As of 2010, Korea has reached first for the most plastic surgery procedures performed. This is an issue. Billboards, magazines, and even TV commercials are all embellished with numerous advertisements to encourage Koreans to change their appearances. Plastic surgery is common in South Korea. A significant number of korean actors and actresses and artists had all undergone plastic surgery. However, most of the idols do not regret the decision they made because their face and body becomes their source of living in the k-pop culture industry. The desire for beauty "comes down to people losing their own identity" and "that's why they treat their body as a product and lose the meaning of who they are."The k-pop entertainment industry becomes an influence to the younger generations.
In the documentary The K-Pop Effect, a young high school graduate named Hwain is given the opportunity to attain double eyelids through plastic surgery by her very own mother as a graduation gift. The young girl desires to look like korean stars and celebrities because they are "pretty like dolls" and she sees them "as a standard of what is beautiful". Her mother believes that the plastic surgery procedure will make her daughter feel more confident. The documentary then ends with Hwain leaving the plastic surgery facility looking jolly and extremely positive with her new eyelids.
Also, in the documentary The K-Pop effect the female singer with a naturally talented voice can most definitely sing with her band. Unfortunately she suffers from criticism due to society's perception of beauty. The female singer tells the journalist, "They like my voice but not my appearances...they occasionally me tell they don't like my teeth." The message is clear when the female singer is told she can sing but she needs to change the way she looks. You must look appealing and also have talent.
The documentary allows me to reflect on our society and question the value of beauty. What happened to the famous quote "You are beautiful in every single way, shape, and form"? It is shocking to see a mother agree to allow her own daughter to undergo plastic surgery. It is a shame to see a mother agree that double eyelids make people prettier. It is a shame to see a mother not tell her own daughter she is beautiful the way she is. Apparently, beauty is everything.
Sources:
http://www.seoultouchup.com/korean-plastic-surgery-statistics/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjWqshVF5lA
In the documentary The K-Pop Effect, a young high school graduate named Hwain is given the opportunity to attain double eyelids through plastic surgery by her very own mother as a graduation gift. The young girl desires to look like korean stars and celebrities because they are "pretty like dolls" and she sees them "as a standard of what is beautiful". Her mother believes that the plastic surgery procedure will make her daughter feel more confident. The documentary then ends with Hwain leaving the plastic surgery facility looking jolly and extremely positive with her new eyelids.
Also, in the documentary The K-Pop effect the female singer with a naturally talented voice can most definitely sing with her band. Unfortunately she suffers from criticism due to society's perception of beauty. The female singer tells the journalist, "They like my voice but not my appearances...they occasionally me tell they don't like my teeth." The message is clear when the female singer is told she can sing but she needs to change the way she looks. You must look appealing and also have talent.
The documentary allows me to reflect on our society and question the value of beauty. What happened to the famous quote "You are beautiful in every single way, shape, and form"? It is shocking to see a mother agree to allow her own daughter to undergo plastic surgery. It is a shame to see a mother agree that double eyelids make people prettier. It is a shame to see a mother not tell her own daughter she is beautiful the way she is. Apparently, beauty is everything.
Sources:
http://www.seoultouchup.com/korean-plastic-surgery-statistics/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjWqshVF5lA
Lisa, this is a great post. You do a great job incorporating research, and I really like your conclusion. You integrate quotations very well in this post. Good job. In future posts, be sure to cite the sources of your textual evidence in your text. Each time you use a quote, you need to tell your reader where it comes from. This will be very important for your junior research paper, but in this post, it is not a big deal.
ReplyDeleteThere are some technical issues with the writing that I want to point out. If you could avoid these, you would write a model post - an example for others to follow. Here are some things to think about. First, the verbs "seek" and "crave" are transitive verbs. They should not be followed by the preposition "for." Second, do you capitalize Korean or not? You do it both ways in this post. Same thing with "Effect." Third, this phrase "through plastic surgery by her very own mother" is written incorrectly. Technically, this means that Hwain's mother performed the surgery. You have to be careful where you place prepositional phrases, because they have the potential to change the meaning of the entire sentence.
Regardless, there are a lot of really good things with this post.