Binge Watching North Korean TV Is Surreal - And Educational (HBO)
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- Опубліковано 22 лют 2018
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While the world watches North Korea compete in the Olympics, we binge-watched North Korean television in an effort to learn more about daily life in the hermit kingdom under Kim Jong Un.
North Korea’s Supreme Leader comes from a long line of movie buffs. His father, Kim Jong Il, was passionate about filmmaking and believed in the power of the cinema to unite his country. His movies of choice were big military dramas with messages of duty to the leader embedded in nearly every frame.
But Kim Jong Un loves the small screen. Under his rule, state media has moved away from the communist epic and into more intimate, family dramas that air every night between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., when the power goes out in Pyongyang.
To understand more about what North Koreans are watching and what the government wants them to think, we arranged a screening with Jean Lee, who became an expert in North Korean television when she worked as a journalist in Pyongyang.
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"It's kinda like Communist Friends" is the best description of anything.
“How you doin’ comrade?” ⚒🇰🇵
I would watch Communist Friends
Mitchel Stuffers the day of rope is coming soon for all commies
@@hajjdawood
Calm Down. We're just joking. Please don't make this political.
No one told us life was gonna be this way
"Kim Jong Un is a big fan of sports"
Doesn't look like it.
Penny Thomas Lmao.
yeah well he kinda does when you watch NBA, NFL, MLB crowd 😂😂😂
There are fat sports fans
His hands....could palm a marshmallow.
He was wasn't so fat before I think he eat all of North Koreas food sometime in his life
It's disappointing how many people completely missed the point of this news bit. It's not glorifying NK, it's analyzing how their media manages to keep their citizens so tamed and loyal.
hahahahaah wow this video is the propaganda you idiot
Yeah. But its tone is VERY positive and comes accross QUITE "oh , neat , these guys are okay"
Their regime is not this positive, to say the least...
Like Fox infotainment!!
@@diiasze3743 idiot, the video is not propaganda for NK. The whole point is to analize the propaganda hidden on the NK television. Whow can you be so stupid?
@@maxwelsh6121 the attitude is no different than researchers studying cancer and giving talks at conventions. And yes, discoveries will lead to "oh, neat" moments. Look at John Snow in and his discovery of the source of the cholera outbreak of 1857. I even argue that if a researcher presents in the manner that you want, academia won't take you seriously. There is no bias here. I see findings and her own bubbly personality.
Speaking of binge, have you ever tried North Korean cuisine?
Neither have they.
Got emmmm
That joke hasn't been said for the past 15 years haHAA
funny joke- but they actually have styles of food a lot of south koreans miss. I live near ktown and hear stories of people going to northern china to try north korean cuisine. They probably don't eat as much of it, but they still have a strong pre-communist tradition of cooking.
North Korean cuisine are predominantly salty compared to the southern.
Uncle Ryan thats sad :/ ...
They should hire Tommy Wiseau to direct.. Im sure his style would fit right in...
oh hi mark
IKR lol would die to see that.
@@lunakitty1990 i did not hit her, it's not true, i did not hit her
Isn't Tommy Wiseau used to sell jackets and jeans to NK, because Kim Jong Il thought that the brand is the most American thing? And this why he got money like bottomless pit.
Funny story, Mark.
Imagine starving millions of people and then walking out on stage with a belly that prevents you from seeing even the edges of your toes. This man is an absolute monster.
I lost interest in DPRK TV when they stopped showing Squirrel and Hedgehog. We wanna see those wolves again!
Not to mention, how would Squirrel & Hedgehog finally cap off the current story arc they left us hangin' on for so many agonizing years?
Feel so sorry for the people who ended up in the north when the countries got split, and for the SK people who lost family members :(
In 1953-1976 you are lucky that you are born in north Korea because the economy is booming and north Korea is richer than the south at the time but 1976-Present you are lucky in south Korea because of the reforms of the government
It's interesting that so many people think, despite the fact that they talked about how brutal of a regime North Korea is in this very video, bringing up power outages, pervasive poverty, chronic food shortage, and downright dystopian propaganda infiltrating every aspect of the citizens' lives, that this is somehow glorifying North Korea.
Like if they aren't explicitly told how to feel, they get confused. Ironically, they would be the exact type of people to fall for North Korea's propaganda.
If you think this video paints North Korea in anything but a bad light, I really don't know what to say to you.
