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The busy life that passes by at a breathless pace.
Attend meetings...
go to class...
and go drinking.
I'm living in the midst of millions of people...
but when was the last time I had a face-to-face conversation?
I don't remember.
One day--
the "talking street" opened!
Can you just listen for 5 minutes?
Enter each other's daily life...
About what?
About love.
The beggar that was here last year will come again next year
but the female celebrity will not come back next year.
The street where you courageously talk.
I came to set a fire.
Listen to me.
Was my mom right?
The one word you heard on the street...
Make a smoking room at school.
becomes something that pierces your heart!
To the strong ones, to the ones who have...
say "You're wrong and I'm right!"
(The stories of the courageous)
Busking with words.
"As I Say"!
It begins now.
I'm MC Yoo Hee-yeol.
I'm MC Haha.
I'm Pyo Chang-won, the middle-aged romanticist.
Or is it old age?
I'm Son Ah-ram, the single man.
Oh, that's simple.
Single man.
I'm Jang Do-yeon, Choi Sook-yeo's only daughter.
Pfft.
I'm sorry.
The courageous have come out to talk.
Busking with words.
As I Say!
It was better than last week.
That was classy.
We call free music performance on the streets 'busking.'
But we perform with words.
Yes.
From Seoul to Jeju,
We talk and listen on the streets that anyone can walk on.
Last week, we went out and talked with you face to face.
It began with a question mark at first.
Because we've never done it before.
But the more we did it, the more it turned into an exclamation mark.
- That's beautiful. - He tried too hard.
I worked all night for it.
Again, this isn't a funny program.
Don't expect it to be funny.
You can change the channel right away if you want something funny...
No, give us just a little more chance.
I'll be the funny factor today if needed.
(Proud)
I thought it wouldn't be funny
but it's a little fun.
Especially...
the taste of words that I've never tasted before.
I realized words are so sweet.
We don't talk anymore.
But as those words come out of our hearts,
people donate voluntarily.
Everyone donates $1 each.
And the total donation was-- don't be shocked.
$41.
Amazing, right?
Why do you seem disappointed?
Are you looking down on us?
If it was $40, I wouldn't have been surprised.
That's 41 people.
That's not easy.
(Touched)
That's amazing.
Romanticist!
The concept of this room is a bit unique.
There's nothing here.
The concept is an AA meeting.
Do you know AA by any chance?
No idea.
Yoo Hee-yeol will explain that.
AA.
A...Alcoholic Anonymous.
A nice?
Anonymous.
Alcoholics gather in meetings and get healing through talking with each other.
I hope we can talk freely like that too.
Think that you're at a rehab center.
Shouldn't there be chips or something?
Go buy some.
I'm sorry.
Don't just talk. Raise your hand if you have a question.
When you talk, freely ask them to raise their hands.
Shouldn't there be chips or something?
Now then, to the word street...
- What are you doing? - Get out.
Yes, we'll be beginning now.
The courageous who will be talking on the streets today.
We'll be introducing them one by one.
He received much love as the first profiler of Korea.
He even entered the National Assembly.
The middle-aged romanticist, Pyo Chang-won.
(First busker, Pyo Chang-won)
You even entered the National Assembly.
I feel a bit uneasy now.
You shouldn't.
I'm a servant. Order me around easily.
You punk!
I'm sorry.
How should we refer to you?
We used to just say "Teacher."
High schoolers just call me "Bro."
- Really? - Yeah.
Pyo~
What a great brother to have.
You introduced yourself as the middle-aged romanticist.
You know, right? When he entered National Assembly, he kissed his wife.
Was it planned?
It couldn't have been.
That time was when we became pretty sure that I was elected.
We were all so happy.
I hugged everyone there.
Saying 'Thank you.'
And at the end, my wife was standing there.
It's like a drama.
I joke around a lot with my wife.
My wife thought I would give her a hug like everyone else so she came
but I ran away from her for fun.
You player.
And my wife pretended to be slapping me.
This is like a Hollywood movie.
(Haheeyeol becomes one)
Such dimwits!
And then someone said, "Kiss! Kiss!"
All of them together.
Why did you deep kiss then?
Doesn't that happen naturally when you're with your wife?
(Wow...)
(Amazing guy)
He came out on once.
Oh really?
In the psychological game,
he completely lost against Ji Suk-Jin and Gary.
Yes.
How did that happen?
(The fall of the profiler)
Did you lost on purpose?
I taught them the strategy.
He's taken aback.
(His voice is raised)
His hands were shaking as he was talking.
I have to redeem myself.
Then we'll give you an opportunity to redeem yourself.
We'll give you a question.
The really difficult game: rock, paper, scissors.
Haha.
I rarely win.
What happens if I lose then?
You're a profiler and you studied in England.
Of course you'll win.
Makes no sense.
(Rub rub)
Why are you rubbing your hand so much?
He must sweat a lot.
P-Practice.
I'll give you a hint.
You have a side.
I'll do rock.
You'll win if you do paper.
It's easy.
This is fun.
If I do rock, you'll win with paper.
But if I do scissors, I'll win.
Then you become a liar.
Once is okay.
In front of the whole nation?
What is this?
It's just rock paper scissors!
Anyways, it's a game you have to win.
Games are a part of one's personality.
Ooh, psychology.
But I'm going to do rock.
Just once.
Let's stand.
(Stand)
(Stretching)
You make it seem like the Olympics or something.
(Profiler VS Entertainer)
He looks at his eyes.
Now.
I'll do rock.
You'll win if you do paper.
Game is a part of your personality.
Now.
Rock, paper, scissors!
(What will happen to Pyo Chang-won?)
(Tied)
He's not easy.
(Not an easy rival)
I'll really do rock this time.
He did paper.
He trusted you.
I feel a little bad.
I'll do rock.
Rock, paper, scissors!
(Pyo Chang-won LOSE)
He lost.
(The profiler lost against the psychological game)
We can edit it out.
