Friday, April 19, 2013

The South Korean public television censorship the new video for Psy - Brownsville Herald

class=”dateline”> Seoul – Public television KBS Korean lambasting the new video for Psy, “Gentleman”, considering that a scene in which the singer gives a kick to a cone in public is a bad example for youth, Efe confirmed sources of the station.

“The scene does not respect standards as public broadcaster KBS” previously announced public service media entity, which does not issue in any of your video chains with which the South Korean rapper trying to repeat the success of “Gangnam Style” .

specific sequence, which develops very beginning of the video shows how Psy kicks a cone which reads “No Parking” located on the street.

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South Korea, establishing a strict filter on their emissions, and in the past has criticized both content and artists and presenters to consider that negatively influence the audience.

excessively strict

tax scale in this case by KBS has led many to think that censorship really points to other scenes in this video that could be considered risque among the most conservative sectors of Korean society.

“In my opinion the real reason for the ban of the video is that contains a sexually suggestive scene,” he told Efe on condition of anonymity KBS employee, referring to the sequence in which the actress Ga-in takes mouth to a sausage as he stares at Psy.

distinctly conservative part of Korean society deeply rooted in Confucianism and strengthened in recent decades by the growth of the Christian denominations, has been reflected in the policies of the two right-wing governments that have ruled the country in the last six years.

Thus, former President Lee Myung-bak, a devout Protestant, completely censored Internet pornography on the grounds that it promotes sexual offenses, among other similar measures to promote “morality” among citizens.

Meanwhile, “Gentleman” is unstoppable on YouTube, where it accumulates 150 million visits in its race to beat his predecessor “Gangnam Style”, the most watched video in the history of this portal with over 1,500 million views .

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