[Trans] 100621 The Truths And Fallacies Of Idols In Musicals
The idol wind is blowing on the musical industry. Idols are knocking onthe musical industry’s door with stars like SES’ Bada (Choi Sung Hee)and Ok Joo Hyun, both already recognized as talented musical actresses,Big Bang’s Daesung, TVXQ’s Xiah Junsu and U-Know Yunho, GirlsGeneration’s Taeyeon, Super Junior’s Sungmin and Yesung, and AfterSchool’s Jung Ah being cast as lead roles in productions. One shouldconsider carefully, however, of whether or not the entrance of idols inmusicals is necessarily a positive change.
□The Power of Idols, a String of Sold Out Performances
Thebiggest strength that idol stars bring to the musical industry is theirticket power. Most of the time, the mere fact that an idol star isappearing in a musical will bring a string of sold out performances.
‘Mozart!’, which cast Xiah Junsu as its lead, experienced this whenthey grabbed everyone’s attention with their online ticket reservationsite crashing the first day ticket sales began due to a sudden influxof people; this continued on to every single show being sold out.Recently, ‘The Sun’s Song’ experienced the same effect from Taeyeon.
A production representative of ‘Mozart!’ stated that the casting of anidol star is one that cannot be denied because it breathes life intothe industry and presents a great opportunity to promote the musical.
But the charm of casting an idol with ticket power goes both ways insuch a situation as for a star, a musical is a brilliant opportunity.As musicals require multiple talents such as singing, dancing, andacting, they can become stepping stones for stars who wish to broadentheir horizons.
□The ‘Hallyu Wave’ has reached the Musical Industry
Justbecause a musical is done in Korean, doesn’t mean that the audiencewill be Korean too. With the appearance of idols on the musical stagecame Japanese and Chinese fans flocking to Korea to watch. Productionteams began to turn their attention to ‘Hallyu marketing’ in the Asianmarket by creating leaflets in different languages or showingpromotional clips overseas.
‘Hong Gil Dong’, which featured Yesung and Sungmin from ‘Star of Asia’Super Junior, was held at the Woori Finance Art Hall between Februaryand April and attracted over 800 people from Asia.
Following this, the production team Seoul Symphony Orchestra uploadedpromotional videos in Japanese on Japanese websites and went knockingon the doors of overseas markets.
‘The Brothers were Brave’, SHINee’s Onew’s debut musical, createdleaflets specially for Japanese fans in their native language. Anaverage of fifteen Japanese tourists watched every performance sincethe show began in April. Promotional information, such as a descriptionof the performance and photos, have been distributed to them.
□An audience who wants a High Quality Performance
Even fans don’t want their idol singers to appear on stage if theyhaven’t prepared enough or lack the necessary skills. The reason thatproduction companies cannot go over the top when casting idol stars isbecause if idols forcefully appear frequently in musicals, the qualityof the performance may drop. There is also the stereotype embeddedwithin the minds of the public that a performance with a celebrity castcan’t be a high quality show.
However, it is a reality that idol stars cannot completely focus onmusical rehearsals as they have their own busy schedules to complete.
There are quite a few examples of musicals that failed to attract alarge crowds because an idol star could not practice or participate inrehearsals due to their busy schedule which resulted in a drop inquality of the overall show along with criticism of the idol star fortheir unstable singing and lacking acting skills.
One musical representative stated, “It is true that there are manycases where the stars practice so little that they constantly worrywhether or not they will make a mistake on stage,” and “It’sfrustrating at times because we cannot demand that they focuscompletely on the musical because we know how packed their schedulesare.”
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100623 Dream Team Recording Minho wearing hairband with Eunhyuk
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me cuma mampu geleng kpala je tgk nih....
nasib bek hairband tu brand nike...sape la yg soh dia pakai tu...
cordi noona TT__TT
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soompier kata....
Today is Sang Baek Umma's D-Day!! Maybe it'smakeover day for the SHINee boys! Since so far they haven't changedtheir hairstyles yet ㅋㅋㅋ I'm so excited!! We're counting on you!!
madus~~
porem shinee down rasa nya...dorg ade bgtau kalo x salah....
tgh upgrade kot...lgpon dah nak kambek nih dorg slalu wat keja maintenance
lagi2 standby ngan layout baru nanti...
minho ngan hairband mmg klakar me tgk....
motip? me rasa maybe dia akan tuko pesen rambut time kambek..so kna manfaatkan rambut lama tu puas2...