This is a bit embarrassing.
Let's pretend that didn't happen and film again from you getting up.
From the busking moment.
We feel bad.
(Let's introduce him again)
Profiler, Pyo Chang-won!
(Pyo Chang-won, the psychological professional)
Romanticist.
He lost on purpose.
What an entertainer.
A romanticist.
I'm devastated.
Your face got so red.
I'm tearing up.
(Pyo Chang-won, Age 51: The first profiler who studied in England)
How did you decide to come out on this program?
I don't want to talk about politics today.
Please.
Just the human being Pyo Chang-won.
I'm glad.
I just want to talk honestly today.
He's the original writer of the movie "The Unfair."
From music fiction scenarios,
the man who does not stop sharing.
The speaking engineer, Son Ah-ram.
(First time on a TV show)
The speaking engineer.
What does that mean?
I used to joke around saying what I do is engineering speaking.
So cool.
He's really cool, but...
he seems anxious. He's touching it like a dog.
I have really low concentration.
So I...
Then can you come out next week?
When you have good concentration.
We can't afford that right now.
This is prescription.
Oh, that was a prescription?
The doctor said to focus on this, that it'll help.
Since he's holding it on his left hand,
get him 2 walnuts for his right hand.
Wait, you used to do music?
Oh yeah, what kind of music did you use to do?
I was a rapper.
What was the name of your group?
Zinmalpe.
So when you were introduced, they said, "Next up is Zinmalpe"?
No one got to introduce us.
That's so sad.
You released albums and all?
We signed the contract with an agency but never got to release one.
Why didn't you continue music?
I was busy suing.
Why?
The agency said to bring $10,000 if we want to release an album.
We couldn't do that
so we went to a lawyer
and the lawyer told us to sue them.
And that the lawsuit will cost $10,000.
So either way, you needed $10,000.
The whole point was that you didn't have $10,000.
I ended up suing.
Alone?
Yeah.
Because we didn't have money.
There are some people who win in lawsuits without lawyers.
But you have to prepare a lot.
I had tons of paperwork.
I had more than 1,000 letter papers.
Maybe you spent more than $10,000 on paper.
The money spent in copying isn't little.
That's so cool!
Alone!
Honestly, I didn't do it to get something out of it.
I wanted to take revenge.
You just felt eager.
"The Unfair" in reality.
It really is.
I went to the court more than 70~80 times.
(Scenario that comes from experience) I sat in and observed a lot.
Is there anything else you want to try?
Politics and comedy are very closely related.
Comedy talks about politics a lot too.
And politics at times becomes comedy.
Yes.
So I want to write a standing comedy in between those two.
Really?
I actually wrote one.
Can you read it, Haha?
Oh, for us?
Son Ah-ram's work.
I'm excited.
Son Ah-ram's standing comedy.
The comedy professional, the writer of "The Unfair."
(So much pressure)
We're gonna get popular now.
Let me read it.
(Yoo Hee-yeol's Standing Comedy)
Breathe life into it.
It's been about 30 years since I began music.
So people ask, "What do I have to do to get better at singing?"
To get good at singing,
you have to know your own strengths.
Pronunciation, tone, and technique are important.
Now.
Then...
From pronunciation, tone, and technique...
what is the strength that I, singer Yoo Hee-yeol, has?
"Punk." (Pun)
Yoo Hee-yeol... Punk?
You little...
(Success)
Yoo Hee-yeol punk!
I should've gone first.
You better watch out.
(The comedian doesn't fail)
(Haha's Standing Comedy)
This one's gonna be good.
(The 2nd performance with high expectations)
I don't know.
Oh, American style.
I don't think "punk" is that important.
Since I do reggae, I think what's most important is tone.
I think there are people who are good at singing if they just go high.
If you can't go up high...
you can just lower the key a little.
Key (also means "height" in Korean)...
just has to be over 170cm.
Haha, make us laugh now!
Haha, show us comedy!
(Grab)
You don't have any questions for Son Ah-ram, right?
(Son Ah-ram, Age 37: The master of comedy)
I'm on the side of the agency that he sued.
Sorry for killing it.
It was really classy comedy.
It was good.
Should we hear what you want to talk about today?
Chang-won said he wants to talk about himself as a person, not politics.
But for me, talking about the human being is my job.
So I actually want to talk about something that's a bit political.
I never heard that before.
The staff didn't tell us.
Politics of daily life.
I think it's a different meaning.
It's not real politics that we're talking about.
Expressions of a group.
Things like that, right?
Political parties are the basics of politics, right?
A very small part of it.
So awesome!
Then!
The comedian, Jang Do-yeon!
(Respect) What's wrong with you?
She's so hot these days.
No, no.
What's your topic today?
Recently, on a seminar program...
I listened to a seminar
and it was so good.
They asked, "Jang Do-yeon, how was today?"
and normally, I would say "It was so good.
I will listen to what my heart tells me now."
and I can just go home.
But I said, "It was really good.
I wish I was a really kind person too but I..."
"But I'm not that nice..."
You burst into tears.
Why did that happen?
The words "Get out of the stereotype that you have to be nice"
stabbed me in the heart.
There are those words, "Nice guy complex, nice girl complex."
That becomes stress.
I felt like there would be people like me out there.
So I wanted to talk about that.
Pyo Chang-won came out today.
What's your topic?
I want to ask you first.
When people younger say stubborn things to you,
how do you feel?
Most common response is just thinking inside, 'Who does he think he is?'
You think that, right?
Kids these days are so clear in their opinions.
Inside, I'm thinking...
"Die."
(What an honest senior)
Not saying it outside.
I want to talk about that a little bit.
When people want to say something different from others
but being afraid of hearing, "How rude."
So a lot of people can't express their true thoughts.
So I wanted to say, "It's okay to be rude."
"It's okay if you're rude."
Son Ah-ram.
What's your topic today?
Isn't there that famous saying from your radio show?
"You won't get one."
