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This is our first time having three women guests.
- What will you tell us today? - How to be undutiful to your parents.
Mom, I want to quit school.
His dad said that his work is like excrement.
(Surprised)
It was sold at 200,000 dollars. It became 2.5 million dollars.
(A million!)
They asked me to stop telling that story.
You should be in trouble, too.
If words can be compared to taste,
our program is a famous restaurant.
(Let's begin the show for the "Taste of Words".)
I am MC You Hee-yeol.
I am MC Haha.
I'm Cheetah, the little pretty rap star.
I like your hairstyle.
It looks like your hair.
(Watch out for similar hairstyles.)
I'm the shy painter, Kim Hyun-Jung.
I thought she was a fortune teller.
(I thought she was a fortune teller.)
Pay your money.
I'm the creator of the Spoon Game, Choi Seo-yoon.
The courageous have come out to talk.
- Wednesday night. - Busking with words.
- As I Say! - As I Say!
(As I Say, busking with words)
We have three women guests today.
And we will start our word busking.
- Isn't this is our first time with three women? - Yes.
- We had 3 male guests 2 weeks ago. - Yes.
It was the worst.
(Yes, it was.)
You all have different characters and occupations.
- We are looking forward to your stories. - Yes.
Our first guest is the original "Girl Crush".
The famous female rapper, Cheetah!
(Girl crush rapper, Cheetah)
(Rapping)
(Swag)
That gesture that Haha just did...
- This gesture. - The dab.
(What does this gesture mean?)
(Hip-hop)
- Like this. - Everyone does this gesture...
at the end of their words. Does it have a meaning?
How did you just do it?
That's the Stick Man.
Really?
It's a type of expression, and it's really popular these days.
Recently, it's used often in sports games...
- during their ceremonies. - Yes.
Yes, I saw it often.
Every time I see Cheetah,
- I realize she is smaller than I expected. - Yes.
I heard this a lot.
Because of my tough image,
people think I'm a tall person.
I thought you were 180cm tall.
No, people think I'd be about 170cm tall.
I'm not even 160cm tall.
- You have good proportion. - I have to admit it's not bad.
(We agree.)
- Look at her clothes today. - Wow.
- Let's give her a round of applause. - You're beautiful!
It's our Thanksgiving special!
She seems to have come out of a portrait.
She is the idol of artists who expresses the beauty of Korea.
She is Korean Painter Kim Hyun-Jung!
(Korean Painter, Kim Hyun-Jung)
- Do you dress like that often? - You're wearing hanbok.
I don't wear it every day.
I wear it about three times a week.
Why do you wear hanbok?
I draw paintings about acting shy.
I think that people who act shy look sophisticated...
but don't act in a sophisticated manner.
That's why I think hanbok represents sophistication.
I thought I should wear it as much as possible,
in order to find out what is comfortable and what is not.
It seems to have an important meaning.
- But in fact, they wear it to cover their bodies. - The truth is...
I didn't want to say this, but I have narrow shoulders.
We should be wearing it.
My shoulders are perfect for hanbok.
I'm really curious about our next guest. She has such a sharp look.
That's right.
She is the editor of the magazine "Monthly Ingyeo".
She also invented the Spoon Game.
She calls herself the "Ingyeo". She is Editor Choi Seo-yoon!
(Editor Choi Seo-yoon)
Hello, I'm Choi Seo-yoon.
- It's my first time meeting her. - Me too.
Writer Son Ah-ram recommended this show to me.
He said, "You can say anything you want, and they'll edit it."
How do you know Son Ah-ram?
We're Facebook friends.
- Facebook friends? - I thought you two were closer.
He's no more than a Facebook friend.
- You don't see him as a man? - Don't you like him as a man?
We mostly talk on-line, so I'm not sure.
You don't seem the least bit interested.
So you're not interested at all?
No, he is a nice guy.
He gave a really nice speech last time.
Are you AlphaGo?
I thought I was listening to an audio response.
I'm a bit nervous because everyone speaks so well.
She talks like...
a solider in "Real Men".
It's awkward since we just met. Do you have a problem?
- I mean... - Don't upset her.
- I apologize. - Maybe I upset him.
No, not at all.
You don't have to be nervous at all.
Today's our seventh meeting.
We'll go out on the street in search of stories and start busking.
From everywhere from Seoul to Jeju Island,
we will talk and listen to anyone on the streets.
The cooperation between buskers is very important.
You must remember that you are not competing against each other.
- You are a team. - Yes.
- Let's do a cheer. - Okay.
- Come on. - Let's gather up.
Let's go.
She's wearing hanbok. Shall we dance instead?
He loves to dance.
Let's start!
- As I Say - As I Say
You're good. She's really loving it.
That's good!
(The dance makes them closer.)
I think we'll do good today.
Normally, someone lets go of their hand.
- They fall. - Yes, to get them in trouble.
To get them in trouble?
(Laughing)
It ends like that often, but everyone here is so polite.
I'm tired already.
I feel exhausted because of her.
Let's begin our talks now.
Please raise your hand if you have anything to say.
Cheetah is a famous rapper now.
But I heard you made your debut as a singer.
How did you become a rapper?
When I was around 17 or 18,
I had a car accident and received operation on my head.
It was difficult for me to sing in my condition.
Luckily, I survived.
- Was it a serious accident? - It was on the newspaper.
I survived but couldn't use my head voice.
Also, I had a hose inserted inside my throat.
But I was so desperate to pursue music.
That's how I started to rap.
Will your busking today be about your accident?
It's not just that story that made me who I am.
Who I am right now.
There are many stories hidden behind that incident.
- We welcome you. - Yes.
She raised her hand.
I enjoyed watching the program that female rappers were in.
I respect Cheetah's attitude. She writes lyrics herself.
I was also influenced by that show.
I imitated the show when I met my friends.
I always spoke with a rhyme...
