![]() ![]() ![]() Overall, Koreans were portrayed as being extremely prudish, overbearing, rude, and traditional to the point of being backwards (one of the other main characters was scolded for being an unmarried woman, and told that she cannot attend the wedding unless she brings a man). Thereafter, there is a mad dash to the church for the next ceremony and the characters are told to run since the Koreans will hog the seats (and there follows a chaotic scene where all the Koreans are running around and screaming and pushing). There are two wedding ceremonies, one Buddhist and one 7-day Adventist, and the characters are all in han-boks for the Buddhist ceremony (during which the mother and grandmother get into a heated argument and start yelling at each other loudly in Korean). There is also a scene where Lane's grandmother comes to visit from Korea, and they bring out this huge statue of Buddha, and both women start bowing to it fanatically a hundred times. ![]() There is a scene where the aunts are over and they are making kimchi and dumplings, almost like robots, all with horrible, horrible accents. Most of the actors and actresses that had to speak Korean were not Korean (not uncommon), but the accent and pronunciations were especially atrocious and awkward. But I was shocked by tonight's episode, as I thought it portrayed almost every stereotype that Westerners may have of Koreans. While I found the portrayal of the mother-daughter relationship, as well as the mother's accent and demeanor (played by another Japanese actress), a bit distasteful (the mother is extremely strict, and walks around like a Star Wars storm trooper), it was at least tolerable. She only appeared sporadically in previous seasons, but has been appearing with more frequency this season since one plot line revolves around her relationship with a Caucasian boy, and her overbearing mother's disapproval. The best friend is a Korean girl named Lane Kim, and she is played by the actress Keiko Agena. I happened to watch tonight's episode and I was surprised to find that it was an episode about the wedding of the main character's best friend. I am not ashamed to admit that I catch the WB's show "Gilmore Girls" every so often. ![]()
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