Comments on: MY SASSY GIRL · 엽기적인그녀 http://if90.net/2008/11/14/my-sassy-girl-%ec%97%bd%ea%b8%b0%ec%a0%81%ec%9d%b8%ea%b7%b8%eb%85%80/ A Degree of Games, Films, Music, Food and Plates! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shu http://if90.net/2008/11/14/my-sassy-girl-%ec%97%bd%ea%b8%b0%ec%a0%81%ec%9d%b8%ea%b7%b8%eb%85%80/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Shu Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:33:49 +0000 http://if90.net/?p=452#comment-250 Yeah, it seems like the literal translation of the Korean title is "That Bizarre Girl". I haven't seen the Hollywood remake, but I'm also unsurprised that it seems to have flopped. Asian humour is just too different from what mainstream Western audiences are used to. Japanese humour, with its irresistible blend of shame and sadism, has made some kind of inroad but the more quirky, Hong Kong style humour which is more akin to what <em>My Sassy Girl</em> delivers still appears to be a bit of a harder (though certainly not impossible) thing to fully appreciate for those who didn't grow up with it. The last Hollywood romantic comedy I saw that came close to relying on that kind of weirdness was <em>My Super Ex-Girlfriend</em> which I really enjoyed, but bombed at the box office. Also I agree about the choice of lead girl. It's a miracle she pulled off that role without ever coming across as annoying. The act of balancing such off-putting, anti-social behaviour with glimpses of vulnerability was a great feat to watch. Yeah, it seems like the literal translation of the Korean title is “That Bizarre Girl”.

I haven’t seen the Hollywood remake, but I’m also unsurprised that it seems to have flopped. Asian humour is just too different from what mainstream Western audiences are used to. Japanese humour, with its irresistible blend of shame and sadism, has made some kind of inroad but the more quirky, Hong Kong style humour which is more akin to what My Sassy Girl delivers still appears to be a bit of a harder (though certainly not impossible) thing to fully appreciate for those who didn’t grow up with it. The last Hollywood romantic comedy I saw that came close to relying on that kind of weirdness was My Super Ex-Girlfriend which I really enjoyed, but bombed at the box office.

Also I agree about the choice of lead girl. It’s a miracle she pulled off that role without ever coming across as annoying. The act of balancing such off-putting, anti-social behaviour with glimpses of vulnerability was a great feat to watch.

]]> By: Yang Wong http://if90.net/2008/11/14/my-sassy-girl-%ec%97%bd%ea%b8%b0%ec%a0%81%ec%9d%b8%ea%b7%b8%eb%85%80/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Yang Wong Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:48:22 +0000 http://if90.net/?p=452#comment-247 It's a very memorable film and loved the world over. The melodrama is classic Korean. There's even a Hollywood remake but it hasn't been received too well. Unsurprising, yet I wonder why that is. Can't asian "sassy"-ness translate to western sassy-ness? My feeling is that it comes down to the lead girl. One can't imagine her any other way, and her other films are similar in nature. Her picture should appear next to the word "Sassy" in the dictionary. Or at least come up first when Google Imaging it. Thought it was also kinda amusing and appropriate that Google Reader translates the Korean title to Bizarre and Her. It’s a very memorable film and loved the world over. The melodrama is classic Korean. There’s even a Hollywood remake but it hasn’t been received too well. Unsurprising, yet I wonder why that is. Can’t asian “sassy”-ness translate to western sassy-ness? My feeling is that it comes down to the lead girl. One can’t imagine her any other way, and her other films are similar in nature. Her picture should appear next to the word “Sassy” in the dictionary. Or at least come up first when Google Imaging it.

Thought it was also kinda amusing and appropriate that Google Reader translates the Korean title to Bizarre and Her.

]]> By: minwye http://if90.net/2008/11/14/my-sassy-girl-%ec%97%bd%ea%b8%b0%ec%a0%81%ec%9d%b8%ea%b7%b8%eb%85%80/comment-page-1/#comment-246 minwye Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:56:48 +0000 http://if90.net/?p=452#comment-246 I jumped to the comments hoping to get some insight from Sherwin and without doubt, you commented :p my thoughts? its not only a Korean girl thing, I have definitely seen more often than not that kind of personality/actions with Malaysian girls....whether it was influenced by My Sassy Girl or not, the answer to that mystery is unknown... I jumped to the comments hoping to get some insight from Sherwin and without doubt, you commented :p my thoughts? its not only a Korean girl thing, I have definitely seen more often than not that kind of personality/actions with Malaysian girls….whether it was influenced by My Sassy Girl or not, the answer to that mystery is unknown…

]]> By: sherwin http://if90.net/2008/11/14/my-sassy-girl-%ec%97%bd%ea%b8%b0%ec%a0%81%ec%9d%b8%ea%b7%b8%eb%85%80/comment-page-1/#comment-245 sherwin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:46:51 +0000 http://if90.net/?p=452#comment-245 Let this be a warning to all of you thinking of going out with Korean girls. They're almost all... SASSY! Let this be a warning to all of you thinking of going out with Korean girls. They’re almost all… SASSY!

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