- and wrote lyrics. - Really?
I wondered what it would be like if she rapped to my lyrics,
so I brought my rhyme notebook.
- So she could rap for us? - Can you rap?
I'm a little embarrassed.
The lyrics are about haters on the internet.
- It's for the haters? - Son Ah-ram also did this last time.
He did a stand-up comedy!
You remember, right?
I'll read the lyrics.
Your attitude is not ambition or courage
(Mosquito voice)
- He's good. - Bring me some insecticide. There's a mosquito!
You do it, please.
Your attitude is not ambition or courage
You're just not ready for it, you will realize
Your own problems and the grief of others
I am yawning and can't stand it looking at you
(Go Cheetah!)
- That's amazing! - I think her lyrics are great,
and she must have thought about it a lot.
Now, let's talk with Korean Painter Kim Hyun-Jung.
What type of paintings do you draw?
I am known as a modern-day genre painter.
It's very unique.
I have seen that drawing.
You were the artist.
You must have done a lot of work overseas.
Did you have any international exhibitions?
My drawing was exhibited in the New York Metropolitan Museum.
That's a really famous museum!
I also held an exhibition in Berlin.
I am also scheduled...
to do exhibitions in China and UN Headquarters.
This is our first time having a painter as a guest.
Is there anything we can learn?
- People think art is difficult. - Yes.
Or, they make judgments based on...
the quality of art only.
However, although she isn't familiar with raps,
- she wrote lyrics and tried very hard. - It sounds like you're mocking me.
I'm blaming myself.
Don't you think they'll become rivals?
- I think I'm sweating. - You're so funny.
Art is similar in that perspective.
I wanted to tell you it's really fun.
I prepared stories regarding that today.
Next, we have the editor of "Monthly Ingyeo", Choi Seo-yoon.
What is "Monthly Ingyeo"?
I always wanted to work at a media outlet.
I wasn't able to get a job for two years, and my TOEIC score expired.
So I had to study and take the test again. It's expensive, too.
It made me so angry.
I realized I was useless, so I created a magazine...
thinking about my initial purpose of working in publishing.
That's how the magazine was created.
What does the magazine mostly talk about?
Things like being undutiful to your parents.
- It's... - What?
- How to be undutiful to your parents in a good way. - I see.
- Being undutiful in a good way. - In a good way?
- Give us an example. - Tips on how to enjoy things with less money,
and self-examination of how I became an unproductive person in the first place.
Conversation with Seo-yoon has a very broad range.
- She talks about tips and even self-examinations. - Right.
The vocabularies she uses are diverse, too.
I'm expecting a lot from her.
- I was curious about the Spoon Game she said she created. - Me, too.
It kept catching my eyes as well.
What is the Spoon Game?
Last year, there was a controversial topic on what kind of life...
- Yes, it was very controversial. - you were born into.
A game called "Poverty Bingo" was released last year.
For example, if you don't have a bidet, have mold on the walls,
or your parents don't get medical checkup,
- these things basically represent poverty. - The keywords.
You would check them and see how many lines you can form.
I wasn't happy with how young people were used to self-deprecation,
so I created a board game where the real society is reproduced within it.
And the game players can think of ways to...
change the virtual reality.
- That's what the game is about. - It's very innovative.
Half of me sort of gave up on the problems on the society,
- but if the other half gives up as well, it'll be completely hopeless. - Right.
So I wanted to tell people that...
you can still do things and that you should keep doing it.
She's amazing.
- Can we play the game here? - I'm so curious about it.
It's a very long game, so we won't play the whole game.
- It will be fun. - Pick one of these cards.
- I want this one. - I want this one.
Cheetah.
- Let her choose. - Okay.
- You're getting on her nerves. - I'm sorry.
- Don't get on her nerves. - It's her fate.
It's about one's fate, too.
I picked the rich card.
- Me, too. - I'm picked the poor card.
I'm poor as well.
She's poor, too. It suits you.
For those who picked to be rich, you get real-estate chips...
and receive rents from the poor, who also need to pay...
- for the tuition fee. - We have to pay rents?
We are going to end up crying playing the game.
Games are supposed to be fun.
- It's like fighting against each other. - We're going to end up crying.
You're right. You won't feel good if you go to jail.
- People go to jail? - They become quiet.
- I have to say the game is very realistic. - That's right.
This reminds me of something.
When I was young, at school,
the school did a survey of students' households.
They asked if we had a color television,
a car, and what our parents' income was.
Why did they ask such questions? Were they trying to discriminate?
I didn't know what their intentions were.
Would they treat the wealthy students better?
I was only asked questions.
They even asked us...
if we used toilet paper at home.
(What?)
Your stories are too old for us, Hee-yeol.
Did you use straws as toilet paper?
- Newspapers... - Back in the day,
it wasn't common to use toilet paper in the bathroom.
What did you use instead, then?
- With water? - I had a bidet at home since I was young.
You're in good health, right?
(Seo-yoon's too strong for Hee-yeol.)
Do you guys know what a daily pad calendar looks like?
- It's a calendar. - You rip off a paper every day.
- They're made with thin papers. - Right.
It's very absorbent.
It can leave number marks after you use it.
My goodness.
You know it.
I can sort of remember.
What I wanted to say was...
- that schools used to ask questions like that in the past. - I'm very upset.
It's going to be so fun today.
I want to go on the street...
and hear what people have to say.
Can we have Kim Min-ah, please?
There she is.
- Hello, I'm Weather Forecaster Kim Min-ah. - Hello.
Today's location for busking is the center of...
culture and business, and the landmark of Gangnam,
East Square of COEX in Samseong-dong.
Busking will start around 5:30pm,
and it'll be windy and chilly with the temperature of 16°C.
Please bring a coat and a pair of gloves.
This is Kim Min-ah from the East Square of COEX in Samseong-dong.
Thank you.