It's especially funny coming from Trump supporters whining about "leftist cucks," "SJWs" and whatnot even though the President of the United States said that Kim Jong Un loves his people and is trying to improve life in the DPRK.
THIS COMMENT
Like hollywood movies dont do the same thing in America.
White picked fences, green lawns, a dog, pack of cigarettes/meth and a gun.
Every single thing you said can be applied to the US as well.
The guy in this is like the asain version of Toby off the office.
The theme song to "Communist Friends":
"Kim Jung Un is there for you
(When your family's dirty and poor)
Kim Jung Un is there for you
(Like his dad and grandad before)
Kim Jung Un is there for you
('Cause you'll be purge if not with him too)"...
Nice to see that somebody still remembers Azumanga Daioh
Daniel Lopez 😂
I love how everything North Korea related is tragic and hilarious at the same time
I'm amazed how people in this comment thread seem to be unable to tell analysis from opinion. The tenor seems to be "oh no, they are rationally analyzing something I want to be mad about, hence they are my enemy!"
Dont worry you are doing a great job of systematically replying to everyone they will get the idea soon enough.
Hey, gotta pass the time until the weekend somehow :P
Kim Jong-un did say he wanted to open Dprk to the world gradually.
Doing so would be of benefit to the people, first he needs to make the people love him, not fear, by taking care of them.
Yup, I have to agree with you. This is the same way some people took CNN's piece on Kim Yo Jong to be like a fluff piece where they were praising her and that was primarily due to the analyst's expressions during the piece. I watched the piece and all I was saw was CNN disseminating facts they knew for certain on Kim Yo Jong.
Anybody against basic human rights are my "enemy".
In your case, it's very easy to take sides with an oppressive state from a safe distance isn't it?
North Korean TV is honestly really interesting to watch. The content can be really compelling in how surreal it is. You don’t have to agree with something to enjoy it!
How can we (quote) enjoy (quote) it?
Kim is that you?
People are so butt hurt in the comment section. She is analyzing the programming and the messages the government is sending its people thru them.
And that feeling of empathy or niceness you are feeling is the effectiveness of the propaganda. Now imagine this is all you watch 🐑
2:01
Well hot damn, that's the Sailor Moon Stars Opening theme :)
HAHAAH this cracks me up so much!!!
Every night between 8-10 ...then power goes off...Kim Jong is savage and truly thinks like an asian parent
This is normal for me
This communist friends should have their own openings
Korean F.r.i.e.n.ds. "so noone told you life was gonna be this way,do do do do! Your life's a joke,your broke and you live in the DPRK!
When is Kim Jung un going to give birth he's overdue.
Heather chavez that's where all the N. Korean food goes, in his fat belly! He probably has a vomitorium (sp)like the ancient Romans had.
Telling a fat guy "when is the baby due" is a very old joke. One that he is likely to hear on a daily basis.
How far along is he?
Opinunate ted I doubt he hears that on a daily basis because if anyone did say that to him they would be executed
Opinunate ted he never would have heard that! They would be put in prison or executed if they said that
No one:
Me after vice news showed me North Korean movies: *ILL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK*
K whatever
dude still has nightmares after JP interview
he wakes up in a cold sweat every morning
Kolboynik what actually happened keep hearing seeing references to this interview but don’t understand really the prob??? And they only released 9min edited version
Dan Pay that’s exactly the problem: it was 9 minutes and heavily edited
by now there are 2 other parts of the interview released. Watch it its funny. Peterson as brilliant as ever, interviewer as obnoxious and dense as hell. Would be nice if they just released the whole interview and not dripping single parts
ua-cam.com/video/T5ahmzySUB8/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/RMm8N7rrJUM/v-deo.html&t=
and yes the first release was edited to discredit JP. Showing an antisemite and cripple the interview to the worst possible way. Nice job VICE, unbiased reportage at its best.
Doubt it, Jordan revealed himself to be an intellectual lightweight in that interview.
Im not saying im not a patriot, i love My USA, but like the lady said "its ok to make mistakes".
We act all tough and mighty judging others and forget that we have people living on the streets.
Ik this is late but I’d like to add this , “ A true patriot is not one who sides with his country all the time, A true is patriot is the one who acknowledges the faults of his country and strives to fix them” - me
Seeing the scene of North Korea's rocket launching, I thought it is same as that of the moon landing of the US in 1969. American TV stations enthusiastically broadcast the historic moment all the day. People were glued to the news reports of the moon landing and proud of the country. It is a useful tip for propaganda.
