The King and the Clown - REMINDER
Sejong Society
Wednesday, July 26th @ 6pm
The King and the Clown is a 2005 South Korean film, adapted from the
2000 Korean play titled "Yi", ("You") about Yeongsangun of Joseon, a
Joseon dynasty king who falls in love with a court clown who mocks him.
The movie is based on a small passage from the Annals of the Josoen
Dynasty that briefly mentions the king's favorite clown. It is the
highest grossing (over $85,000,000 in domestic receipts) Korean film in
history with 12.3 million viewers, surpassing total admissions of
Silmido and Taegguki. Production costs were relatively modest for a
Korean film, approximately $4.5 million dollars. The film explores the
themes of gender identity and sexuality in Joseon Korea as well as
Korean traditional theatre, and the relationship between the two.
Location: Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Benjamin T. Rome Builiding
Rome Auditorium - 1st Floor
1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Time: 6:00 PM
Panelists: Christian Oh, President of Asian-Pacific American Films,
Inc.
Hyunjun Min, Washington D.C. Korean Film Festival
After the film, there will be commentary from Mr. Oh and Mr. Min
discussing the film itself, and the impact The King and the Clown has
had on South Korean society.
Pizza, snacks, and desert will be catered for this event, so please
RSVP to Dae-woo Lee at dw4...@gmail.com, so that everyone can be served
refreshments.
Thank you, and we hope to see everyone there!
The Sejong Society
sejongs...@gmail.com