Entertainment Made By North Korea
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1. Addendum: I'm currently looking into ways to categorize and share all the movies/music/tv shows/channels I found during research. For now: if there's anything from this video you'd like to watch for yourself, leave a comment/send me an email, and I'll provide a link!
2. Wanna listen to Funky's recording of "that" North Korean rock band at the end? Enjoy! https://youtu.be/Q05d_mX5hwU
3. I may eventually released the full 9 hour version of the video. Bad news, it won't be for awhile. Good news, I promise it won't be behind a Patreon paywall or something. Maybe the subchannel. But....
4....If you'd like to see the full Collision in Korea segment I had to cut for copyright issues, here you go: https://youtu.be/sFh5R9XwiiE
5. Recommended channels/reading:
StreeterSweeper's excellent video on the difficulties of studying North Korea: https://youtu.be/WdEL1m8PhYo (It's one of my favorite YouTube videos of all time, please check it out!)
North Korea Uncovered https://www.youtube.com/@NorthKoreaUncovered
DPRK Explained https://www.youtube.com/c/DPRKExplained
Jacco Zwetsloot's wonderful thesis on NK comics, "North Korean Comics and their Visual Language in the Work of Ch’oe Hyŏk" https://t.co/fAB98iYYO6
6. Additional Sources List/Recommended Reading/Accounts from the March can be found here: https://pastebin.com/7X2QJsc5
7. Corrections/Notes
- The Kim Il Sung "cameos" were actually performed by several actors, not Kim Il Sung himself. I phrased it REALLY badly in the video by comparing it to Stan Lee cameos, that's my bad.
- Quite a few users have pointed out, I was 100% wrong about the Simba/Kimba White Lion comparison! If you'd like to learn more, YMS has a terrific video explaining the situation, (https://youtu.be/G5B1mIfQuo4)
- In later seasons of Squirrel and Hedgehog, the real-world country comparisons become a lot more cut and dry. I should have talked a bit more about that.
- The "Now You Realize This Means War" comic seems to be a fake. What a terrible, wonderful relief. (I'll credit the user who mentioned this once I get their approval!)
- Thanks to @derbydali for pointing out that Shonen Mowgli Jungle Book and Robin Hood were produced in Japan, and only distributed by MondoTV.
- @hogziller pointed out that the train game was a minigame Uriminzokkiri apparently took from Railroad Tycoon 3.
- Some people have pointed out that in the 2000s, Squirrel and Hedgehog really began leaning heavily into more obvious parallels (the wolves are America, bears are Russia, etc.) and I think that's true, but I maintain that in the 70s and 80s, the characters were more representations of general ideas and not specific countries. Just my opinion though!
If I missed something, please let me know and I'll add it to the list!
Chapters
00:00 Welcome to the Show
I’ve seen this like 4 times it’s so good
02:07 Setting the Stage (1910-1945)
06:51 A Split Audience (1945-1950)
I must be getting comment baited. After researching the racial allegories of Squirrel and Hedgehog one would know that the wolves later on in the series were the Americans, not the weasels.
Great video.
21:39 Lights, Camera, Ambush! (1950-1953)
36:26 Retcons (1953-1958)
i just watched this whole thing for the 5th time. Paper thank U for this! fenomenal work
57:45 Blockbuster (1958-1970)
01:25:46 Classics (1970-1980)
02:06:37 Studio Rivalries (1980-1990)
03:37:24 Poor Ticket Sales (1990-1994)
03:54:24 Flop (1994-2000)
04:26:29 Sharing the Spotlight (2000-2007)
How do I play the train game
04:51:52 Failing on Stage (2007~)
05:19:13 Curtain Call
For Sources/Recommended Channels/Further Reading/Links mentioned in the video/ Etc. please check the pinned comment.
i get sad when i finish the video :(
More User Perspectives
oh this is my SHIT you’re doing the lord work hell yeah
@vermillionsoundWatching this again to combat my anger over the new call of duty game being completely disrespectful and completely inaccurate about the situation between North Korea and South Korea. Gonna crochet or color or something.