That's something guys say a lot.
But...
Girls don't say that a lot.
They just say "There aren't good guys around me."
They don't say, "I'm not getting a boyfriend."
So I want to talk about where that difference comes from.
- That sounds fun. - Is it about dating then?
That's really fun.
"The political science of dating."
We can't stay here. We need to go out to the streets with our topics.
Where's our busking location today?
It's the symbol of youth in the 90s.
The street where love blooms.
Shinchon!
I heard Shinchon means "learning place."
I didn't know.
I learn so much on this program.
I thought it just meant spicy.
I'm so dumb.
Spicy city.
When we went to Yeon'tral Park last week,
there was a really meaningful incident.
Why?
We gave out mats to sit on.
Is it this one?
I was so surprised.
These are $25 each.
Really?
But people returned every single one except one.
Isn't that crazy?
You said you earned $41.
Take $25 out from there.
Then we'll be in trouble if we lose 2.
But we can find that out.
We can find out the civic consciousness of that city.
Those in Yeon'tral Park had a very high consciousness.
That one person is really amazing.
Let us see the current status of Shinchon.
It's really Shinchon.
Caster Kim Min-ah!
We're going to the front door of Yonsei University in Shinchon.
That place is where there are actually a lot of busking.
(Weather forecaster Kim Min-ah)
Yes, I'm currently in Seoul Seodaemun-gu Shinchon.
It turned gloomy just now and began to sprinkle a little
but it's getting sunny again.
You will not have to worry.
What's the current status of the busking zone like?
Yes, there are many citizens busily walking by here.
Those out shopping, going to school, or going to meet friends
are all busily going about their ways.
Thus you may have to try very hard to gather people.
But there are people who are really busy
so buskers should...
I'm expecting some trouble today.
Don't forget the importance of using your judgment to gather people.
It was Kim Min-ah in Seoul Shinchon.
Now it's time to go out to Shinchon.
How do we get there?
That's the "mouth door."
Oh, like opening your mouth.
Open that door...
and when you go in,
Sir, I'm not lying.
It's connected to Shinchon station.
You'll be dropped off right there.
They called that 'Einstein-Rosen bridge' in SF.
(...What?)
What is that? Does that mean a bully?
A swindler?
It's a space tunnel that comes out in fiction books a lot.
All SF authors' dream is to go into one of those.
You're experiencing it today!
Get up. Let's go!
I'm so embarrassed.
Jang Do-yeon.
(Getting sucked in)
Hurry!
(The Congressman safely passes too)
What is this?
("Mouth door" in Shinchon)
It's real!
(Giving their best acting)
(Embarrassed)
What does that make us?
This is too embarrassing!
How could you do this too?
Thank you!
It was the best.
Yes, we arrived well.
No one got sucked into a worm hole this time.
We're at Shinchon!
Just one mic and one donation box.
There's nothing.
Do you two help at all?
No.
Us coming out here right now is it.
This is a lonely place.
This is a war zone.
I'll come out next week then.
This is connected to JTBC, right?
Okay then.
Let's go and set up a strategy for today's busking.
Let's go up.
(Leaves for the waiting area)
We have to set the order now.
Order plays a huge part too.
We'll do an interview.
What if you were to go first?
- Uh... - He said yes!
(Son Ah-ram, chosen as the first busker!)
He really mustered up courage.
We have to set the second busker now.
I thought it'd be good if you could close up for us.
Jang Do-yeon will be second!
(Jang Do-yeon, second busker)
(Pyo Chang-won, last busker)
The current time is 6:25.
Then, first busker Son Ah-ram.
What are you doing?
Get out!
Wow, so raw.
You just go out.
Can you hold onto this for me?
Cheer up!
Fighting!
(Son Ah-ram leaves)
It means a lot that he gave his ball to you.
It means he's going to overcome this.
He's challenging himself.
(Son Ah-ram has set out to the street)
He's outside.
(Nervous)
I'm going to talk for about 5 minutes. Can you listen?
(No response)
Can you listen to me just for 5 minutes?
Sorry but can you listen to me for just 5 minutes?
The people seem so cold today.
This isn't a joke, right?
No, it's not.
You have experience like this when you ran for the elections, right?
Of course.
I'm reminded of that right now.
I'm about to tear up right now.
I would give my business card but they would throw it out.
And those who don't like me would look at it and rip it apart.
My wife cried on the streets.
(He's about to cry too)
Ma'am.
Sorry but can you sit there and listen to me for just 5-10 minutes?
What are you going to talk about?
It's going to be about dating.
About dating.
(What are you doing) Why would you say that to a grandma?
He should've lied or something.
Hi, I'm going to talk for about 5 to 10 minutes.
Can you come sit and listen?
I can only start if I get some people.
Okay.
Thank you.
If they start gathering...
Just one person has to sit.
He brightened up a little bit.
(Happy steps)
You're a couple, right?
Thank you.
That's so scary.
(As the busking zone is made...)
People are curious what's going on.
Some are just coming on their own.
He can start now.
He's starting now.
The atmosphere is formed now.
(Gulp)
(Why do men fail at dating?)
I'm a writer.
I write fiction
and I write movie scenarios too.
I write a lot of different stories
but there's one thing that I try to avoid if possible.
That's dating.
(Dating?)
Dating is actually the most difficult topic for writers.
So some writers just keep it short.
For example.
A man and a woman drink.
Late at night.
And the scene jumps.
The next scene is the morning.
The two get up from the same bed.
The woman is scratching her head.
And says something like, "Why are you here?"
That's dating shortened.
Writing about dating is really hard.
I want to talk about dating today.
Why did dating become something so hard to be established?
On the streets...
guys try to get girls' phone numbers.
Right?
Did you give it to him?
- No. - No, right?
Most of the time, those tries fail.
(I remember that...)
Guys always think, "I would've succeeded if I looked like Won Bin."
They're sadly mistaken.
There's a huge gap between looking like Won Bin and being Won Bin.
