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February 15, 2008

These Girls Look Like Destiny's Child Next to the Wonder Girls Because at Least They Can Hold a Tune, or How Korea Actually Has Proof It Has Succeeded at Cloning Human Beings

And you thought Korea had failed at human cloning. (HT to Morning Calm and Arirang)

I have only one thing to ask here. So what's up with the video quality here? Highest I've ever seen from YouTube! Is YouTube Korea busting a move here? I thought my eyes were going funny.

Oh, well, I do have another thing to say. I always do.

The continued infantilization of female sexuality in Korea.

There. I said it. And I didn't go on and on about it. I'm just tired. But I still think this is Not a Good Thing For Korean Society™ (or any society, for that matter).

See, when Britney did it, it was tongue-in-cheek, stylized, and definitely recognized as a bit naughty. The Korean style just tries to play it straight, without the irony, as if scantily-clad teenagers dancing around in fetish wear and lollipops are completely devoid of sexual meaning.

Korea – the Land of the Unapologetic Non-ironic Lolita References. At least in Japan, they admit it's naughty when ogling underage schoolgirls with lollipops.

Posted by The Metropolitician on February 15, 2008 | Permalink

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