@titansaintNorth Korean Party 🔥🗣🗣
@Preston-s5x4kBro went from talking about horrific real life issues happening to real people in order to transition to a sponsor.
@BPKWHI love having terrible memory because I can rewatch this video so often
@christaahmad3759where do i find a north korean wife
@DanielCaballero-z6vI've been on YouTube daily since Xs adventures in Minecraft back in 2010. Of all the countless videos I've seen here, this has to be my favorite. It's like a doctoral thesis dressed as straight entertainment.
@apmanable-w5mRewatching this while I work on my art homework🙏 probably my favorite video essay on YouTube
@helterskelterproductionsThis might be one of the best videos I have ever seen.
I'm on my 4th rewatch currently
2:50:35 based
@SwagLord4444You do such a great job handing such delicate and potentially depressing topics. Great work.
@Spaceycat31I love rewatching this thing
@airplane-girl13I don’t think it’s that ridiculous or comically evil to show American soldiers running down a blind little girl. I mean, that jeep sure is no Tomahawk missile, but damnit, those American soldiers had to make do with the tools they had at the time!
@Adri-ana-n-DanaI don't know what happened he just said "Good old crowd pleaser squeezer" and I hit the floor
😂😂😂
I want a longer version of this, a director's cut if you will
😂😂😂
Please sir spare some 12 hour content for a hungry beggar???
This video was wonderful holyyyy
@snthenightvisitor245The fucking doves at the Olympics kills me
@abroadskiThere's a lot of great phrases in this script, but "My favorite hidden hero apple harvesting film" is possibly the best.
@LilyLewis7712:36:11 KARLOVY VARY BABYYYYY, czechia again🔥
@azureart.1751:33 czechiaaa rahhhhhhhhhh best country itw, just be aware of babis, spd, fico and pellegrini
@azureart.17I was opening this video thinking that ill end the video in twenty minutes😭
@azureart.17I just tried watching 'Our Home Village' last night. I couldn't even make it through without skipping several scenes cause it was so boring. Respect to Paper Will for having to sit through every piece of North Korean media while I couldn't even do one lol.
@genesisknight9948My favorite takeaway from this is we are all united in our hatred of landlords
@Clockwork-Rat4:38:10 as a percussionist, I immediately agree with you
@matowekleshmitz2921The ending genuinely made me cry. It's clear that Paper put so much effort into this video, and it shows. He condemns the government and doesn't conflate it with the people's will.
@bonkathesillyFlower Girl sounds like the Avatar of North Korean Filmmaking lol. Mediocre plot with high production value turning it into a generational hit
@bowardwoward222:59:08 BEST Part of the video
@Spookyflapaper, please do the entertainment of Turkmenistan
@abdulkarimkhalifatullah1019The poetry of North Korea making "Red Dawn" first.
@AuxNaux3:53:02 love the censored forehead touch
@Feldrarone hour in and loving it! Thank you for your hard work on this!
@knusperli1:14:39 now that’s a classic ultra man level crotch shot
@Weird_looking_therian5:05:16 Hey! It looks like North Korea is friends with China after all!
. . . . what do you mean that's not Xi Jinping?
its insane to me that this documentary in 2024 doesnt mention the backslide into starvation that started in the covid era, when they did more severe lockdowns of the borders. North korea has been trapped in a march style starvation for the last 5 or so years, and all of the food smuggling operations that kept them alive in the first one, have been destroyed down to bare minimum medicine smuggling that is still too low throughput to save people from dying.
@ponivii watched this entire video in one go bc my hyper fixation is north korea but usually people don’t have a nuanced take on it like you do. it’s either of extremes. but this was 10/10
@maxim7107Are you still making videos?
@littleoldtatiI knew nothing about North Korea before I watched this. After several viewings, I seem to know more than most people I talk to. This is great stuff man. Ive truly learned alot about the Korean War and the DPRK. Keep it up.
@phanboysmagoria8318Casey seems really happy and that makes me happy
@LiamMeara5:24:17 What is this song in the end credits?
@MrFizz-27