G-Dragon "Summoned by the Prosecution", No Freedom of Expression for Musicians?
3:09 pm - 01/08/2010
There are many controversies over G-Dragon's performance that was marked as an offense for an immoral performance and also said that it infringed the youth protection laws. We have to recognize that the core of this controversy is the freedom of a creator and that we cannot overlook the freedom of the audience who has the right to enjoy a creator's expressions and results.
This controversy this time is very ambiguous. What is the standard for obscenity? Is it when someone feels sexually harassed or is it when someone thinks that it is simply too erotic? But it’s not like the police could just pick a random person that was at G-Dragon’s concert and ask "Was that too obscene for you?"
There is no set standard for something that is erotic or for something that is obscene and this controversy is equivocal. Also, performers were not naked that made the audience feel like they were watching an 18A performance. Then was the performance obscene because it was about sex? Our society that corners sex as obscene is more abnormal.
Saying that there is a problem with a performance that makes one think about sex is a problem itself since that could mean sex=immoral. Well it’s a whole different problem if G-Dragon's performance was too explicit; however, his performance was short and people had various opinions about it.
The start of this controversy and tragedy was the opinion differences between the audience and the public that was saying G-Dragon's performance was immoral. This eventually led more than 1000 of the audiences that were at G-dragon's concert to turn in a petition to the prosecution.
These people turned in a petition saying "For the obscene performance crime the audience has to agree with the fact that the performance was obscene and over the line; however, G-Dragon's concert was not obscene at all and it did not sexually harass us in any way." Also, these people said the performance as a whole cannot be judged by the short moment.
The more important thing is the freedom of creation. A society that threatens the freedom of creation for musicians makes a society where there is no cultural variety. If G-Dragon's two-hour-long concert is valid as obscenity because of the momentary performance during it, then this is invading the freedom and the rights of a creator.
Translator's note: Popular Culture Critic Tak Hyunmin states a short comment about G-Dragon's performance controversy. If the government and the country lets culture off the leash then then the culture does well on its own or either dies off on its own. G-Dragon's performance controversy is a very symbolic happening; I cannot tolerate the prosecution investing a performance. They do not have even the basic manners for the arts. A performance is the arts of the spot and you cannot judge it by a recording of it. by Beau @ bbvip (thanks
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gooddaymoderato )Original Article by Kim Jihyun @ TV Daily
Translated by Beau @ bbvipz
Edited by big bang=love @ bbvip
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THE CREDIT LINES
Anyway this article is surprising me. An opinion piece that doesn't suck or require the opinion of netizens? :O
Edited at 2010-01-08 08:07 am (UTC)
saying that there is a problem with a performance that makes one think about sex is a problem itself since that could mean sex=immoral.
lol
I like this Kim Jihyun guy. :)
Then was the performance obscene because it was about sex? Our society that corners sex as obscene is more abnormal.
The more important thing is the freedom of creation. A society that threatens the freedom of creation for musicians makes a society where there is no cultural variety.
I hope Kim Jihyun's line of reasoning is a glimmer of something larger to come, perhaps a more socially liberal Korean culture. It has to start somewhere, right? (and I could see how the DBSK/Hangeng and Jay issues would support this)
A+ for this question alone.
been a while since an article like this been posted.
and it's always bugged me when people view sex as a bad thing or 'immoral' thing, or society sees it as a :O D:. but w/e to each their own
FUCKING FINALLY. ♥
I'm meeting this person, and fucking marrying them.
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I Like this article too! Finally I read something with sense!
I mean..It was just a show!He has right to do whatever he wanted to do in his concert!!
btw..It's his first solo concert and they're making impossible to GD enjoy It at all! FATS
Korea gaywhy the headhunting? IDNK
like seriously, get with the times folks, its only hurting the country if they continue being so backwards.
Making waves. I like it. Keep thinking Korea.
and i like the points raised, namely the definition of obscenity and freedom of expression.
Idk whether I make sense but that's what I think :)