must be addressed. I have mentioned in passing that it is generally variety shows but that isn't a totally fair synopsis. I think you need the run down.

At the moment I am watching Twilight (um...) but there is a far amount of other english language TV, even The Simpsons and Americas Next Top Model which both make me very happy.

There are about 5 different shopping channels and if you flick through you are bound to find some karaoke that ranges from the very professional to me on saturday night. There's lots of manga and loads of sport esp the Premier League (they all bum Manchester United cause one of the players in Korean. I have tried to explain that they embody all that is wrong in football (NOT soccer) but they don't buy it).

They also have some very peculiar ideas about what constitutes entertainment. There are a couple of English learning channels (as if the kids haven't had enough learning in one day). They have 2 channels that show computer games being played (seriously? bunch of fucking nerds), there is even a channel showing people playing board games.

The censorship is also a little weird. It seems that asian boobies are absolutely fine anytime of the day, in fact when I turned my TV on this morning the first thing I saw was a naked asian woman getting taped in a historical drama. Caucasian bodies get heavily censured even in the 1990s soft light Emanuelle type soft porn that is on all the time. Violence is fine so long as it is kung-fu style but blood is a no-no.

The most popular show in recent years has been Boys Over Flowers. It is basically about a poor girl that goes to a rich school, gets picked on by the 4 boys below but in the end her optimistic and bubbly personality wins them over and the one with the perm falls in love with her (bollocks to that in real life she'd probably kill herself). Seriously though he permed his hair three times to get that look. What a twat. But I must admit that I really want to see it.