For guys, it's like dating Mom and dating someone who looks like Mom.
Wow, he has wit. He just did standing gag.
It's proven.
A university in Florida did an experiment with men and women.
An attractive woman...
goes up to a man she's never seen before.
She asks, "Do you want to go to my house with me?"
(Oh gosh)
How many men do you think followed?
How many do you think followed?
You think no one went?
What do you think?
I think they followed her.
Are you a couple?
69% of them followed.
Isn't that shocking?
A woman they've never seen before
is asking to come to her house.
If she's attractive, the chance of a guy following her is 69%.
In contrast...
An attractive man
goes up to a girl he's never seen before and asks the same thing.
"Do you want to go to my house with me?"
In this situation,
how many girls do you think followed?
(No one)
Not a single one followed.
Not a single one.
(Of course)
Girls consider guys' social information very important.
What kind of person he is,
what his personality is like.
What his job is.
They consider information like that
much more important than physical information like height and weight.
Honestly, guys know that too.
They know that by nature.
So...
When introducing themselves to girls they've never seen before,
they try to include their social information through words.
"I'm not a weird guy."
That's the most commonly used phrase.
"I'm not a bad guy."
But...
No guy is weirder than someone who says that right when you meet him.
That's why they fail.
I have a similar experience as well.
I once saw a very sophisticated and attractive lady at a coffee shop.
Books were piled up on her table
and she was reading them, underlining.
And the book she was reading was my book.
(Wow)
That's like a movie.
So I mustered up courage
and went up to her.
"Excuse me...
Is that book good?"
What do you think happened?
That lady...
was reading the book I wrote...
scoffed at me and just kept reading the book I wrote.
It just ended like that.
The question is this.
Why?
Why do girls consider guys' social information so important
and don't open up until they know that social information?
That's what makes them different from guys.
A lot of women...
consider that they have a social handicap
and have a fear for that social handicap.
When they're interacting with guys,
that fear comes out as self defense a lot of times.
If a girl recognizes the handicap and becomes careful of dating,
what happens is...
it becomes hard for guys to date too.
So many guys say, "It's so hard to date."
"I can't get a girlfriend."
The reason they say things like these is...
In the society where it's hard for girls to date,
it can't help but be hard for guys to date too.
Right.
Discrimination...
isn't anything big.
In a society,
if the balance between two groups of people falls apart,
we call that discrimination.
The discrimination isn't always advantageous for men.
Men pay the price to keep that discriminated state.
If they ask for women to be reserved,
it gets hard for guys to date too.
If you ask girls to be weak,
guys have to take on all the physically straining work.
And if you give financial disadvantage to women,
in a family, the guy will have that much greater responsibility.
A society like this isn't advantageous for all men.
It only is for a small percentage of men.
Those who don't care if their wives don't earn money
and don't do hard work
and those who like it better when girls are more careful of dating.
It's only good for men like them
and men like them are very few out there.
That's how this works out.
This isn't the direction we were expecting at all.
It's not about dating.
This is actually the hottest issue.
This actually appears very commonly in animal groups too.
In a group of animals where male power is very strong,
not all male species benefit.
A very small percentage of male species benefit.
And the rest...
don't even get a chance to reproduce.
Things like that continue to occur in our society as well.
Men...
say they're earning money to buy food on their dates.
They have to buy houses when getting married.
Because girls are physically weak.
So men end up taking on dangerous labor work.
War is between men too.
Men go to the army.
This is the price men have been paying in order to keep the discriminated society.
Then how can we solve this?
From now on, when a guy talks to a girl they don't know,
"Sorry but if you have time, would you like to have a cup of coffee with me?
You pay for the coffee."
That won't solve the issue at all.
The most effective way...
is giving women a non-discriminated society.
Most problems will be solved at their roots just with that.
To create a more convenient society for us,
I want to give us two solutions.
First is, like I said,
to remove women's social handicap.
But, of course, there are those who disagree with that.
Then there's a second solution.
Remove all women
and date among the guys.
I'm done here.
Thank you.
If you want to have a debate with me
or if you have a question, or if you want to talk,
It'd be fun if there's a debate.
He raised his hand!
From the two solutions you gave,
the first and the latter...
both will have side effects
and thinking about that,
that's not really a solution.
What kind of side effects will there be from removing women's handicap?
First...
What's the handicap that you're thinking of?
First.
This is Shinchon.
It's definitely different from last week.
First.
When a guy and a girl get hired,
do they get paid the same?
According to research, men receive more than 40% more.
And this difference gets bigger the higher up you go.
We have a total of 141 Supreme Court justices.
But only 4 of them are women.
That's a sexually discriminated system.
This issue...
is a loss for both men and women.
Where do you think the smart women who could've been a justice is doing now?
What happened to the national funds that those women could've brought to us?
Isn't that so natural for us to think?
If that woman could've earned a bit earning or social fame
but couldn't earn any profits
and became my wife,
that's a loss for me too.
That's what I think.
But...
He's going again.
Then instead of removing the penalty,
wouldn't it be better to fund projects that go against those penalties?
Why can't we remove the penalty?
If you remove them, then the current society...
The social order becomes confusing?
That can't be helped.
(Wow)
This is an entertainment program, right?
This is going to be a night-long debate.
For example...
let's say...
you move to America and experience racial discrimination.
Instead of removing racial discrimination,
do you want reimbursements for the discrimination?
What is this?
No.
I think it's a similar issue.
And I'm not only saying this in an ethical sense.
You'll get a girlfriend and get married too, right?
You may think this isn't a loss on your part
but one day, you'll realize it's a burden you have to carry.
My girlfriend's loss
and my wife's loss is my loss.
If you look just one step ahead,
you can reach this point.
It's just frustrating that that's not the case for many.
Anyone else want to talk with me?
(Tense)
Another challenge.
(A new challenge)
What will he say?
Thank you for saying such great things, as a writer.
How many times have you asked for phone numbers?
