“Boy bands aren't respected in general and that's because they're viewed as teenybopper bands that only little girls like,” says journalist Jae-Ha Kim, who writes about Korean entertainment for. “It's such a sexist and outdated viewpoint. It's also a trope that writers repeat, because many won't go to a boy band concert to actually see who's there … [it’s not] considered serious art.
“There are several things going on,” Kim continues. “Bong Joon-Ho has been making films for two decades and his work has been acclaimed by critics internationally for a while now, but the general public has just been catching on with the success of. Given that he's a middle-aged man who looks more like an average Korean man than a celebrity, no one is going to accuse him of being famous simply because of his looks. With BTS, many people assume they're an overnight sensation.
“It's a big deal twofold,” Kim says. “Success in the U.S. is a coup for bands from any country. The U.S. is a very lucrative market. Just about every Korean group — or even Korean-American artists — I've interviewed has said they never thought they would have the opportunity to work in the U.S. in a meaningful way.
As for what it will take for Western critics to take BTS’s work as seriously as their creative industry peers, one thing is for sure: The onus is not on the artist. Systemic mindsets and cultural viewpoints need to shift, but that’s neither BTS’s nor Bong’s responsibility. It’s the critics who must put the work in.
“There are some major important music outlets that have given [BTS] favorable reviews, but there's really not a lot more that BTS can do to endear critics to them, because they have done everything right,” Kim notes. “The language barrier is something many critics aren't going to want to deal with, unfortunately — which is a shame, because their lyrics really are beautiful.”
Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)
Subtitles! The director has created a movie that all can enjoy and understand. And well, boy band vs director that’s not a fair comparison.
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