Last week’s ‘hot clip’ in the entertainment industry is definitely Mimi’s ‘Great Integration of the Korean Peninsula’ scene. In the first episode of tvN ‘s original variety show,먹튀검증 <Poong Hoong District Arcade Season 2> (hereafter referred to as Jirak Sil), in a game in which Mimi has to name three words that end in ‘Dang’, she is pressed for time and is at a loss for what to do, then shouts out ‘Democratic Party’. . This is the beginning of a legend. Leaving behind the buzzing response, Mimi shouts ‘Saenuri Party’ for the second time. It’s a perfect build-up. Driven into the corner with her last one left, Mimi scores a dramatic winning goal. “The Communist Party!” Both the person who shouted and the people around him collapsed like Jenga without the most important block. Viewers’ reactions are similar. At the same time as the broadcast, it became a hot topic on social media , and the replay video exceeded 1.5 million views in 3 days after it was uploaded on tvN’s official channel. Reactions such as ‘Min Sae-gong’, ‘Idol with a perfect triangle of left, right, and top’, ‘Tangpyeong-dol’, and ‘Ground room starting with neutral gear’ were poured out. Even though I had already seen this famous scene in a short video and watched the main broadcast, I burst into laughter. And I thought. What on earth is this so funny? In Mimi’s ‘Private Bird’ video, many things were compressed like a 2-hour summary of the drama that Mimi hurriedly drove to digest the character of <Sky Castle>. The attractive points of <Groundroom>, the entertainment elements of Korean entertainment, and even the bitter reality that cannot be laughed at. <Here Room> is an entertainment
program that started its first broadcast of Season 1 in June of last year.It is a new travel variety entertainment by Na Young-seok ‘Division’. Comedian Lee Eun-ji, Oh My Girl’s Mimi, rapper Lee Young-ji, and Ive’s Ahn Yu-jin will appear. Season 1’s viewer rating itself was not high, but it was a hot topic, and it took first place in TVING ‘s paid subscription contribution and viewing UV, which provides replays. It is a part where you can know the age group and media consumption style of viewers of <Here Room>. The change in the viewing audience is due to the fresh lineup of the cast. <Heartroom> is “a new concept hybrid multiverse action adventure variety in which four warriors united to catch the lunar rabbit (Torongi) who ran away to Earth cross time and space.” The official explanation makes me want to go home, but the format of dressing up and traveling and playing games is familiar. It is a plan that shares some of the resolution with PD Na Young-seok ‘s representative work <New Journey to the West>. However, the fact that Na Young-seok’s program cast all-female performers for the first time, especially the icon of the so-called ‘ MZ’ generation (I really didn’t want to use this expression), was beyond mere surprise. It is because it broke the frame and script of the program symbolized by ‘Na Yeong-seok Division’ and expanded to establish its own identity.
Mimi’s remarks from the Democratic Party, Saenuri Party, and Communist Party overturned the cast and viewers, and the
‘K-enemy’ humor code, which compressed the pain of a divided country and ideological verification,
‘fearful handling’ and ‘I’m glad I’m not biased’ subtitles
The reality of people with disabilities As the production
team also dreams of renewal, what if they showed new imagination? What has been a
hot topic since season 1 of <Ground Room> is that they are experienced by playing ‘push-and-run’ with celebrities who are said to be naughty. It was the momentum of the cast playing with the production team who had built their careers. The appearance of asking a star PD with 22 years of experience, “ How many years have you been a PD ?”, pleading, “I haven’t even dried blood in my hair,” or calling him “Youngseok hyung.” If you went to ‘ MZ Office’ in < SNL Korea> , this scene might have been directed as ‘without concept’, ‘without manners’, and ‘ MZ generation in Wonderland ‘. MZ in fact mediais a check that is always strewn with hate hair and guarantees moderate box office success if it is brought in to criticize. However, Na Young-seok is clever enough to be nasty, claiming himself and the production team the position of ‘dead people in a broadcasting station who are pushed back by the momentum of the new humanity (?)’. So, every action of the cast is sublimated into a fresh and uncontrollable charm that ‘beyond any stereotype’. Because of this, despite the overwhelming age difference between the production team and the cast, a less authoritative and freer atmosphere is formed.
In the trailer for season 2, when Na Young-seok said that she thought of the cast members like her daughter or nephew, Eun-ji Lee naturally replied, “I think we are friends.” The composition in which Na Young-seok and the production team are caught ‘like catching mice’ is also a feature. The cast members, who have too much energy, yell at the production team for pointing out mistakes in the new word quiz, for lack of games, or for being complacent. In the meantime, the relationship between the cast and the production team, which has been repeatedly reproduced in this type of program, has usually been a format in which the production team has the upper hand and feeds the trouble, and you can see the difference.