(What is this)
I love that guy!
I've never succeeded.
That's why I'm so sure.
That it doesn't work that way.
When your zipper is open,
there are many times you can't just say, "Your zipper is open."
Like that, this topic...
in a way, you've begun some type of war here--
My zipper isn't open, is it?
I got really shocked.
I wanted to ask how you came to choose this topic.
(Wow)
This guy!
Isn't it a good time to be talking about this?
That it could be beneficial to men too.
That this isn't a threat to us as men.
I think men should know that.
Thank you.
Oh no!
You can't drop the ball!
That's our writer!
Good job.
If you have found value in what I said,
please donate $1 each here in the donation box.
I'm Son Ah-ram. Thank you.
(First busking over)
Thank you!
(Welcome back)
Sit over here.
Great work.
The best. The best.
You were so great.
You really were great.
You seemed so relaxed.
You seemed really anxious when gathering people
but how was it when you were actually talking?
I can't smoke right now, right?
(Anxiety that can't be put into words)
It's a difficult topic.
Regarding the issue of men and women's equality.
There's currently a war online, throwing insults at each other.
If you take it the wrong way,
you get strong rebuttals.
And others could easily leave, saying "I'm sick of hearing this."
But you said it so well.
Thank you.
He's such a courageous guy.
Jang Do-yeon has to go out now as the second busker.
Do you have a strategy?
My strategy is...
Can I have a glass of beer?
(Oh my)
What are you doing?
Get out!
I'll be back.
(Jang Do-yeon steps out!)
My worry is that as soon as she goes out...
people might gather because they recognize her.
How hurt would Ah-ram be?
(Enters the busking zone with worries)
Do I really go by myself?
I'm so scared!
(Will she be able to gather people?)
Hello!
(Wow Jang Do-yeon)
Hello, I'm a girl celebrity.
Hello, hello.
Everyone, come listen to a girl celebrity even if you're busy.
The beggar that came last year will come again next year
but the girl celebrity who came today won't come back next year.
(So good)
Isn't that cheating?
Are you busy? Sir?
Eye contact! A girl celebrity is following you around.
Are you busy?
Okay. If you're not busy,
can you give me 15 minutes?
I'm gonna go crazy.
If you're not busy...
They're all running away from her.
She's having a harder time than expected.
She's lonely.
(Stand)
Oh no.
Do the Y dance!
- What? - Y dance!
Y dance?
Do-yeon, set out the mats!
Come, come.
Do it more!
Mats! The mats!
There are mats here.
Sit comfortably.
Come here.
Thank you.
Bravo!
Thank you, thank you.
(People flooding in like a tide)
People in Shinchon, come gather here!
A girl celebrity is here!
(Epic)
(Hurt)
(There's a party here tonight)
Can I go back out right now and re-film it?
Let me introduce myself.
I'm gag woman Jang Do-yeon.
(Nice to meet you)
Do you think you're nice?
(No) (No)
People want to be portrayed as nice people.
Me too. When others view me,
Of course, I make money doing inappropriate dances,
But I want them to think,
"She's probably a nice person inside."
So I have a habit of saying,
"It's okay."
I say it as if I'm saying my own name.
Because...
It feels like I'm actually okay if I keep saying "I'm okay."
So I lived 32 years of my life as an "okay" girl.
I'm always okay,
and even if it's not, I can just hold it in once.
Because I'm okay.
She just kept brainwashing herself.
I didn't run into many problems like that.
My relationships with others wasn't bad
and I didn't have many complaints.
Do you know the program, "No Way I'm an Adult"?
The one giving a seminar there
talked about relationships.
He said, "What's most important is my relationship with myself."
As I was listening to that...
I thought, 'Do I know myself well?'
But thinking about it,
I felt like I said I was okay when I wasn't okay a lot of times.
Walking on eggshells with everyone around me,
I wasn't honest with my own feelings to myself many times.
She was just holding it all in.
So after the show, I went home
and I thought a lot.
I thought...
I was making myself so uncomfortable.
Have you ever heard of "Nice person complex"?
I realized I was so deep into that complex.
In such a bad way.
I realized I was getting pressured.
I thought why that was.
I was thinking, 'What is it?'
But one day,
I was eating at my parents' house
my mom asked, "Is work hard these days?"
so I said, "It's hard sometimes, and okay other times."
and my mom said...
"It's okay. You'll be fine.
Because you're such a kind daughter."
"My daughter is such a nice kid."
She said that.
Thinking about it,
I'm 32 and for 32 years,
my mom has always said that like a spell.
"My daughter is a nice kid."
"There's no daughter like you. You're the best."
"There's no one as nice as you."
Do-yeon is an only daughter.
I thought if I felt so confined and restricted by that.
If I've been trapping myself in that.
Since I'm talking about my mom, let me tell you about her.
She's a little unique.
Listen to me if what she did is right.
After school during elementary school is really boring, right?
You might ditch.
So I did one day.
When I came home after ditching, my mom had packed.
For me to leave.
She told me to leave.
So...
I realized, "I can't ditch after school."
And one day,
My cousin stayed over at our house a little bit
and you know lemona?
She had a huge bucket of that.
I used to only buy tiny ones and eat them.
I was curious if the big one tasted different
so I stole about 2 and ate it.
And my mom asked, "Did you steal her lemona?"
So I said, "No, I didn't."
She said okay and then took me to the police station
and said, "Let's go in here and talk with the officer."
Another time,
you know "Monthly Review" books?
I know those.
You're supposed to solve one per month.
It's called "Monthly Review" so you solve one per month.
But my mom bought all of them, gave them to me in my room,
gave me a bag of chips,
and said, "Eat one chip every time you solve one problem.
Come out when you're done with the whole bag."
One chip?
Not even a handful.
And as young Do-yeon, because I'm a kind daughter,
I would do one problem, eat one chip,
and then say, "God, screw it!"
(Mom's hard training)
She really trained her hard.
