Adventure Korea

In Korea, non-Koreans are still such a facinating novelty that just about every foreigner (waygook) ends up on TV if you're there long enough! Last Feb, I was part of a local TV show called "Adventure Club" along with another Epik teacher, Graeme. It's on the Arirang Channel and it offers viewers a "more younger and refreshing approach to tourism in Korea." We filmed for 3 days and did a whole bunch of touristy things and rolled around with a lot of dogs. 

From having watched some Korea sitcoms and "gag" shows, I've surmissed that most Korean humour relies on laughing at a buffon who does things wrong. I fill that role here. As a girl, I'm required to appear helpless and silly, while Graeme's masculine prowess is much celebrated. 

It was mostly fun, because we got to do a lot of things you wouldn't ordinarily have a chance to. But, there was also a lot of standing around while they set up the shots, redoing takes, and being forced to overact and do embarassing things. It's always interesting to me to see how Koreans see Korea, and how they try and market it to outsiders ... compared to the reality of how everyone actually live day to day, and what foreigners actually enjoy for fun and recreation while we're there.

Thanks to Graeme for inviting me to come along!  (Feb 2009, Pyeong Cheong, Gangwon-do Province)

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