(Reporter’s Note) “Democratic Party! Saenuri Party! The Communist Party!” is quite sad.
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▲tvN’s ‘Hot Bobby Earth Arcade 2’ (directed by Na Young-seok) May 12 broadcast screen capture.
On the May 12 broadcast of tvN’s (Director Na Young-seok), PD Na Young-seok bet on food and asked ‘three words that end in sugar’. Performer Mimi stuttered and shouted. “democrats! Right?… Saenuri Party!… oh oh… Communist Party!” The shooting site was devastated. The subtitle that follows is ‘fearful handling’. The title of the YouTube shorts that appeared afterwards was ‘Mimi integrated the Korean Peninsula with a three-party combo’. Watching this video hit the box office, I felt sad at the same time. I was wondering how hard it is to find a political satire, how people would like it this much even though they just shouted out the name of the party.
Political satire was quite lively. KBS , among them, ‘People’s Debate’ is memorable. “There is a confrontation between pro-Park and non-Park. Which side are you on, Min-sang Yoo?” (Park Young-jin) “No.” (Min-sang Yoo) “No? You’re on the side of the opposition. The opposition is also in serious conflict with pro-Roh and Bino factions. Please tell me one thing.” (Park Young-jin) “Ah, damn it.” (Yoo Min-sang) “Jane? Moon Jae-in? You are pro-Roh.” (Park Young-jin) It was like this. In addition, corners such as ‘Samagui Kindergarten’ and ‘Torch Together’ were reflecting Korean society as it was. But now there is no , no SBS , no MBC . The TBS <9595 Show> ‘Alumni Debate’ section, which gained great popularity for its overwhelming vocal mimicry and sharp satire of former presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, also disappeared at the end of 2018. Now, regardless of terrestrial or cable broadcasting, political satirical entertainment has dried up.
OTT platform Coupang Play’s original is a representative of political satire that is easily remembered today. In season 2, when the presidential election was in full swing, it gained popularity by satirizing candidates Seok-yeol Yoon and his wife Lee Jae-myung. Intern reporter Joo Hyun-young of “The Jugger Goes” also succeeded in confounding politicians and making it a box office hit. In the first episode of Season 3 after Yoon’s election as president, ‘Reporter for a while’, who satirized minister Han Dong-hoon, appeared and defended Mrs. Kim Kun-hee and confronted the anchorman, drawing attention. “How beautiful is this? Reminds me of Audrey Hepburn… .” (for a while) “I have suspicions of directing!” (anchor) “I’ll bet everything. What would you like to be an anchor? I’m specifically not a scarf, glasses, a wig, no a wig… .”(for a while)
▲ A scene from season 3 of Coupang Play’s ‘SNL Korea’.
However, for a while, the reporter’s performance was not seen from the second episode until the end of season 3. Instead, in the weather forecast corner, his level was weakened by the president expressing his approval rating or the bad news of the Democratic Party through the weather. Unlike the presidential election, even in ‘The Juggernaut Goes’, it was often felt that he was sacrificing himself. An official from said, “(There is no pressure) at all. Unlike his presidential campaign period, his interest in politics waned. The audience response to political satire is weaker than during the presidential election, so the center of gravity is being reduced.” In Season 3, ‘MZ Office’ and others received favorable reviews, but in the back of my mind, I felt sorry for the absence of a reporter for a while.
Recently, creator Lee Sang-min drew attention for his vocal mimicry of politicians such as Yoon Seok-yeol, Lee Jae-myung, and Lee Myung-bak in CBS’s and KBS’s . The broadcast in which Mr. Lee sang “I knew I would be pardoned” in the voice of former President Lee Myung-bak on recorded 760,000 views on YouTube. While the family members of former athletes or celebrities travel, eat, and fight, political satire seems to have no place to stand. Some point out that the political satire corner has declined due to excessive ‘political fandom’. We need a production team that is not shaken by the ‘political fandom’ and viewers who can create a ‘breathing space’ for them.
season 4 is starting today in July. I look forward to political satire without shrinking from . In various entertainment programs of other broadcasting companies, I want to laugh at scenes where ‘fearful handling’ is expected rather than “Democratic Party, Saenuri Party, Communist Party”.