She's a perfectionist.
Among all the comedians,
there's no one who lived like me.
I did as my mom told me,
going to school, going to after-school, living like that for 32 years.
Why did my mom raise me like this?
(Why did she make me fall into this complex?)
Blood is strong.
She has talent in her.
I thought about it.
There was that.
Mom said, "It was my first time being a mom too."
"It wasn't because I was bad.
I had no choice." She said that.
Ah, my mom must've been scared too.
Because it was her first time.
It must be scary for her too.
I'm her only child
and she must've been scared I'd go the wrong path.
If she lets herself go,
that I would fall into the wrong path.
She must've been scared and worried.
Thinking that, I understood her more and my heart broke.
(Right, it was Mom's first time too.)
Mom is first at being Mom too.
Right.
I thought Mom was just Mom.
I realized later.
There's that saying.
People are remembered by scenes.
So when you think of someone, you think of a specific scene.
There are two scenes I think of when I think of my mom.
One is...
During elementary school, we moved
and we moved the big items in a big truck -- you know, right?
and my mom and I carried the small things by bus.
It was time to get off the bus so my mom pressed the bell
and as she was getting off,
I had so many things to carry
that I missed the timing and couldn't get off.
The door was about to close.
But my mom blocked the door with her hand.
So I don't get hurt.
The back door of the bus is a machine. A person can't beat that.
But trying to protect her daughter with her hand...
That scene... was so clear.
Even Jackie Chan won't be able to block a bus door with his hand in movies.
Even director Jung Doo-Hong won't be able to do that.
My mom was like a superhero that day.
A superhero...
but sad
and yeah.
(My own super hero)
That scene.
Another one is...
My mom...
Do you know the disease called asthma?
It's a disease where when it's bad, you can't breathe well.
My dad has asthma too so he had a tough time with it.
(The stories of Do-yeon that was only seen as bright)
My mom had asthma.
But...
So she always had a respirator.
The respirator is really small.
But to my mom, it's her life.
In middle school,
it was night time.
I still remember, it was around 9 or 10.
My mom was in her room and she wasn't coming out.
I went to go see what she was doing
and the respirator seemed to not have solved the problem.
She was gasping for air.
(The disease of the super hero-like mom)
I was so scared.
I was so...
scared.
And I was so upset that I couldn't do anything.
So this was 15~16 years ago
but my mom that day...
and even the air in that room...
They are so clear in my head, as if the pictures are engraved in my head.
Thinking that my mom won't be by my side forever...
made me feel rushed.
I felt like I was running out of time.
So I think I thought back then...
To a mom like this,
at least to my mom...
that it's okay for me to be a little nicer.
(Nice heart that she decided to have for her mom)
So typical, right?
For the conclusion to have a twist,
I should've said, "To get out of the complex, I stole a chocolate bar at a market."
"I hit a stranger in the back of his head
and ran away." I should've said that.
(Hahaha)
Of course, she's a comedian.
She's a true story engineer.
She's controlling the audience left and right.
The world is a scary place.
They say you can get your nose slit with your eyes open.
How scary is that?
In a world like this, we have to get ourselves together and tense up
but to those we love,
I say it's okay to be a little nicer.
She got the "nice person complex" because of her mom but...
It's not a complex. She's just nice.
Yes, I'm done talking.
Your eyes were so glittery as you were looking at me
so it feels great.
Let's spend all night.
At the end...
you said you want to be nice to those you love.
When you date...
are you sacrificial like your mom?
Are you hitting on me right now?
Are we starting a relationship?
You should be blunt.
I think I try to give a lot.
I started dating late
I'm not trying to sound cheap but--
It becomes poop if you don't use it.
Your body will rot away when you die.
I always think that.
You should cheer up.
Yes, I always try to cheer up and give my all.
Hi, I'm Ona from Japan.
You understand everything?
Yeah.
A little? (In Japanese)
No.
(Japanese) It's my birthday today.
Oh really?
Are you alone on your birthday?
Oh, with friends.
(Using all the Japanese she knows)
I'm going to college here.
I spent a lot of money to come here
but there's nothing I want to do
and I'm not good at anything.
My future is so blurry and I feel so lost.
How old are you?
I became 21 today.
21?
If you were a bit older,
I would've said you should be worried
but if you're 21,
I want to tell you to just enjoy life.
There are so many things I couldn't do.
So as long as it's not illegal,
I think you should experience a lot of things.
Wow, an international student in Korea
talks about not having a dream or a goal.
That's so unique.
Yeah. That worry must be all over the world.
First, I wanted to say that it's okay not to be okay.
Oh gosh, I'm gonna cry.
And I was a bit sad the whole time I was listening.
I'm going through similar things as you.
It really touched me.
It was something I wanted to tell myself
and also something I wanted to say to you.
That's why I said that to you.
And...
This is what I mean when I say I cry when it's not time to cry.
It was a little sad.
Don't cry.
(Tears roll down by the words from the audience)
This is great. I'm so...
This is so good.
I'm thankful to be a part of something with such young people.
You're young too!
Are you about late 20s?
(Kid-like smile)
How great would that be!
Listening to you...
I thought a lot about my mom as well.
Your mom loves you
and just having you by her side
she's creating such a huge, happy picture and she's a part of that picture.
Don't be scared
and I pray that you'll be a precious daughter that keeps moving forward.
Mom!
Thank you.
I thank you all so much.
I think I got so much in return.
It was such a meaningful time.
Thank you.
(Busking ended with a warm heart)
(After the busking finishes...)
(People donate with card touch)
I like Do-yeon this much more now.
(Proud of you, my daughter)
(Great job)
Once more!
It was so good.
How could you cry after talking about yourself?
You gained energy, right?
Even though there's distance between me and the audience,
it felt like they were hugging me.
It was so good.
Why didn't I get that feeling?
Why did it feel like no one was--
I want to tell you that it's okay not to be okay.
Your standing comedy was good too.
