Worst Olympics Closing Ceremony Ever? Did the amazing country that gave us a resoundingly successful Olympics and that has given us some of the most deeply soulful art and music also give us an utterly soul-less, lifeless, talent-less Olympics closing ceremony? Did they actually hire a hundred geomungo players and ask them to play the same two notes over and over for five minutes, and then bring on a performer described as an icon of rapping, singing, and dancing, but who for some reason did none of the above, choosing instead to simply repeat "Where my bad girls at" several thousand times, and then offer us a singer who lip-synced a vocal performance so auto-tuned it sounded like a singing robot slowly and agonizingly forced through a meat grinder, and then conclude with a boy band that seemed to have been manufactured by producers and choreographers who discovered pop music in the 1990s and have dedicated themselves since then to churning out watered down copies of watered down copies of watered down copies of whatever it was they heard twenty years ago that impressed them, but that most of us have tried hard since the 90s to forgive ourselves for and forget? The only exception to all the above was actual artist and vocalist Jang Sa Ik. Perhaps a more important question than whether this was the worst Olympics closing ceremony ever, might be: "Is Korea losing its soul?" Has the focus on being the world's leader in technology and plastic surgery turned the home of han and its heart-breakingly beautiful art into a country of mind-numbingly vacuous though technologically impressive light shows adorning surgically altered "pretty" faces? This question comes from someone who loves Korea more than anyone on Earth, and was truly saddened to see its great history and talent so grossly misrepresented by tone deaf decision makers who hear music not with their ears but with cheaply-sequined eyes, and who feel not with their hearts but with tastes determined by product placement studies of twelve-year-olds? Maybe I should just chill and be happy to see that America isn't the only country that has recently fallen victim to the idolization of talent-less icons. But I won't give up on my beloved second home. I love you Korea! I know you could have done better. I am confident that, after the deserving celebration is over, you will do some soul searching and give consideration to these questions, and you will show the world the deep beauty that you are really made of. Robert Turley Korean Art Society President facebook.com/RobertWTurley #Olympics #WinterOlympics #OlympicsClosingCeremony #OlympicClosingCeremony #WinterOlympicsClosingCeremony #2018WinterOlympicsClosingCeremony #2018WinterOlympics #WinterOlympics #ClosingCeremony #Pyeongchang #KoreanTechnology #KoreanPlasticSurgery #Korea #ILoveKorea #저는한국을정말사랑합니다 #한국 #한 Show less
i got chills reading your comment. such deep understanding and insight you have of Korea. a lotta ppl over 30 s felt the same way. felt empty disappointed and even humiliated watching that closing ceremony. the guy Director Song who was in charge of the overall stage management is now getting flamed all over the internet. that it was disasterous.
yOU MUST HAVE BEEN IN A CLOUD WATCHING THE CLOSING CEREMONY.... JAMBINAI IS AN EXCELLENT VERY TALENTED GROUP WHO STUDY MUSIC ACTUALLY... I DON'T KNOW WHAT STUPIDITY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! BETTER CHANGE YOUR JOB, AS YOU ARE NOT SUITABLE. yANG, THE KID WITH THE GUITAR WHO PLAYED VIVALDI WAS AWESOME! KOREA, THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST CLOSING CEREMONY EVER!!! EVEN SOOHORANG THE MASCOT WAS THE BEST!!!!
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