(Real-time communication with Min-ah)
Why don't we get started now?
Our program is a teleporting program.
- A teleporting program? - Yes.
All right.
- Let's teleport to the square. - My goodness.
Do we teleport while dancing?
- Like this? - I like that.
- Gosh. - Haha loves doing that.
- Do we all have to do that? - Oh, gosh.
(Oh)
(Seo-yoon goes in as well.)
(Twirling)
Wow.
(Heroes, teleport to the street where the busking will take place.)
(East Square of COEX in Samseong-dong)
(The door opens.)
- No. - It's so embarrassing.
Is this how we are going to edit it?
Today's busking location is...
- East Square of COEX. Let's give an applause. - Yes.
There are so many people here today.
Does anybody know our show, As I say?
- Yes. - Yes.
I'm tearing up. We've done it.
- Let's try this, Hee-yeol. - Yes, try it.
For those of you who know...
Ha Hee-yeol.
(Only the two hosts were using the word, Ha Hee-yeol.)
Ha Hee-yeol.
- Ha Hee-yeol. - That was the first time ever.
(What's happening?)
That was the first time ever.
- They are so happy. - How is this possible?
It was the first time hearing from the crowd.
- It's so moving. - It's historical.
- Thank you so much. - When we tell people we are on this show,
- they look at us in a strange way. - That's right.
We are finally getting somewhere.
I'm so happy today.
There'll be a busking soon. Could you guys wait for us?
- Yes. - Yes.
- It's so reassuring. We need a plan for our busking. - Let's go.
(They're going to the waiting area for planning.)
(We'll wait for you.)
We are at the busking waiting area.
- It's completely dark now. - Yes.
They are having a Halloween party here.
- There's a Halloween party? - Halloween.
No wonder.
- There are so many good restaurants around the corner. - I know.
There are so many,
but our show is also interesting, don't you think?
You're right. You're so good at making things sound good.
- It was... - That was good, right?
We have interesting and meaningful discussions on our show.
(Acting silly)
I'm sorry.
She didn't even flinch.
She's amazing.
- What are you doing? - As I say.
- It's time for you to get outside. - Okay.
- Let's do this. - Good luck.
- Yes! - Good luck.
It's nerve-wracking. I've never done this myself.
(The original girl crush is coming.)
(Sighing)
Let's do this. Hello, I'm Cheetah.
(It's Cheetah.)
I'm Rapper Cheetah.
Hello, I'm Rapper Cheetah.
(She enters the busking zone as she says hi.)
You brought cushions as well?
My goodness.
I'm even more nervous because you guys are so close.
(Even strong-minded Cheetah gets nervous.)
This is how you get energy from the crowd.
There are Batman...
- and Harley Quinn. - It's Harley Quinn.
I just released a new song yesterday.
Have you listened to the song?
Right, Cheetah came to our show...
because of her newly released album.
(Let's be honest.)
It's certain.
(She's starting the busking with her song.)
Put your hands up.
("Not Today" by Cheetah)
(She performs in the middle of the city.)
(The crowd is growing.)
(She is cool.)
(Shy)
Her new song is...
- This is when you do it? - In 1, 2, 3.
(Let's do it together.)
When you hear my name, what comes into your mind?
- Girl crush. - You think of girl crush.
"Unpretty Rapstar"? Unpretty?
- Pretty. - Pretty.
- And? - Coma.
Coma? That's right.
I'd like to ask a question to you...
before we move on.
The person you love and adore the most...
is hovering between life and death.
You have to make a choice.
The first choice is...
There is a high possibility of survival,
instead, your loved one will not be able to achieve...
what he or she planned to after surviving.
The second choice is...
where there is a low possibility of survival,
but, once he or she does survive,
the person will be able to achieve anything.
That's the situation.
You have to make a decision in five minutes.
What kind of decision would you make?
Between life and death.
(The first choice versus the second choice)
It's a hard one to make.
(It's not an easy decision to make.)
This is what my parents...
had to go through about 10 years ago.
That's the choice they had to make.
As I was turning 18,
I was hit by a bus.
When my parents arrived at the hospital,
they were told to make the decision in five minutes.
It was an urgent situation.
If they decided to go with the surgery, they'd open my skull.
There's a high possibility of survival, but instead,
I would get a disability.
The other choice was called coma therapy,
where all you can do is wait.
You give an anesthetic to other parts of your body,
and lower the metabolism until the blood in the brain dissipates.
When the person survives, though,
there's a small possibility of not getting a disability.
I was in a big hospital.
They've had only one survived case from the therapy.
The decision...
that my parents made in five minutes...
was the coma therapy.
(Coma therapy)
There was a high possibility of me dying.
After they've made the decision,
my dad told my mom...
He doesn't show his affection that often,
but he held her hand. My mother's name is...
Choi Hye-ja.
"Hye-ja,"
"if something goes wrong with our daughter,"
"let's follow her."
(He made the decision with such an earnest mind.)
That's how he made the decision.
He was aware of my dream,
and he knew that once I realized that...
I can't achieve my dream,
I would be living a hopeless life.
He knew that that's how I would react.
I'm very thankful.
(He thought about Cheetah's dream.)
That is how I'm standing in front of you here today.
I've told the press about my story a few times.
Some say,
"Stop repeating your story. It's enough."
I think in response,
"Why can't I repeat it?"
The accident,
even though I had to go through some hard time,
affected me in a good way.
I wanted to share that with you,
and I'm glad to do it here today.
(She wanted to share what she gained from the experience.)
Right?
That's not what we are going to talk about today, though.
What's behind the experience...
is what I actually want to share today.
When I was younger, my parents owned a karaoke bar.
People from the town would come and enjoy themselves.
It was a karaoke bar.
At the bar, I would sing...
and dance.
My parents would give me their opinions very quickly.
If I wasn't good at something, they'd say, "It wasn't very good."
"That's not for you."
