Brief Background On The Film 200 Pounds Of Beauty
200 Pounds Beauty is a Romance/Melodrama film, and the main character of this show is named Hanna Kang. Hanna Kang is an obese phone sex part-timer and a ghost singer for Ammy, a well-known pop singer who certainly lip-syncs her songs rather than making a song live. Hanna is obsessed with Sang-jun, a director whose smug father owns the document enterprise Ammy is signed to. One day, Hanna gets an outfit from Sang-jun with a word to put on to his birthday party. However, it was Ammy who gave it. A reason why is to make Hanna be humiliated. While crying in the restroom, Hanna overhears Sang-jun telling Ammy that they need to be the type to her so she can now no longer abandon them even though they’re simply using Hanna for her voice. Heartbroken, Hanna tries suicide. However, she is interrupted by utilizing a telecall smartphone name from one among her telecall smartphone intercourse regulars, a pinnacle plastic surgeon. She persuades him to carry out a considerable plastic surgical operation on her.
Post-Colonial in South Korea
Before we dive deep into the film, let me first explain the effect of post-colonialism in South Korea. As we all know, the impact of colonialism is highly evident in South Koreas. We can take note of the way the government governs the people, the economy, fashion, mannerisms, and many more. Not only is South Korea affected by this, but numerous countries as well, such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, etc. The most notable history that South Korea can never forget is when Japan invaded them. But with the majority of the influence of Japan in Korea, we can still see a hint of American colonization in South Korea.
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Is Looks Everything?
In continuation of post-colonialism, I will show you some parts of the movie that support the statement. And the double consciousness and hybridity of South Korea.
Fashion:
As seen in the picture, this is not a typical style for Koreans to wear during 2006. We can see that they have adapted to the fashion industry of America. In addition, take note that South Korea was once a conservative country, meaning that they don’t reveal that much skin before.
The hanbok is the national dress of the women of Korea, a dress that was still regularly worn on a daily basis until the early 20th century. Nowadays you will ladies wearing on special occasions in both the South and North of Korea, and it has a history as vibrant as the colors that make up the dresses.
Beauty standard & Plastic surgery:
As stated in the brief background portion, Hanna didn’t hesitate to do plastic surgery. We can see that the beauty standard in South Korea is heavily affected for each individual. South Korea’s standard is simple, but somewhat unrealistic and it is hard to execute. You have to be fair-skinned, tall, sharp nose, have big eyes, have an hourglass body, etc.
The “Othered”: Frowned upon
Pretty privilege is everywhere, and there is no doubt that we have experienced this or have seen this in our lives. As seen in the film, Hanna tries her best to look pretty for Sang-jun, but because she is obese, Sang-jun doesn’t like her like how Hanna likes him. With this, Hanna did plastic surgery. BUT! Korean’s has mixed feelings about a person having plastic surgery during the 2000s. An example of this is when Sang-jun told Hanna that he would never date a person who did plastic surgery. But in today’s era, plastic surgery became the norm since South Korea gets plastic surgery as their graduation gift.
The imperialist is among us!
As seen in the movie, there isn’t any white person who would give the “imperialist stereotype vibe.” So you might be wondering who gives the imperialist vibe or who brings the imperialist vibe/value. Well, it is all of the characters. The clothing, food, performances are what these characters are upbringing. But you cannot blame them or their culture for adapting to western ideals and practices because it is their way of being progressive. Instead, we can appreciate how Korean culture is still present in their practices, and they are not afraid to stick to their own unique roots. They are able to blend western culture with their own character as Koreans.
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