| Television Dramas Make Marrying Young Look Hip (Source) |
2005/03/21 |
By Park Chung-a
Staff Reporter
Teen marriage emerged as the main theme of many domestic movies last year. They included "My Little Bride," "Marrying School Girl, " and the most recent and most controversial "Jenny, Juno," which deals with the marriage of middle school students following an unexpected pregnancy.
Now, television dramas are also joining the trend. Last year's popular KBS drama "Little Bride" was a love story between an 18-year-old girl and 28-year-old prosecutor ending in marriage. SBS' "My Sister-in-Law Is 19" also featured the marriage of convenience between a high school girl and a doctor.
In line with such a trend, many current popular TV dramas deal with the subject of marrying young and feature young mothers who are much younger than those in real life.
The recent KBS TV drama "Sassy Girl, Chun-hyang," which ended three weeks ago, also featured the married life of a high school girl.
In MBC's current daily drama "Be Strong Kum-soon," which began ai... |More
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| Rating Board Deems Teen Film Too Adult (Source) |
2005/01/04 |
By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
The rating board for local films is finding the content and posters for recent movies about teenagers in sexual or adult situations to be too adult for younger viewers.
The upcoming film "Jenny, Juno" tells of a couple in middle school who give a birth to a baby. Given the taboo nature of its subject, it seemed natural that it got a rating of 18 and over.
However, other recent films about teenagers dealing with the adult situation of marriage, such as "Orin Sinbu (My Little Bride)" and "Yogosaeng Sijibbonaegi (Marrying School Girl)", were given the rating of 12 and over and 15 and over, respectively.
Showeast, the production company of "Jenny, Juno", said that they avoided showing overtly sexual scenes and tried to honestly depict the issues and problems faced by teenagers in real life. The company has requested that the Korea Media Rating Board (KMRB) reconsider its rating of the film.
However, an official from the rating board said tha... |More
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