If I was good at something, they would constantly encourage me.
I was able to distinguish...
what's right for me with my own decision.
I was raised like that, and it was very helpful.
As I got older,
after the accident,
I visited my parents in Busan with my friends.
I usually get home around 4am...
after enjoying the night with my friends.
What would you do if your daughter comes home around 4am?
I'm curious.
It's okay because he comes home around 5am.
He wouldn't know then.
No, he wouldn't.
(He wouldn't know when his daughter came home.)
My mom would be so angry,
and she would tell me to go to bed right away.
As I'd go into my room,
my dad would say, in his low voice,
"Kim Eun-young."
(It's her real name.)
"Come here for a second."
And I would listen to him.
It's so awkward, right?
I can't say, "Sure, Dad." because I know I did something wrong.
I would quietly sit down...
and try to figure out what was about to come,
feeling awkward.
My dad took something out of his pocket,
and he gave me 100 dollars.
(He gave her 100 dollars.)
My dad didn't have a job at the time,
so it was his allowance that he saved up.
As he handed the money to me,
he said, "Even if we are not well-off,"
"have fun with your friends."
I didn't get what he meant at the time.
As I got older,
I realized it was his belief in me.
He believed that I wouldn't get in trouble...
even if I come home late,
and he gave me allowance out of his trust.
I was very moved after I realized that.
I sometimes tear up as I'm doing house chores,
thinking about what he did for me.
That is how I became who I am today,
a perfect combination of Kim Eun-young and Rapper Cheetah.
My next story is, of course, about "Unpretty Rapstar".
("Unpretty Rapstar" played an important role in her life.)
Of course, it would've been nice to win the competition.
Before I went on the show,
I was a desperate person.
I believed I was doing my best,
but there weren't enough opportunities for me.
I was about to go crazy.
In addition to that,
my mom wouldn't even let me do part-time jobs, either.
She said, "You're living your life to achieve the one goal,"
"and you've moved to Seoul for that goal only."
"So don't work part-time. I'll support you..."
"in any way possible." That's what she said.
The fact that I wasn't able to...
support myself made me feel like...
a bad daughter,
and that's what made me desperate.
I even thought I should quit...
since I'd been doing it for almost 10 years without any results.
When it was the darkest and the most desperate moment of my life,
I was cast in the show "Unpretty Rapstar".
Do you think I was smiling when I accepted the offer?
No, my goal was...
to show that I exist.
I wanted to show that a short-haired...
female rapper named Cheetah exists.
That's what I wanted to do.
With such desperation, I was able to concentrate on each mission I was given...
and do my best every single moment.
(She focused on the missions.)
Do your best, and if it's not for you,
move on.
From what I learned when I was young, making fast decisions,
I was able to make quick decisions there as well.
A cheetah can't run for a long time.
Instead, it does its best when it has a chance.
Now that I think of it, the name was perfect for me.
What I wanted to share with you today is...
that you focus too much on the big picture.
Then it will tire you out.
It's too far and seems to take forever to get there.
Keep the big picture in your mind,
and focus on the little things that you can do.
Like doing sprints.
The big picture sometimes obscures...
the little things that you can get happiness from.
That is what I hope...
for you guys. That was my story.
I'm Cheetah.
Thank you. I don't know if I did well.
Let me check if I missed anything. Wait a second.
(You did well.)
I didn't forget anything.
I've done what I planned to do.
- She's checking. - That was cute.
- I initially... - Yes.
- wanted to become an actor, - Right.
but I couldn't become one.
So I'm studying for 12 hours every day here.
I'm trying to see if I should go back to working towards my dream...
or accept the reality and study.
I'm still deciding.
That is a hard question...
because it's someone else's issue...
that has to do with facing reality.
Even if you are financially tight...
and are going through many thoughts in your head,
if moving towards your dream makes you happy,
I want to encourage you to do so.
On the last episode of the show, an actor told us that...
he was happy to be acting even when he was slapped.
It was a scene where I got slapped by Song Kang-ho.
I thought, "What kind of job would make me happy even when I'm getting slapped?"
It really moved me.
If it makes you happy, you should try it.
- Thank you. - Let's give him a round of applause.
It's for him.
(It's an applause of encouragement.)
If what I shared here today...
moved you,
you can place your credit card here to donate one dollar for charity.
I'm Cheetah. Thank you.
I did it.
(Relieved)
She's all happy...
because she's relieved.
(Happy)
(Many citizens donated.)
(Cheetah returns.)
Wow.
You had...
big smiles on your way back.
- You did very well. - I don't remember what I said.
You did a good job.
There's something called "hook" in raps.
It's like a chorus that explodes in the song.
You need to accumulate little things...
in order to have a proper hook.
You've done it properly.
- You also say, "I can win without a hook" in your lyrics. - Right.
"You don't have a jab, but I can win without a hook."
That's the lyrics.
I heard you have a tattoo.
- Yes, I do. - Right.
I heard it's a special one.
It's actually the face of my dad.
Even though I'm not a huge star,
I'm doing well as a rapper,
but my dad didn't witness it because he passed away.
When I perform, though I believe he's watching me from the sky,
I want to be with him.
That's why I have a tattoo of him on my arm.
- I wrote lyrics about him, too. - Hee-yeol should get something tattooed.
- Me? - You should have "Wednesday night 9:30pm" tattooed on your arm.
(You should have the air time of our show tattooed.)
"As I Say".
Cheetah, the first busker of our show,
did really well on the stage. What are you going to say? How do you feel?
- I brought something today. - What is this?
- Wow. - Isn't it injeolmi?
- What is it? - Its soybean flour.
- That's right. - Can I have just one piece?
- It's nice, right? - I'm not really hungry.
I just want to know whether it tastes good.
- How does it taste? - It's really good.
It's not bad. People will like it.
- It's good. - Have a bite. It's good.