ke dia dah lama bhajat nak pkai hairband tu bila key pakai time zaman juliette hahahhaa
cuma segan je kot...dan me pasan sejak akhir2 nih suka bena la tutup aurat kat lengan hahahaha
madus~~
porem shinee down rasa nya...dorg ade bgtau kalo x salah....
tgh upgrade kot...lgpon dah n ...
just_aku Post at 24-6-2010 10:26
owhh yeke.. mebila kot.. lagi2 nak kambek nih. byk mende kna buat*tetibe*
me pung pasan skang ske tutup2 aurat.. ke sbb kat sana dh panas dia tkt tgn jd hitam*speku*
pape pung.. pki camtuh wat me rs nk pgg lengan dia tuh gyahh~
arini dorg ngan HSB.. x sabar nk tgk pesen rambut dorg.. dugen2~
owhh yeke.. mebila kot.. lagi2 nak kambek nih. byk mende kna buat*tetibe*
me pung pasan skang ske ...
smaj Post at 24-6-2010 14:44
bdsrkan pengalaman bertahun2 ngan dorg *mcm la lama sgt*
asal dorg dah mula pakai caps ngan beanie sume....harus la kita saspek....
lgpon esok lusa mesti dah start shooting mv ngan kaber shoot...
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6 / 23-25 shooting jacket, shooting and myubi (tentative) 7.6 teasers released (planned)
Copyright Association Registration (tentative) 7.8 Source release (scheduled) 7.9 Music video released (planned) Broadcast Music Bank (pending)
7.10 syoeumakjungsim first broadcast (Tentative) 7 / 12 album (scheduled)
bajet seminggu kmdn la album....
sbb tu ramai soompier kata dorg ngan HSB bbrp hari nih...lgpon HSB kat tweet ade citer...
nk speku rambut dorg?
me rasa x de la rambut cendawan...musim gel rambut nih ngan eyeliner huahahaha
apekah shinee pon akan ikut gak....
baju me no komen sbb pak hasangbek nih unpredictable...
Me tatau nak moyan kat mana. Tapi petang tadi me ada mimpi yg aneh sket. Mimpi pasal bang long. Yg heran tu rambut dia dah lain. Me tak reti nak describe cam ne. Tapi rambut dia ada kaler merah-merah sket kat hujung-hujung belah depan. Cam Victoria f(x) pye merah. Tapi mmg nampak hensem giler la. Me mimpi me gi bersiar-siar kat satu pulau. Me baget kat Malaysia sbb sumer org kat situ cakap bahser melayu kan Pastu check in hotel, bukak tv. Ada satu rancangan hiburan tempatan. Ada bang long tgh nyanyi2 dlm kete. Yg pelik nyer tu bang long nyanyi lagu melayu. Lagu apa me tatau sbb me tak penah dengar pun. Masa tu me bantai ternganga sbb pelik giler. Dia pakai baju cam biasa jek. Cam zaman replay pye baju pun ada gak. Bukan baju power ranger. Tapi baju masa MV tu. Yg pakai jeket hitam tu. Muka hensem. Rambut cam yg me tulis kat atas.
Me tatau nak moyan kat mana. Tapi petang tadi me ada mimpi yg aneh ...
HideGulz Post at 24-6-2010 21:42
me dah lama x mimpi pasal retis nih...
smpat gak bang long selit dlm mimpi...nynyi lagu melayu ekkkk...
description mmg x ble blah ler nih...lagi2 pulau tu
me rasa bdsrkn mimpi mung....bang long xkan wat hilite kat ujung lagi....
skrg me speku....salah sorg akan blonde...hahahah...mgkn 2 org?
kalo x blonde mesti kaler nk oren2 hahahaha...
hmm....blondkey?
btw....mung dlm mimpi penuh ksopanan je bunyi huahahaha
wakakakak.... mimpi penuh ksopanan ?!?! wakaka... ni 1st time me mimpi bang long. Ntah ngape. Maybe me tido kat meje opis ni berhadapan ngan kalendar July gambo bang long kot. Tu yg bang long dari kalender transfer masuk mimpi
Me pun tak baget bang long kaler rambut lagik. Kalo blonde me baget bang ipar kot. Sbb dia blum pernah blonde kan? Yg lelain dah penah blonde (zaman Romeo). Tp dlm mimpi me bang long pye rambut hitelite nyer sikit jek. Tak macam masa RDD. ALmost setengah rambut depan dia dikalerkan.
Me paling nebes ngan rambut BB. Me harap rambut dia tak macam masa Romeo. Me lebih rela style cendawan berbanding Romeo... wuwuwuuw
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