Wow, so touching!
His card didn't work.
He didn't have a card.
He left $1 on top of the mat.
(The heart he really wanted to share)
We'll have change ready starting next week.
I'm so thankful.
Now...
It's quite dark.
It's 8:30 now.
It's the last busker now.
To be honest...
I used to be a professor.
I used to do a lot of lectures
so I thought you'd get nervous if I went first.
I even had the arrogant heart that I'll go last.
You really are arrogant.
Just like your topic.
Our last busker for today.
- What are you doing? - Get out!
(Chang-won, leaves for the busking zone)
He's the last one.
He's out.
Wow, charisma.
He has so much charisma.
He's outside.
(Attention)
Hello.
(Approaches with polite hellos)
Do you know who I am?
(Yes)
I think a lot of people don't know who I am.
Ah, you don't know?
(I know)
Today, I..
want to share some genuine things inside of me with you.
Please come forward
and if you sit with one of those mats,
I will speak to you.
Yes, come.
Then I'll come get you.
(Chang-won's way of sweetly gathering people) Thank you.
(How cool)
Romanticist.
Look how relaxed he looks.
(The man who knows how to steal women's hearts)
And he keeps smiling.
Charisma in the midst of his softness.
I should've smiled a little too.
Thank you.
Please come forward.
If it gets boring or you're busy, you can leave in the middle of it.
He's chill.
It's a different theme from Jang Do-yeon.
I held onto them no matter what.
Where are you going?
I was embarrassed for you.
I felt so desperate.
Then I will now begin talking.
I brought you over
but I think I should warn you first.
I came out determined today
to set a fire in all your hearts.
In the case the fire starts,
to those who will say...
that your life changed later on because of me and you regret it,
it might be better for you to leave now.
Wow, that's strong.
That's like a thrill opening for a movie.
If it's comedy, they would've all left.
Wait, sorry! I'll do it again.
It was a joke!
It's a joke~
First, I want to ask you a question.
Over Thanksgiving,
have you ever been frustrated and angry?
(Yes.)
Any frustrations or complaints over Thanksgiving?
Only girls do all the work
and my dad and brother were doing nothing so I was mad.
But I couldn't say anything because it was a holiday.
(My family too)
It might not be the same but you all have similar experiences, right?
But if, in those situations...
to your dad, or to your grandpa or other elders...
if you were to say, "I beg to differ," "I won't do it," or "Why are you doing this?"
what would they say?
What would they say?
Wouldn't they throw the soup at you?
In dramas, "What'd you say?"
This stinking house!
They would say, "That's rude."
"How dare you?"
In a way,
we're scared of hearing that
so we hold back what we want to say
and we don't do what we want to do a lot of times.
That's today's topic.
It's okay to be rude.
That's what I want to talk about.
First, when I was young...
I had a brother who was 3 years older than me.
When we were alone, my brother ordered me around a lot.
Hey, get me water.
Or, "Go throw out the trash." Things like that.
At that time,
I said, "Why do I have to?"
"Why only me?"
I rebelled.
And what came back...
wasn't a calm conversation
but punches, usually.
"You're younger. Do as I say."
"Why are you so rude?"
As I went through that,
in my heart,
I decided to prove one day that he's wrong.
I grew that kind of determination.
As I was living that way,
in junior year of high school,
I went through a critical point.
1/3 of my classmates smoked.
The teachers tried to catch the students who smoke.
The students found places where they could smoke and not get caught
and kept on smoking.
Seeing that,
I was so bothered by it.
They should find ways for students not to smoke,
not chasing after them
and making them hide and avoid the teachers.
Why should this be repeated?
Then, we had a student leaders type of meeting.
There, I raised my hand
and said, "Teacher, I have a complaint."
What did he say?
What?
Please make a smoking room in our school.
(What!)
The teacher was at a loss for words.
I was like, "No way."
(Shocking suggestion)
I would've honestly been at a loss for words too.
The teachers were chasing after students like criminals
and the students were hiding like criminals.
Instead of that,
we should make a smoking room instead
we could have smoking students register themselves
and provide classes on quitting smoking.
And I said that the number of students smoking will reduce then.
But...
I understand it but it's shocking.
"Make a smoking room!"
Especially in that generation.
I received a severe punishment for that
and I learned a lesson that I will never forget from my teacher.
He said, "Courage, challenge, and justice are great."
"But before you act,
let's get in the habit of thinking if what you think is right
is also right to everyone else."
That's what he said.
After that, I became a student at a police force.
I was placed in a similar conflict there.
I'm not like that anymore,
it got much better,
but those who were there 1 or 2 years before me
would gather the younger ones
and put them through intense workout.
I thought that was so unfair and wrong.
Instead of rebelling alone,
I was in the conflict that
maybe it's better to follow the trends and those above me to keep peace.
But in the end, my answer was "No."
So I made a complaint.
"Senior, is this right?"
And they say right away, "How rude!"
"How dare you?"
But they didn't give me an answer to whether what they were doing was right.
They just said I'm rude.
That this way of saying it is rude.
Experiencing that,
I realized that in the words "How rude,"
there must be hidden intentions.
If someone younger or in lower position
speaks out what he thinks is right
or what he thinks is wrong,
those words act as some sort of trap
to stop them from voicing those things.
So I decided.
"I'd rather hear people say that I'm rude."
But...
Every moment of my life,
I'll give my best.
Let me not do anything that they can use against me.
I made that decision.
Of course, at times,
one time of being rude
I may lose some things forever.
This is what we're really afraid of.
That you'll lose something forever for being rude once.
By adults, by the system...
or by work or companies,
if I get on their wrong side,
it may be hard for me to get a job.
Depending on what I'm being rude about.
But...
Of course, this comes from my limited experiences,
but the world...
is a livable place even after losing those important things.
This is the main point for today.
Don't be afraid.
If you're caught up in those things
and live your whole life not being able to stand up for yourself,
and suffer from anger, complaints, suppression, and stress,
I want to suggest that you think about it one more time.
