That Korean Show Is So Cute Oh Wait It’s Chinese? I Hate It Now
I either can’t tell Asians apart or the Chinese government is behind this
February 7, 2022
By: Rachel Yang
Oh my gosh, have you seen this Korean reality show? All these famous people travel together and compete in games. I just started it, it’s so wholesome and funny, not like those American shows where people are always drunk and fighting. I don’t even think they have beer in Korea.
Hold on, I didn’t catch what you just said. Anyways, I know not everyone likes K-pop or K-dramas or whatever (I guess they just call it drama there?), but they shouldn’t judge something based on assumptions. Every cast member brings something different to the show, just like how every idol contributes something unique to their group. And they’re real people with real feelings, real lives, and real relationships, which I disregard in order to write fanfiction about Jungkook from BTS saving me in a fire and proposing at Tokyo Disney. That’s totally different though, based on the mental gymnastics I’ve done to justify my actions.
Arts and culture in Korea is SO much better than American entertainment. The men are more handsome, the culture is so much less toxic (except for the management companies, stalker fans, grueling training schedules, public judgment for every aspect of their personal lives).
Huh, what do you mean you’ve seen this? And what do you mean it’s Chinese, everyone on the show is Chinese, and they’re speaking in Chinese? Why did you let me interrupt you with my whole K-pop thing, then?
OK, well it’s kinda suspicious that they were trying to hide it. Why are there similar sound and visual effects and the cast members kinda look Korean? There are only two possibilities. It’s either my failure to acknowledge that Asian cultures influence one another and I also can’t tell my Asians apart, or … the Chinese government is behind this. It’s the second one, definitely.
Lowkey, I knew it this whole time. The chummy camaraderie vibe, the emphasis on the collective — it’s pro-China propaganda. They were targeting me specifically, because who else would be the most negatively impacted by the Chinese government’s deceit besides me, a white woman from Tucson?
From now on, I’m only going to pay attention to Korean entertainers, like BLACKPINK — oh, come on! This has been a lot to process. I’m gonna treat myself to jajangmyeon, the most Korean dish ever.*
*EDIT: I learned evidence to the contrary later that day. I had to rock back and forth in a fetal position. I can’t take the lies. I’m going back to American TV, where fraudulence is out in the open.