These were probably made to compete against South Korean K-dramas
They still can't win. Kdramas are just better
Anything is better than kdrama
Not as surreal as binge wathcing vice
Nor as addicting as binge watching afternoon K-Drama. Go ask any female retiree who discovered it years ago. It'll make you scratch your head more than once...
true when I turn on the TV and Viceland is on I start to think I woke up in a parallel dimension
Or Adult Swim
"I'll be there for you", "when the power goes out in the Neighborhood" - North Korean Friends opening theme of each episode.
The power outage situation is blamed on America. That's the only reason they would openly acknowledge it and, through humor, offer a coping mechanism for the viewers.
Can't lie, this propaganda is entertaining in a way. I guess its because it is capturing a moment in time and will go down in history when the North Korean regime eventually collapses.
And when that happens, there is going be a bunch of retards who will want to make NK great again.
Remember, Pyongyang is the city for the elite.
And guests
remember as well that these tv shows are only available to those homes with a tv so the audience is aimed as well. thats why they can have episodes where the lights went out because a home that has access to tv would usually mean that its not always normal that they wont have lights
Apparently they had an official youtube channel for a while, though it ultimately suffered the same date as the other attempts they evidently had been making. Honestly, I'm against the takedowns, not because I do or would ever agree with North Korean values, but because it's still an educational experience. What better way to learn about how they think than to be able to directly drop in on what they're saying and showing?
North Koreans might be tired on watching Daily Rocket launch show 😅😅
I actually want to watch an epidose of "Our neighbors" it looks kind interesting.
It looks horrific but I agree
It's interesting in the way surreal horror is interesting. But agree, wanna see it
@@Maialeen yeh, like its so different from the traditional western sit-com makes you think really the differences between all other cultures, this by example being completely ruled by the state.
@@erck1996 i wouldnt call north korea a "culture"
this is actually very interesting!! i've never even thought of north korean television shows before this video
Is that because you don't live in North Korea?
this is the K-drama that we really need to watch🤣🤣🤣
that family is more lit than my family when we watched the Falcon heavy liftoff
I want the full series of this "communist friends"
Me too! I've finally run across something that I can't find instantly on the internet and it's driving me crazy! What they showed bizarrely reminds me of a Hallmark Channel original and feels like exactly the kind of cheery, uncomplicated fluff that would make good pandemic viewing. Maybe one of us should try writing the scholar who appeared on this segment and asking if we could get some DVDs. (Then we'd just need to find somebody to help sub them.) I'm super curious now. =)
So
I heard you like korean dramas
That song they play in the drama when they are watching the rocket launch sounds almost exactly like one of the songs from Sailor Moon...
Spoiler alert: the comments section is either about how people can't tell the difference between analysis and opinion, or how Vice did this man named Pordan Jeterson wrong.
Yeah, people can be really stupid
Friends?
Comrades
I want to hear these two talk some more about this, and see more vids!! Fascinating!
It’s sad they will never know the pleasure of watching Family Guy.
Saying “in the series small playground” made Siri go off. Lol
How do I whatch this tv shows ?
Contact the scholar interviewed in this segment and ask for DVDs. Can't hurt. Worth a try. Think I'm gonna try it.
Wait... so North Korea has the know-how to build nukes and ICBMs but they still don't know how to mine metal? Are you kidding me xD
Priorities.
The interviewer guy reminds me of Toby.
It's sad to know people are being forced to live like this.
5:22 - 5:24 i don't know why i'm laughing at this 😅
3:37 the miners seeing the video feels so similar to when the Longshoremen watch a presentation on automation on the wire. Wonder if that was an influence
Is this the guy that distorted and mischaracterized the Jordan Peterson interview?
bruh this was a good expose and all but the correspondant looks hella tired
More like sleepy
2:06 That guys face is like "awhhh it gon to make it ,it gon to make it awhhhh!
Rofl in the Football drama the keeper didn't have gloves at 5:06
Does anyone know where we can binge watch these things?
Anyone know where I can stream these? They look so interesting and I’ve already binge watched Euphoria.
Binge watching Vice is surreal.
They need to cut the power here when Keeping up with the Kardashians comes on!
Where do you live? How many channels do you have? Who is forcing you to watch that?
if anybody knows where I can find these shows, I'd be greatful.