The soybean flour is really good.
- What are you waiting for? - The floor is yours.
Our second busker is Choi Seo-yoon.
She makes her living by doing lucrative part-time jobs.
- She is the most peculiar busker we've had so far. - Yes.
I'm going to gather a crowd by giving out some rice cake.
If you eat this, you'll have to come and join me.
Have some rice cake. Would you like to have some?
I didn't put poison in there.
She shouldn't have said that.
She always says something weird at the end.
The person who gives you food is a good person.
(She's a good person.)
Come this way.
Please sit down.
I will prepare some more later if you want.
Please sit down.
(They sit down as if they're hypnotized.)
Can you pass the rice cake to the people at the back?
I prepared some rice cake...
because I'm going to talk about something related to that.
Hello.
I will now begin.
I'm Choi Seo-yoon.
Based on the norms of this society, you can say...
that I've done a lot of things that are meaningless.
I made a board game called Spoon Game...
to encourage people to participate in politics.
I publish and edit a magazine called "Monthly Ingyeo",
which is dedicated for the people without proper jobs.
The most recent theme of "Monthly Ingyeo" was "embarrassing moments".
I wonder...
if there's anyone who has never had any embarrassing moments.
If there is, I'm really jealous.
I've had so many embarrassing moments in my life.
I've been thinking what could be...
the psychological cause of feeling a sense of embarrassment.
I think one of the causes is self-pity.
(Embarrassment comes from self-pity.)
So I thought to myself, "Why did I pity myself?"
I've been thinking about that.
People think they are not able to reach...
the so called norm or standards of the society.
That perception makes them feel...
they are unhappy, and their life is miserable.
Also, the lives that we perceive as normal...
are mostly the lives that are shown on TV.
For example, in the dramas, you can still see...
three generations of a family having meals together while laughing.
Every night, the three generations of a family eat dinner together.
Also, mothers are described as...
people who devote their lives for her children and husband.
The main character doesn't have proper jobs,
but she changes her clothes and bags every day.
Her cell phone is always the latest model.
Watching these characters in dramas...
makes people feel that their life is different from other people.
It made me wonder, "Am I doing okay? Am I poor?"
As for me, the most effective thing that helped me get rid of self-pity...
was the internet.
It felt completely different from watching TV because of its anonymity.
People don't know each other,
but they console others by telling people about their own experience.
Watching these made me learn a lot of things from them.
In this world, there are so many dramas and different lives.
Normal lives that we watch on TV aren't everything. There are many different lives.
I realized that even the people who we think are normal...
are putting a lot of effort to make it seem like they are living ordinary lives.
That's what I realized.
Many shared about the unhappy times they spent during Chuseok.
How was your Chuseok?
Was it okay?
No? I've had an annoying Chuseok before as well.
There are relatives who get on your nerves,
and you know they're not going to be of any help.
Women have to do all the work during Chuseok, right?
Women have so much to do during that time.
Considering the amount of emotional and physical labor that we do during holidays,
Chuseok is definitely worse than the New Year's Day.
On New Year's Day, we receive money at least.
But during Chuseok, I had to endure all the emotional drain...
while not getting any money.
I couldn't help but frown. I just couldn't stand it.
But now, I don't have to worry about it anymore,
since my family became dysfunctional.
I have a dysfunctional family.
(I have a dysfunctional family.)
My parents divorced when I was a teenager.
I chose to live with my father, so I grew up without the presence of my mother.
I have to say I grew up like Mowgli.
After I became an adult, I realized...
that I don't have to do housework during holidays.
It was better off for me since I could actually enjoy the holidays.
So being in a dysfunctional family was a good thing for me.
I felt a sense of swag.
I was able to feel a strong sense of pride in that.
- Looking back my life, - She felt a sense of pride.
I thought of incidents that happened around me.
One of my friend's relatives swindled my friend...
out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
After my grandparents passed away, my father disconnected all his relatives.
So I don't have to worry about swindles.
My father is an individualist. He himself in the most important priority.
He only thinks about himself.
So he neglected me while I was growing up, saying I should take care of myself.
It was a good thing, too.
Because I'm living my life the way I want.
Since I'm in such a dysfunctional family,
I looked up the term "dysfunctional family" on the internet.
A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict occurs continually,
and the members of the family don't respect each other. That's the definition.
Since I've experienced good things as a dysfunctional family member,
I only saw the good sides of it.
Being able to do whatever you want makes things...
democratic and diverse.
Also, you were able to enjoy your rice cake,
thanks to the soybean flour.
If it weren't for the soybean flour, the rice cakes would stick together.
You enjoyed it, thanks to the soybean flour.
- She is... - She has the spirit of hip-hop. She has swag.
She is the Che Guevara of netizens.
She is like Jeanne d'Arc.
For dysfunctional families.
I think the savory taste and the texture of soybean flour...
can represent certain things.
By acknowledging other people's rights...
and maintaining certain distance,
you can respect others.
This soybean flour was the perfect metaphor for that.
That's why I wanted to reinterpret and redefine...
soybean flour for the 21st century.
To spread this soybean flour spirit through the society we live in,
what can we do?
The first thing that we have to do is minding our own business.
(She views things differently.)
One of the MCs told me that I'm...
the most cynical person they've ever met. I'll admit to that.
I become a little cynical when I see people who don't mind their own business.
I feel like they don't want to be the only unlucky ones.
They want to drag you along so they can feel better.
For example, one of my friend got married,
and she reels off a list of complaints...
regarding her marriage in the group chat room that I'm in.
Then I try to support her.
She feels better when I sympathize with her.
Then she goes, "You should get married, too."
"You should get married within a year."
Her words are confusing to me and not convincing.
Her friend complains about her marriage then asks, "When will you get married?"
Right.
Am I the only one who thinks it's weird?
One could think she's dragging me into trouble, right?
I'm not sure if people are trying to be nosy.
