Dae Jang Geum vs BBC Masterchef
Much of the appeal of Korean historical drama Dae Jang Geum's is the vivid portrayal of traditional Korean culture and cuisine. In fact, MBC invested five years of research into the pre-production of Dae Jang Geum to ensure historical accuracy.
The strongest argument used by the BBC (on why they will not broadcast Dae Jang Geum) was that it would be too unfamiliar to a UK audience (that, and I suppose it is far easier to spoon-feed audiences what they think they want, rather than enrich their minds).
So, perhaps one way to introduce Dae Jang Geum to a UK audience would be to compare elements from the drama to existing 'familiar' programming.
In the following extract from Dae Jang Geum, a 'Masterchef' competition is held at the Imperial Palace on the Queen's birthday, to determine the next Head Chef of the Royal Kitchens. Unfortunately though, our heroine Jang Geum is left to compete alone when her teacher (Lady Han) has been kidnapped...
Compare this to the second video - an extract from BBC Masterchef. What do you think?
posted by Alice at 2:31 PM
1 Comments:
gosh, how annoying the BBC are! And saying that it wouldnt appeal to a UK audience-what a load of crap!! You know what you should do? There is a website where you can make a petition for your favourite show, and get people to sign that (forget the name of the site now but i will let you know soon) and when you collect enough signatures, maybe you should email it to the BBC, show them your blog how many visitors you have, and lets see what they say to that! Because i very much doubt they know fully about your campaign/blog - if they see your blog, it should put them to shame :)
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