tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37432924.post4903219795720430109..comments2023-11-09T20:52:11.598-08:00Comments on We all come from 'Seoul': Daniel Henney plays Korean-American Adoptee - a reference to Toby Dawson ?Brit Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856546210397414302noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37432924.post-8084150900807211982007-05-31T15:42:00.000-07:002007-05-31T15:42:00.000-07:00I agree that we have to wait and see how he does. ...<-- Korean Adoptee http://koreanadoptee.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>I agree that we have to wait and see how he does. I want to see if Koreans finally get the grasp of the dual identity (not that other countries as I've seen so far have done better.) If they bomb this chance, hell, we should gather together adoptees and make our own fictional movie for once. I'm getting a bit tired of not seeing a fair representation.<BR/><BR/>My hopes are a bit high because of Daniel Henney's mom... I hope he consults her and puts his input into the script--I've seen that with Korean scripts where the actor has say. I'm waiting for a movie or show I can point to and say that's a fair representation of an adoptee... representing all identities.<BR/><BR/>As for unfair representation of adoptees... since I'm taking Culture and Communication I've tried to boil it down on my blog to how the language functions. ^^;;<BR/><BR/>If the Koreans can beat the Americans (where I'm at now) I'll be proud of them.Kim Yoonmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18016834111895882621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37432924.post-62699292559791162772007-04-08T13:56:00.000-07:002007-04-08T13:56:00.000-07:00Hi Brit,Sunny Jo put your entry on K@W and that's ...Hi Brit,<BR/>Sunny Jo put your entry on K@W and that's how I got to see it. Most of the time I delete those emails, because there are so many...but this one caught my attention...and to my surprise this was one by written by you. <BR/><BR/>When I lived in Korea, this was one of the issues that got me pretty pissed off. If I remember it correctly, things started off when Hines Ward was awarded MVP of the American Football league and Koreans started claiming him as their own. Especially discrimination against black Korean Americans is tremendous in Korea, which I found incredible hipocritical (I have a few mixed friends). After that came Toby...and the media were just reacting in a way which is so inappropriate. They measure with two different scales and only the winners are treated in a favorable way. I just couldn't believe what I heard and read. <BR/><BR/>I think you are right by saying that things are changing and fortunately, when things change in Korea, they change fast. It might be for the wrong reasons...but im pretty positive that change in under way..and we can only support it by coming back to our homeland...in ever increasing numbers...:-)<BR/><BR/>Have a great easter weekend,<BR/>Best, JustJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17694438182832959421noreply@blogger.com