Korean Drama Group 한국 무 리

Post: #1 (ID: 105683)

She plays the icy EMIL on "Mom's Dead Upset" who calmly carves up her DIL with a scalpel. Her character's name is Ko Euna, but she should be called Empress Ko.

In episode 28 of MDU, the writers took Euna to a place that floored me. Euna was having small talk with her DIL (Yeongmi) and son, then turned to leave the room. Then she stopped, turned around and said to her DIL "Can you please relax your eyes? You don't have a friendly face. Your eyes make it worse. If you relax your eyes, it'll make you more approachable."

Her son starts protesting, but Euna shuts him up and says she's trying to improve Yeongmi...also says she looks either bright or gloomy. Her son protests again, but Euna cuts him off and says Yeongmi can look "detestable". At this point, Yeongmi does a saucer-eyed look and Euna says, "Her face! That's what I mean. You act like your innocent and naive. You already have big eyes. Why make them bigger? It's either one or the other. You look innocent or like an idiot. Do you understand?"

Yeongmi says she doesn't make her faces deliberately. Euna says she doesn't have to defend herself, but says "if you relax your face, it'll make you look more graceful." As Euna is walking out the front door, she says in English "Have a good time!”

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I found this article on Jang Mihi from August 20, 2007. I can’t defend doctoring one’s resume, but the concept of requiring a college degree for the entertainment industry is a ludicrous distortion of what education should be. Obviously, this scandal did not hurt her in getting a role on MDU…and this viewer is thankful.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200708/200708200006.html

Movie Star Chang Mi-hee Confesses to Bogus Resume

Chang Mi-hee, 50, a leading screen star of the 1970 and 80s and now a theater and visual arts professor at Myongji College, is the latest high-profile Korean found to have lied about her educational background.

Chang, who is also a member of the Korean Film Council, claimed to have graduated from Dongguk University College of Buddhist Studies, Hawthorne University in the U.S. and Myongji University Graduate School of Education, according to the film council website and Internet portals like Naver.

But Dongguk University, responding to an inquiry by the Chosun Ilbo, said they had no record of any graduates by that name. Hawthorne University, meanwhile, was found to be an unaccredited school.

Reflecting on her 1978 visit to Stanford University in an essay published in 1998, the film star mentioned that she was a Dongguk University student. In a 2000 interview with Chosun weekly magazine, she said, "My Buddhism major was a philosophical choice, not a religious one."
Confronted by reporters at Myongji on Friday, Chang told them to check the facts with the schools and quickly left campus. But two hours later in a late-night interview, Chang broke down in tears and confessed to having lied.

"I'm embarrassed," Chang said. "I will willingly accept all criticism. But I stand firm in my belief that my teaching at Myongji was based more on my acting career than my degree. That's all the pride I have left."

― First, please clarify the facts.

"I debuted as an actress at age 19. A few years later I enrolled in Dongguk's Buddhist Studies department through 'extra admissions', which is how it's called these days. I didn't graduate but I took classes like other students."

― Hawthorne is known to be an unaccredited school.

"Believe it or not, I really didn't know. And that fact wasn't important. My childhood dream was to become an elementary school teacher. I really wanted to teach."

― The public is especially upset with you because you're a professor.

"I'm truly embarrassed. But when I was appointed to teach at Myongji's Adult & Continuing Education institute in 1989, the institute didn't appoint instructors based on their educational degrees. Over the years, I've done some 80 TV shows and films. I considered the appointment as recognition of my career. The hourly teaching fee was W8,000 then, while I received W50 million per movie. I put teaching before acting. I was famous for not skipping classes. I even received an award of merit in 1997."

― And what about the appointment to professor at Myongji College that came later?

"I'm not trying to pass the buck but I think that decision was up to the university. I still believe that the school considered my career more than my degree. Regarding Hawthorne, I still don't know what happened. I heard that the Education Ministry will launch a probe on the recent scandals next week. I will follow its decision."

Debuting on TV in 1975, Chang rose to stardom as the lead in the 1977 film "Winter Woman." Along with You Ji-in and Jeong Yun-hee, she was a top silver screen actress in the 70s and 80s. Chang has been teaching at Myongji College since 1998. She is a member of the Korean Film Council and executive committee chief of the Goyang International Children's Film Festival.

Post: #2 (ID: 105767)

More photos at:
http://movie.daum.net/movieperson/Summary.do?personId=834
and
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_Jang_Mi-hee.php

I would grant her the privilege of my pants...

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Post: #3 (ID: 122479)

I stumbled across these pics today. I'm surprised to see a Korean baseball team asking a woman OVER 25 years-old to throw out the first pitch (Oct. 2008). MDU's 'noblewoman' has decent form.

Post: #4 (ID: 122485)

I like it!! What a wind up!! Very Happy

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