The Reality of Reality Shows

An old article from Busker Busker

Made It In Ohio: How Bradley Ray Moore Accidentally Conquered K-Pop

Thousands of Americans would willingly go through hell to become a K-Pop star. The one guy who made it didn't even mean to.

www.vice.com

I am betting things would have only gotten worse, than better.

Evil editing, vote manipulations would be the least of it. K-pop industry is not at all a nice place, yet strangely the victims - idols, are themselves the poster boys/girls of the industry.

Also saw another article about how the ISAC show is an enormous drain on the groups, paid nothing, they still have to spring for the fans who come to the event and stuck there of the long hours of shooting etc., get flak if already struggling groups don't provide "goodies" etc.

Truly to get to be a trainee, then debut, then be a success, then have any degree of creative input, then have some semblance of control over schedules/contracts.

I now get why IU is so respected in the industry, not because of artistry, success etc., but because she rather quickly broke free of the system, before it broke her or going broke. That is probably why she is a role model, than anything.

Quote from tetetete

its weird how you always use the struggles faced by kpop artists to show them to be beneath other korean artists rather than showing sympathy towards them and wishing for things to change for the better for kpop artists...

and yeah, good for iu i guess

eh.. I wrote they are "victims", isn't that sympathy?

And where did I ever say that they are beneath other artists? Every field has its own struggles, but this is specific to Kpop and there is no comparison made in the article or my comments.

Quote from tetetete

and yeah, my response is also based on your comments in the other whyknock thread

Then respond there, I don't remember me ever disrespecting idols. I critique industry or trends, rarely individuals. Seems you are reading it with some bias.

I can't help, if you aren't responding on the relevant thread.

Quote from quarkie

Yes that's typically how the entertainment industry works in every country.

Pretty much. Reminds me of the early 1900s of Western Entertainment industry, there are even cases today.