There is something lacking in American TV shows. They don't show people all getting along and teach people how to be nice 2 the disabled and disadvantaged enough. But America isn't quite ready for that yet. TV right now is mostly helping people vent their anger at being mistreated and subtly trying to teach people how to redirect that anger into more productive measures than attacking each other.
Anyway, this seems hopeful. Happy and healthy people are more likely to not want to attack other people. And maybe soon they will be open-minded enough to work with other countries to learn how to have enough food in North Korea! In exchange for promising to not attack other countries
@ 2:02 why does the music sound like "Otome no Policy" from SailorMoon???
Hey, it’s that guy that try’d to interview Jordan P! Vice didn’t fire him?
"Better than a lot of shows in the US" yeah right...give me a break.
As treatment of female characters is concerned? He's not entirely wrong.
Context. It matters.
monsterfurby what are you talking about? In most American sitcoms the Dad is usually portrayed as the less intelligent person. Which American shows are showing women in a poor light? The ones from the 1950s?
monsterfurby you are completely insane. this is a country and regime that summarily oppresses women. but carry on indulging in their blatant propaganda.
there is NOTHING, repeat, NOTHING "better" about north korea as compared to the US. Nothing!
Actually these shows sound to me as propagandist as Fox News
Most American movies and tv now portray women behaving like men and men as imbeciles or devious. This smug 'journalist' was virtue signalling.
I've just noticed that in North Korean television they really like using dolly shots
I just want to know how you found these
complaining about the reporter comment
Interesting how women is portrayed in these films.
Yeah, they're portrayed the same as any other fucking show
bank3r I mean yes and no they’re literally being made to act in ways that subconsciously affect you and make the propaganda work so while women in NK shows aren’t necessarily “different” they’re 100% only acting how they are to affect how their viewers will act in real life, as opposed to being a reflection of the viewer as in western media
the MAp at6.21 lol
kim john ung the only world leader who smokes spice lol
Defenders of democracy and freedom of speech on the comment section: "There's only one perspective allowed on North Korea." "How dare they show a perspective on North Korea I don't approve?"
Well come on, where's the rest of the episodes? Subbed please.
I feel so bad for these people. Dragged through decades of tyranny to the point where the only acceptable behaviour is mass insanity.
No offense but the U.S. allows genital mutilation for our kids, teaches our kids to hate their race, culture and nation, forces people with the choice of jab and job and many Western European nations will arrest 90 year old grandmothers for questioning history.
I can relate with the communist friends, me and my friend are reacting in the exact same way when we heard about the launch
It must be like living in a simulation. Feel so sorry for these prisoners 😔
How was that the keepers fault??! Point blank header shouldn’t have given the keeper any chance so forward was lucky to score smh
Release the full Jordan Peterson interview.
Uncle Ryan link
Tom Groebe there is a 17 minuet interview on UA-cam but nothing on their website. Only the original 9 minute chopped up and poorly edited one.
They're too scared
TheCoconutCookie
what of some is there what they trying to hide
It’s been for a while now dummy, I saw it over a week ago.
How did they get this TV content though
Do you guys think this implies Kim Jong-Un watches HBO dramas?
Yo im tryna watch Our Neighbors lmao
I bet they would love to watch The Interview!! Great ending!!!
Very interesting
I want to watch our neighbors. How can I?
It’s quarantine we’ll binge watch anything.
I wonder how the percentage of population in incarceration measures up between USA and North Korea?
state TV in general no matter what state makes it is nauseating
SPG The BBC made Peaky Blinders
yall should compare north korean and south korean dramas loll
At 10 pm the power goes out in all of Pyongyang?
I'm so curious. Where can I watch more?
Free dprk live stream
I wish I had Korean Central Television
I was touched by the drama about the smelter HAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAahahHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
Is it just me or does the guy look so fuckin stoned rn
Jim Orwell: *takes a look at his book, takes one look at North Korea, and sobs*
I kinda expected more Starship Troopers type stuff...
_Would you like to know more?_
_Nobody:_
_Vice:_ *nOrTh kOrEaN sHoWs aRe bEtTeR bEcAuSe tHEy sHoW wImMiN iN cHArGe!*
Well, It's a dare for you to do a featurette about Touhou Project and Vocaloids and how these two phenomens took over the global internet xD
I lmao when he said its like a "Communist Friends".😂
I wonder if North Korean Avengers exist lmao
Why UN isn't attacking North Korea.
Fun fact: only 3 tv channels in NK
3:55 Yeah... it's really not.
Yes, finally someone said it. I was wondering why no one had mention that its not.