A representative example is the ‘fallout mission’ of season 1. Cast members abandoned in Thailand use smart devices and fluent English conversation to arrive at their destination ahead of schedule. There were voices criticizing the deceased person production team based on this scene, but it is this unexpectedness that drives the unique fun of <The Hell>. Co-director Park Hyun-yong PD said in an interview, ‘ MZThorong added a reasoning element to the chase, assuming that since it’s a generation, you’re probably used to things like escaping from a room, but I was also surprised that “they just ran and caught it.” The relationship between the production team and the cast also affects the relationship between viewers and the show. Viewers, who are the generation of the cast members, feel pleasure from seeing the cast members who break down the hierarchy of the vertical broadcasting station and play freely while being somewhat burdened, yet curious and enjoying the production team. In the production team’s generation, we can observe ‘contemporaries’ who have a positive relationship with other generations with a big difference in cultural experiences. So, many viewers like or comment on the reaction of the production team. The moment “The Communist Party” comes out, the production crew burst into laughter and collapses, disarming viewers and actively inviting them to the scene. It is the sauce that makes a funny scene even funnier.
I bet Perhaps only Koreans can laugh this far in the ‘Min Sae-gong’ video. This is because all the laughing elements in that scene are quite ‘K enemies’. The only divided country in the world, wars due to ideology, a history engraved with the pain of ideological verification that lives come and go even after the armistice (currently in progress), a job as a Korean idol who requires a higher level of morality and harmlessness than a member of the National Assembly… Everything is covered.
When Mimi first shouts “Democratic Party!”, youngest member An Yu-jin is cheerful. Lee Eun-ji, the eldest sister who is a bit cold on TV ‘Jjambab’, notices. Celebrities, especially idols, say that they must maintain neutrality, and during elections, they are criticized even for trivial reasons such as wearing clothes of a certain color, drawing a V with their fingers, or using a heart emoticon of a certain color because it is the ecosystem at the bottom. However, the moment Mimi shouts “Saenuri Party”, Korean entertainment, accustomed to mechanical ambivalence, determines that this scene is broadcastable. Someone breathes a sigh of relief. Moreover, thanks to the history of the party in the political world of the Republic of Korea, which has changed its name in an obvious way, both of them are in the past, so they narrowly escaped the axis of ‘controversy’. In Korea, where public witch hunts and state violence can be committed at any time under the pretext of ideological verification, the broadcast only mentions a specific political party and communist party, but the element of dizziness is added. So Na Young-seok’s hoarse voice shouted, “Correct answer! The correct answer!”, ‘Fearful handling’, and ‘I’m glad I’m not biased enough’ are so funny and explosive. It’s more fun when there’s a thrill. The scene where Lee Young-ji is worried about Mimi’s SNS reminds us of the cool sharpness beneath her smile, and also leaves a hint of bitterness somewhere.
Of course, the indispensable charm point and box-office factor of <Groundroom> is the personality and relationship of each cast member. The scene was possible because Min Sae-gong was Mimi, who took the character of a bomber who was pure and erratic to the point of being said to be ‘like the second Kim Jong-min’. Compared to male celebrities, the fact that female celebrities are ignorant is difficult to accept as an attractive factor. Still, there is a choreography guessing game in <Groundbox>, so the balance of the composition is good to see how talented Mimi is in her main job. This program is good, and ‘Unbal’ is also good. The cast members, who boasted fantastic breathing, were almost new to each other, and it was said that the production team used all of the ‘energy of the universe’ by inviting them. But while Mimi is shouting 3 parties, next to her… ‘Junpyo’ was also standing there. No, no, not that Junpyo. Youngji Lee dressed up as the character of ‘Gu Jun-pyo’, the prince of the palace in the drama <Boys Over Flowers>. The subtitle “Junpyo congratulates you” sounds like a satirical political comedy that has gone out of business for a while.Nothing is perfect in this world. In Season 1 of <Groundbox>, ‘Cry in the Silence’ and ‘Conical Hat Game’ were made into games that are also realities for the blind and hearing impaired. If you look at the trailer, a similar game will be played in season 2. It has been a long time since I gathered a cast of unprecedented energy who play well without demeaning or hate speech, and as the production team also dreams of renewal, I wonder what it would have been like if they had used their new imagination. I hope <Groundroom> lasts for a long time. So, I hope to make more challenges and attempts, and to create an arcade where various viewers can have fun like the cast.Of course, the indispensable charm point and box-office factor of <Groundroom> is the personality and relationship of each cast member. The scene was possible because Min Sae-gong was Mimi, who took the character of a bomber who was pure and erratic to the point of being said to be ‘like the second Kim Jong-min’. Compared to male celebrities, the fact that female celebrities are ignorant is difficult to accept as an attractive factor. Still, there is a choreography guessing game in <Groundbox>, so the balance of the composition is good to see how talented Mimi is in her main job. This program is good, and ‘Unbal’ is also good. The cast members, who boasted fantastic breathing, were almost new to each other, and it was said that the production team used all of the ‘energy of the universe’ by inviting them. But while Mimi is shouting 3 parties, next to her… ‘Junpyo’ was also standing there. No, no, not that Junpyo. Youngji Lee dressed up as the character of ‘Gu Jun-pyo’, the prince of the palace in the drama <Boys Over Flowers>. The subtitle “Junpyo congratulates you” sounds like a satirical political comedy that has gone out of business for a while.