'We need a committee for men's rights': reactions of male and female viewers to reverse gender discrimination in Korean comedy
- Authors
- Lee, Claire Shinhea; Park, Ji Hoon
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- gender; humor; comedy; postfeminism; reverse gender discrimination
- Citation
- ASIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, v.22, no.4, pp.353 - 371
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ASIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
- Volume
- 22
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 353
- End Page
- 371
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/109367
- DOI
- 10.1080/01292986.2012.681664
- ISSN
- 0129-2986
- Abstract
- This study investigates the ideological implications of Nambowon ('the Committee for Men's Rights'), one of the most popular sketches in a live comedy series entitled Gag Concert in Korea. The sketch humorously criticizes women who take advantage of men in various situations and always ends with a funny slogan demanding equal rights for men and the end of reverse gender discrimination. We treat Nambowon not as an idiosyncratic text but as part of Korean television programs that portray the rising social status of women as well as gender differences. Previous studies of gender and comedy have typically focused on textual meanings, and relatively little work exists to explain the audience's reception. Thus, we explore why audiences enjoy the show and whether and why there are differences in the reactions of male and female viewers to the portrayal of gender in Nambowon.
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