Sometimes I feel like people pity me. Since I publish "Monthly Ingyeo",
some people say, "Oh, no. How unfortunate."
"Cheer up." But I'm living a happy life.
I can't understand why they pity me.
I get confused.
If I look at it in a cynical way,
I feel like they're saying that...
because they want to feel a sense of superiority by saying those words.
Of course, my future is uncertain.
So I'm working hard to make money these days.
I also came here because they said they'll pay me. I became a little greedy.
Wow, she speaks like a hip-hop artist.
While listening to her talk,
- I was able to see a new possibility of this program. - Right.
Some buskers think they have to send out a message to the public.
Like Seo-yoon, all you have to do is speak your mind.
Viewers, what are you doing?
Please come out.
These days, many people are saying Korea became a hellish place.
Real estate market is one of the reasons.
Depending on the wealth your parents have accumulated,
your social status within the society is decided.
People wonder if their effort will pay off...
even if they try hard.
Also, the social welfare systems in Korea are not helping many people.
We need better childcare and medical care system.
If a parent in dual-income family stops working, it's hard to find a job again.
Getting unemployment benefits is too complicated.
It's not even for a long time. With all that problems,
the government is being nosy,
forcing us to get married and have kids. It upsets me.
I hope the society will change in a positive way...
with better welfare system.
If they want to be nosy, they have to make proper systems first.
That's what I came here to say.
What's interesting about Seo-yoon is that...
she's telling stories about herself a lot.
But her suggestions are on the community level.
It's very interesting.
One can be very individualistic,
but the solution for individualism lies on community.
I'm more interested in those topics,
rather than getting married and having kids.
What I realized from thinking that way is...
that I want people living in Korea to be happy.
Does that happiness have to resemble...
what's displayed through television?
(Happiness isn't about three generations having a meal together.)
In their own context and with their own preferences,
individuals can find a way to become happy...
and not be treated differently...
because they are individualistic.
Just because you have a different way of living,
you shouldn't feel different from others...
by feeling timid or guilty.
Instead of that,
even if your achievements are different from what's expected,
we need to find an alternative solution to...
feel fulfilled, I believe.
Finding the balance and living your life...
is what is important.
Thank you.
(Very well-spoken)
Well...
I want to know if there is anybody...
who does not agree with me...
after my speech.
It's like writing honest and harsh comments online.
- You're right. - You know what I mean.
To be very honest, she's a mean commenter we see on the internet.
No, you should call her comment fighter.
She's got hip-hop energy.
I'm a newlywed.
I'm sorry for what I said. I hope you're happy.
I am happy with my marriage.
There are many people who don't plan to get married around me.
Do you think...
it's because of the nosy people around them?
There are happy couples, of course.
There are also good relationships between families. I forgot to mention this.
There are good relatives and families.
I don't disparage what's already good.
I congratulate you. It's a rare case.
I want you to be happy.
However,
I imagine having a child.
And as I raise my kid,
he or she could ask me, "Why did you have me in such society?"
That would make me very sad,
and if the current society is maintained without improvements,
I think there's a high possibility that my kid will ask me that question.
What I want to see is a better society before anything.
There are also many unhappy couples in our society.
Of course, if you're happy, I congratulate you.
It's good to be happy.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
(Seo-yoon's busking is finished.)
Look at what she's done today.
I think she'll receive the donation.
- She'll take the donations for herself. - She'd say, "Just give it to me."
- She'd say it's exploitation of labor. - She'll take credit cards, too.
- Give it to me. - Don't forget to check if there're any missing cushions.
She might have taken some.
(She comes back empty-handed.)
You are definitely consistent...
with your character.
Welcome back. How was it?
There are things I forgot to mention,
but I had a chance to talk about it...
because the lady asked me at the end.
I analyzed the vocabularies she used.
- You have a few favored words. - Benefits.
That's the most used word.
It's something beneficial to you. Why do you use that word often?
Am I too greedy?
Am I?
- When have you started to act as a mean commenter? - I'm not a mean commenter.
I was just aiming for the haters.
I was just joking.
Do you plan to stay single?
I want to focus on something I'm interested,
and it's not marriage.
I was more like a celibate in the past.
I got married...
because of something my wife told me.
I shared an embarrassing side of my family...
with my wife by accident. It was devastating,
and I didn't know what do to. My wife told me,
"Do you think I want to marry you to become happy?"
"That's not true."
"When I'm at the lowest,"
"I know you'll be with me, and that's why I want to marry you."
It had a huge effect on me.
Your spouses are...
someone you want to spend the rest of your lives with, right?
Yes, that's true.
Right. Good for you.
Okay, let's move onto our last busking.
- I'm worried. - Do you have a plan?
I've prepared my art pieces.
- Can I have one? - Can I have one, too?
You can make donations after.
- I like this one. - It's pretty.
- Hyun-Jung is our last busker. - Right.
I'll be fine, right?
What are you still doing here?
You can go now.
(Stepping lightly)
Out of all buskers so far,
she's the most fancy one.
Hello.
(Crowd forms as she appears.)
(Students seem to like her.)
- They like her. - They do.
(She takes a picture of it.)
(Everyone is sitting down.)
Okay.
Hello, I'm a Korean art painter Kim Hyun-Jung.
(Cheering)
Thank you, guys.
When I walk around in hanbok,
people would ask me what I do for living.
They ask me if I'm a Korean classical musician,
if I do Korean traditional dance,
or if I'm a shaman.
I'm a Korean art painter who draws women in hanbok.
When I tell them I'm a painter,
some of them say, "I hated arts class."
"Understanding art pieces is too hard for me."
Those are the responses.
Contemporary arts is...
hard to understand without any explanations.
The interpretation is too hard.
When you compare arts to...
other musicians and dancers,
even if we can't sing like professional singers,
we can still enjoy music and sing at karaokes.
