Entertainment Made By North Korea
April 28, 2024 3:43 PM Subscribe
Entertainment Made By North Korea [5h30m] is an overview of... entertainment made by North Korea. It begins well before the founding of the country to give the cultural background, and then gets into post-Korean War entertainment. It's an interesting history lesson combined with a fascinating glimpse into a world not seen much outside it's own borders.
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South Korean studios have long been involved with popular US animated shows, including The Simpsons, Family Guy, SpongeBob, and Rick and Morty, I assume because SK studios are lower-cost and have a faster turnaround time. It's incredible that it's still not enough for some companies and they feel fine to illicitly hop the border to a brutal dictatorship.
As for the NK workers, I can't imagine trying to do anything creative under those conditions, let alone something as whimsical as cartoons. You'd think the censorship, fear, and repression would be utter poison to the process.
posted by Rhaomi at 4:23 PM on April 28