That you'll be rude.
What's important?
You don't even know what's really important!
Why we're living...
What will be left when we die?
What are the things that we shouldn't give up on?
Even once...
Even if they say you're rude,
express yourself,
reveal your beliefs, opinions, desires, and thoughts
strongly.
No matter what disadvantage that brings you,
Risking getting those disadvantages,
I want to say that you should be rude at least once.
Thank you.
It's just what we needed to hear now.
If you have rebuttals, questions, or anything else to what I said,
feel free to do so.
Yes.
Thank you for sharing.
I'm the type to voice my opinions pretty well outside.
But the moment I can't be rude
is when the person I'm saying "That's not right"
is someone so close to me that when I say it,
they might get hurt or my relationship with that person would get broken.
That's when it's hard for me to say.
Do you have any advice to give for those kinds of situations?
I have experiences like that too.
Especially with my parents.
That's the hardest part.
If I come out too strong,
they're going to get hurt for sure
and get angry for sure.
That was so expected.
Then comes a moment of decision.
At that time,
if it was something important to me,
I say it's better to say it.
Even if it hurts our relationship.
And then,
I thought it'd be better to fix that part after.
And I did that.
Looking back now,
I still feel really guilty that I wasn't a good son.
But, after losing those things,
I became who I am today
and I have pride that I'm always standing on the right side.
And I think that became what my parents proud of as well.
At least once...
if it's too hard for me,
even if it hurts the relationship,
it's okay for you to express yourself.
(Thank you)
Thank you.
Then, in contrast, you're a parent and a senior now.
How do you accept your children or those under you being rude?
That was sharp.
I lived my life that rudely
but am I being a hypocrite?
There are times
when I think, "Why did I do that?"
But when my kids rebel against me or voice out their opinions,
I try to look at myself and try to accept them.
And to those under me or younger than me,
I think I treated them equally with no exceptions.
I'm trying my best.
Did a fire start in your hearts?
(Yes)
If you liked what I shared,
there's a red box back there.
if you put your card on there,
it'll donate $1.
The donations collected will be given to those in need in our society.
It's a donation box.
If it helped you at all,
please donate $1.
He's like a show host.
Be happy, everyone!
Thank you!
(Relaxed until the end)
(Busking over with a smile)
(Citizens donating after busking)
4 and a half hours passed since we came to Shinchon.
The time right now is 9:30.
He's here!
(Chang-won returns to waiting area)
Have a seat.
Your conclusion was similar to what I said
but the process of getting there was really different.
I thought, 'Why couldn't I think of this?' as I was listening.
And like you said at first, it feels like a small fire was started in my heart.
It was really good.
(Thank you)
This is a question to the National Assembly member Chang-won.
Aren't you afraid?
Politics...
have the nature of doing irrational things, in a way.
But right now...
you have the votes.
And you're not alone, you have a party you represent.
You sounded like Son Seok-hee just now.
I'm really attractive right now, huh?
You're sharp.
How's that?
(Son Hee-yeol)
What I'm most afraid of right now...
are zombies.
Zombies in movies.
Those who get bit and become zombies
don't know they're becoming zombies.
Those around you see and know.
In movies,
they say, "Kill me if I become a zombie."
(Right)
Like so,
I go around telling people to kick me out if I change.
You're like Gong Yoo.
I'll do an anti-campaign for you.
Anti-campaign?!
I've done it before.
(Prevent zombies through anti-campaign)
Now then.
The common goal of today's buskers.
How many hearts did your stories move?
We'll be checking the total sum of busking from today.
Last week's was $41.
First episode.
The total amount for the first busker Son Ah-ram was...
It's a sum so you don't know how much is whose.
We can't help but know with the first person.
Oh no, we forgot to tell you beforehand.
Now.
Son Ah-ram's donation amount is...
In a society where girls can't date easily,
guys will have a hard time too.
(Nervous)
$9.
($9 = 9 hearts)
That was more than I expected.
There were only about ten something people.
That means I got 6-70%.
You're so positive.
It was disadvantageous to go first.
(Ah-ram did great as first busker)
We will now reveal the amount after the 2nd busking.
Then can't we find out everyone's?
No.
(There's no way of knowing)
(Re...ally?)
I was $9 earlier, right?
If we add Jang Do-yeon's to that...
Including cash...
At least to a mom like this,
it's okay for me to be nicer.
That's what I thought.
(Nervous)
$25.
$25?
Then I can just subtract $9.
You thought I was stupid!
I thought you couldn't tell.
We at least got the price of the mat.
Oh yeah, the mat price.
Lastly...
adding Pyo Chang-won...
the total amount for today...
No matter what disadvantage it brings you,
I hope you become a little rude.
(Today's total amount is?)
$36!
(There's no way of knowing individuals' amounts.)
(Embarrassed)
Let me give you good news.
The amount per busker is higher than last week.
Bravo!
Smile.
One more good news!
The return rate of mats is 100%!
That's what's most important.
That's enough.
The $25 one.
Thank you, citizens of Shinchon!
You're the best!
Come to Shinchon!
Those hearts that you've moved...
donated $1 each and it added up.
They will be donated through Happy Bean.
Look at the street.
It became quieter than before.
As people return to their daily lives,
you will be returning to your respective places too.
Haheeyeol may appear in front of you again suddenly.
Yes.
If you see us,
please say, "Haheeyeol~"
(Embarrassed)
I'm sorry.
Alright.
What are you all doing?
Get out!
Great work!
(As I Say)
(Buskers who are sexy beyond measure are coming)
(Shocking but soft writing skills!)
(The sexy writer, forever a youth writer: Park Bum-shin)
(The comedian who brings real laughter!)
(The brother whose talking is sexy: Lee Soo-geun)
(Cold logic but hot heart)
(The emergency room doctor who writes: Namgoong In)
(As I Say, Wednesday Night 9:30)
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