Even if you can't dance like professional dancers,
you can still dance at a club with your friends.
When it comes to drawing,
there aren't many who relieve stress by painting, right?
There are many people who drink alone these days,
but it's hard to go to a karaoke by yourself at first.
It's hard to go to a club by yourself at first, too.
So I thought...
it'd be nice to be your art friend.
I wanted to tell you that art is not difficult,
and that's why I'm here.
- Yes. - Good, let's become familiar with arts.
What does it look like to you?
It's just a red face.
It's called "Self" by Marc Quinn.
Do you know what it's made with?
It's made with the artist's own blood.
(It's made with the artist's own blood.)
In a male body,
there's approximately 4.5 liters of blood.
Marc Quinn...
drew his own blood little by little...
up to 4.5 liters.
Then he modeled his own face with it by freezing the blood.
Since it's liquid, without proper care,
it would melt very easily.
It's like our lives.
Without oxygen, we cannot survive.
We cannot survive without certain conditions.
That's what he wanted to say through this piece.
In England, there is a famous collector,
named Charles Saatchi.
Saatchi bought Quinn's art piece.
He stored it safely,
but the person who was taking care of it turned the electricity off.
What would happen?
The piece melted.
It became an issue at the time.
The original price of this piece was...
about 20,000 dollars,
but it became 2.5 million dollars.
Because it melted?
I brought another interesting piece.
When my friends and I have a conversation,
we sometimes say, "Excrement becomes an art, too. Just do whatever."
We do have conversations like that.
Do you think it's possible for excrement to become an art?
These are cans of excrement.
It's called "Artist's Shit" by Piero Manzoni.
He measured 30g of his own excrement...
and put them in these cans.
He made a total of 90 cans of his own excrement.
What inspired him was...
his father who manufactured cans of meat.
His father would tell Manzoni that his art is a piece of excrement.
His father's words inspired him to create this piece.
It's amazing, right?
I guess his tenacity created that piece.
His father disparaged his son's work.
He said, "I will sell my excrement then."
At that time, he sold his artwork at the same price as gold.
It is said that one can of his excrement was sold at 40 dollars.
In 2015, a can of his excrement was sold at an auction...
for 200,000 dollars.
It's amazing, isn't it?
The auction price alone is surprising,
but the question people have been asking is actually this.
"Is his excrement really in the can?"
Exactly. There's a possibility that his excrement is not in the can.
You would've opened it up out of curiosity if you bought it at 40 dollars.
But now, it costs 200,000 dollars.
If you open it up, it will decrease the value of the piece.
The moment you open it up, the whole concept of the piece will change.
That's why you can't open it up.
It's possible he predicted it when he created these pieces.
Nobody knows for sure whether his excrement is in these cans or not.
Nobody knows that.
I was fascinated by the fact that blood and excrement...
can also be a part of contemporary art.
I thought these things...
make it difficult for people to understand contemporary art.
Contemporary music and art are actually difficult to understand.
I call myself a Korean art painter,
but I'm a contemporary artist.
- You know this painting, right? - Yes.
It's really famous.
This is Kim Hong-do's "Dancing Boy", a genre painting of Korea.
After seeing his painting, I reinterpreted his artwork in my own style.
The title of this piece is called "Excitement".
I visualized the images I thought of...
after listening to a music.
Back in the day, people had to listen to live music...
if they wanted to listen to a song.
Now, we use MP3s when we want to listen to music.
So I drew a woman wearing headphones of a popular brand.
Let's have a look at the next one.
Back in the day, people went to this kind of place...
to have makgeolli when they were hungry.
But these days,
people enjoy eating samgyeopsal with soju.
Also, our ancestors went to streams nearby...
to wash themselves.
After seeing this paint,
Is it lower body bathing? What is it?
I drew myself being in a public bath.
I take a lower body bath every day.
It's like a ritual for me.
There's a piano chair in my house.
Putting on body lotion while sitting in the chair is the last step of the ritual.
Don't make us imagine that.
(They don't want to imagine it.)
If you have sharps eyes, you might think...
you've seen my paintings somewhere else.
My painting was displayed on the screen doors of a subway station.
My paintings even came out as emoticons.
I collaborate with different Korean herbal shampoo...
and cosmetics brands.
I try to describe different things through my artwork.
I also try use different materials for my painting.
When I draw Korean-style jackets,
I use traditional Korean papers that I made myself.
And I always use the traditional Korean ink to draw the skirts.
In Oriental painting, we use...
the traditional Korean ink to express something wide and deep like the universe.
I thought this wide skirt...
was somewhat secretive.
You'd imagine how I'm standing right now.
Also, the uterus of our mother is hidden in the skirt.
It's an endless place like the universe.
So I thought using traditional Korean ink...
would be perfect to draw skirts in my painting.
When I drew the lower part of the skirt, I used the ink wash painting technique,
which is a traditional technique in Korean painting.
For the jackets, I used collage technique.
It means to glue things together.
I used traditional Korean papers.
It's fun. Her idea is interesting.
What do you think of when you hear the word "painter"?
We imagine a person drawing things in a small room, right?
All my paintings that I showed you...
started from my depression.
I used to have severe depression.
I couldn't even step outside of my house.
It's embarrassing, but I wanted to kill myself every day.
I always thought, "How can I die?"
"I don't want to live." That's what I thought.
I slowly confined myself.
Painting was the only thing I could lean on.
I started to post my painting...
on social media websites.
Then people started to leave comments about my painting.
I didn't feel lonely anymore.
When I was really tired and lonely, people cheered me on.
And at times when I get stuck,
I asked, "I'm stuck. What should I do? Please help me out."
Some people were more creative than I was.
When I interpret artworks of other people,
they sometime give better interpretations.
Internet is the best.
(Internet is the best.)
So I wanted to create a piece together with them,
just like Wikipedia which provides accurate information.
