Korea Thread: Liberal Moon Jae In Elected

[Syt]

I wonder if Military Demarcationlime is better than Bud Light Lime. Can't be worse, can it?

[Malthus]

Is that baby-in-the-well one a portrait of Siege? 

Of course not. It's a soldier with a baby, not one with a dead goat.

Plus, he's not wearing sunglasses.

Of course, maybe he's run into some Mexicans ... 

[Razgovory]

It must be weird to live in a country where it's always 1953.

[Valmy]

It must be weird to live in a country where it's always 1953.

Wait are those not Korean War era posters? Because our dudes are all wearing Korean War era uniforms.

[The Brain]

That nurse can stab me anytime.

[derspiess]

I wonder if Military Demarcationlime is better than Bud Light Lime. Can't be worse, can it?

If I ever make a lime-infused beer, I'm so using that name.

[derspiess]

It must be weird to live in a country where it's always 1953.

Wait are those not Korean War era posters? Because our dudes are all wearing Korean War era uniforms.

Their propaganda still likes to show us as being from that area.  Which makes sense-- our military uniform and technology has greatly progressed since the 50s.  Theirs-- not so much.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

It must be weird to live in a country where it's always 1953.

Wait are those not Korean War era posters? Because our dudes are all wearing Korean War era uniforms.

The Nip in the last one looks like he is wearing an IJA uniform.

[Eddie Teach]

Why do Koreans look like three year olds in Korean propaganda posters?

[Razgovory]

It must be weird to live in a country where it's always 1953.

Wait are those not Korean War era posters? Because our dudes are all wearing Korean War era uniforms.

No, I tink most of those are modern.  For instance they have often have AK47s which post date the Korean war.

[Josquius]

Yeah, the depiction of foreigners in the propaganda tends to be rooted firmly in the 50s. Nobody knows any different in North Korea and those are the established images that even people who've never actually seen foreign troops have grew up with. Rather than trying to keep up to date with uniforms (for what reason?) it's easier just to stick to the same characters.

Why do Koreans look like three year olds in Korean propaganda posters?

Koreans are an innocent and pure childlike people. This is why the great leader is so wonderful. He is a father to all Koreans who lets them continue to flourish in their purity despite the increasingly dark and impure world outside.

[Admiral Yi]

The American in the first two posters appear to be modeled on that American that defected and married a kidnapped Japanese woman.

[Josquius]

The American in the first two posters appear to be modeled on that American that defected and married a kidnapped Japanese woman.

hmm, it is the same guy, true.
Playing into pop culture images of American bad guys? ( I know that guy made a career in N.Korea as a movie villain)

[Admiral Yi]

hmm, it is the same guy, true.
Playing into pop culture images of American bad guys? ( I know that guy made a career in N.Korea as a movie villain)

I wouldn't call propaganda films part of pop culture Squeeze.

[Josquius]

hmm, it is the same guy, true.
Playing into pop culture images of American bad guys? ( I know that guy made a career in N.Korea as a movie villain)

I wouldn't call propaganda films part of pop culture Squeeze.

It is North Korea. Same thing. :p