I thought, "Why did I try to do it all by myself?"
It's as if I'm trying to do everything...
including writing the song, lyrics and arranging the song.
I thought, "Maybe that's why I was exhausted and lonely."
So I started to communicate.
That made me start...
a genre called Social Drawing.
Actually,
I have 12 social media accounts in total.
That's a lot, isn't it?
Reading all these postings keeps me busy.
Sometimes I feel lonely,
but I became a painter who doesn't feel lonely any more.
(She's a painter who doesn't feel lonely any more.)
Today, we briefly talked about contemporary art.
Will you go to art galleries from now on?
When you visit an art gallery next time,
you can tell your friend that blood and excrement can become a part of art.
You can show off a little.
You can take a pretty selfie and post it on a social media website, too.
I hope you enjoy art from now on.
Wow.
She spoke very softly.
- It was great. - If there's a curator like her, I will go to art galleries.
Like you said, blood and excrement can become a part of art, too.
I'm curious to know how one would get something acknowledged as art...
and how you would not.
One of the most asked questions regarding contemporary art is this.
An artist would draw a dot and sell it for 100,000 dollars,
or draw two dots and sell it for 200,000 dollars.
I can draw a dot, too.
We all can.
But even if we draw dots, it's worthless.
On the other hand, some people make lots of money.
Some people say that's why...
contemporary art is hard to understand.
I think it's hard to understand...
because we're only looking at the results.
To be acknowledged as an artist,
one has to continue the painstaking work for decades.
Only then people would recognize and talk about his artwork.
I'll take an example.
We've all seen the artwork of Piet Mondrian in our textbook.
There are colored rectangles. It looks easy to draw, right?
Actually, Mondrian used to draw apple trees first.
Then the style of his painting...
gradually changed, and he drew the masterpiece that we know.
So I'll give you a tip to help you better understand contemporary art.
You have to understand the life of the artist.
But you'll see the artwork of many different artists when you go to galleries.
How can we understand their lives?
They are not national heroes.
Even I don't understand everything when I visit art galleries.
So here's the tip.
Pretend that you are the curator of the gallery.
Where do you want to display the best art piece that you have?
The best art piece...
is usually displayed directly in front of the entrance.
That's the most expensive art piece in the gallery.
People say first and last impression is important, right?
It's the same for the painting.
The first and last art piece...
are the pieces that the curator value the most.
You could see it that way.
Thank you for coming today despite the cold weather.
I handed out...
a postcard to each one of you.
This postcard is quite popular.
If you didn't get one, we will hand out some more.
I think she'll receive more money since she handed out her postcards.
(I think she will receive more money.)
(The collected money will be donated to charity through Happy Bean.)
Great.
Wow.
(Well done.)
You maintained your composure throughout the whole time.
Nowadays, a lot of people take pictures...
in front of galleries and post it on their social media account.
That's right.
Are more people visiting art galleries these days?
These days, it kind of became a trend. It's a hot trend.
So when I hold an art exhibition,
I make a separate photo zone.
Listening to you made me want to visit art galleries.
- I know. - Hee-yeol would look just fine in galleries.
When I imagine myself being in an art gallery,
I feel so embarrassed.
- Why? - I feel so embarrassed.
Haha, you could go there...
and enjoy a painting like "Artist's Shit".
"Is it really in there?" I think it'd suit you.
If I become more familiar with art, I will go...
- and have a look at it. - All right.
The seventh busking is over.
We will now reveal...
how much our buskers have collected.
Cheetah, we will reveal how much the first busker collected.
- Yes. - We'll reveal how much you made.
- Okay. - Please understand.
Wow.
Is it a really small amount? Three dollars?
(Did Cheetah get it right?)
Am I right?
It's 31 dollars.
Wow, it's amazing.
(She automatically bows.)
(Excited)
That's quite a lot.
There weren't that many people.
It means 31 people donated for you.
- Wow, it's amazing. - You're making me pity myself.
- Don't feel that way. - You don't know the results yet.
Don't worry. We don't know the results yet.
- No one can predict it. - Right.
Let's add the amount that Seo-yoon collected.
Oh, my gosh.
(Desperate)
It's 39 dollars in total.
Okay. Thank you.
You did well.
- It's around the average. - It is.
People in this room loved her busking the most, right?
- Of course. - We did.
I thought it was something new.
As a fan of this show, I've watched all the episodes.
- And... - You're really kind.
(Laughing)
- I can't help but be disappointed. - I'm serious.
Lastly, let's add the amount Kim Hyun-Jung collected.
It's 60 dollars in total.
(Relieved)
(She drops her head.)
(What should we do?)
- It's all thanks to this postcard. - That's right.
Don't get disappointed.
- It's time for another important announcement. - That's right.
We're in COEX, Samseong-dong.
The return rate of our cushions is...
The return rate of our cushions...
- is 100 percent. - Wow.
- Please come to Samseong-dong! - Please come to Samseong-dong!
If we add 60 dollars that we collected today,
the total amount collected becomes 447 dollars.
The collected money will be donated to charity through Happy Bean.
That’s right.
We'll suddenly appear again. Please call out "Ha hee-yeol" if you see us.
- Someone called out that name for the first time. - It made us so happy.
All right, everyone.
We will do our best next week.
You sound like Sohn Suk-hee.
(Embarrassed)
- Should we say goodbye here? What are you doing? - Let's go.
(Are Clinton and Trump going to try busking?)
(The 8th episode of As I Say that was going to air on November 9th...)
(is canceled due to airing of "America's Choice and Ours".)
(How can I wait for two weeks?)
(The 8th episode will be so much fun to watch!)
(We have amazing guests.)
(An entertainer who doesn't know his limit)
(Yoo Byung-jae)
(A poet on social media websites)
(Ha Sang-wook)
(A financially-troubled lawyer who specializes in retrial)
(Park Jun-young)
(As I Say)
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