Why part-time? Performers don't work full-time. Yet these kids work HARD to get to their first release, and that is just the beginning.
Jung Tae Kyung is a wildly successful and famous music producer (think Dr. Dre or Phil Spector) who retires after questioning what it all means. He was lost, he explains later. As the show starts, he knows where to go again. He's back in the studio parking lot looking like a wandering peasant that got lost from the set of a historical drama - turban and all. He's been cloistered at a Hindu temple for 8 years, so he's almost like a newborn. Lowkey? He pees sitting down, now! {He grandstands to his partner: "How many changes can the world have within the span of 8 years? Has NK developed nuclear missiles? Has AI taken over Go? Why make a big fuss as if the nation has been turned upside down?" The answer: 'NK does have nukes, AI has overtaken Go, and our country did turn upside-down due to impeachment.' Dude was spared all that anxiety by living in a Hindu Temple. There's something to be said for that}
Like a person who has sincerely turned h/h life around by way of faith, he immediately gravitates to the lost causes at the agency: A pathetic attention seeker, a girl with stage fright (she's an excellent singer - alone - in the bathroom), another girl who suddenly can't hit the high notes anymore (she will draw first blood), and a very talented missy with a personality too hissy - anger management issues to boot. This motley crew is gathered into a room where they surmise that the agency has decided to fire them. Next, HE enters. "I'm going to make you idols," he announces. "Who are you?," they ask.
PTI is a 2017 release that is rated 7.4 on MAL. It is 1 season consisting of 5 35-minute episodes, so it's about the length of a long movie. This appears to be a show that's geared towards the young-at-heart. It has simple plot lines, writing, characters, and very simple solutions. Problems are wrapped up in an afternoon, the bad guys give up easily (not wanting to be /that/ evil) and the group becomes like family. It's shallow, but it's all in good clean fun, and it's a nice escape for young teens and tweens. Adults take a condescending attitude towards things that are simple, but complicated ain't better. For kids everything is simple. Don't lie. Don't steal. Be kind. Forgive. As adults we know the world is more complicated than that... Why? Did lying, stealing, and meanness suddenly become okay, or are we making all sorts of compromises to manage the world and justify doing what we want to do? Things are usually simple, and kids often have it right. It's adults who cast shadows on things. In PTI we'll meet a guy who chose the wrong path. He decided to betray his friend and the whole company in order for profit and power, but he relented when it got to a certain point. Instead of staying on the course he had chosen, he backed up and did not go-for-the-win-to-the-bitter-end. Is it more childish to stick with our bad decisions and try to win at all costs, or is it more childish to simply stop and reconsider?
The art direction lightens the mood. In ep1 when they show up at their new digs, their wardrobe and suitcases create a cacophony of color that assaults the eyes, yet somehow lightens the mood. Some of the music is pretty good. One would think that's automatic, but we've all seen features about the music industry in which the music isn't good, so good for them. PTI only manages mild humor; The bathroom humor misses the target in ep2. The cast are all young and beautiful, and not merely cookie-cutter pretty. Lee Su Hyun is not waif thin and her head is 50% larger than the ones of rest of the cast, yet she is beautiful. Her smile is radiant starlight, and her jet-black straight hair is the type that I've always found most attractive. She evokes a gentleness and genuine spirit that comes from within.
In summary, PTI is quite a bit like pop music: It's sweet, simple, and it sticks to the surface. Sometimes, that's exactly what we need.
〰🖍 IMHO
📣6 📝5 🎭7 💓5🦋5 🌞5 🎨6 ⚡3 🎵/🔊7.4 😅3 😭3 😱1 😯3 😖2 🤔2 💤2 🔚5
Age 10+ with this caution:
The topic of suicide is introduced. This creates a good opportunity to discuss it with your kids, as the painful aftermath never fully resolves. SK, a country of around 50M people, is overachieving on the world stage. One reason for that is because their society is so heavily pressured. Common themes in SK entertainment are: Study, exams, domineering parents, expectations, a rigid caste system where many are shut out, vicious gossip, and suicide. All of this exists everywhere, but SK is a hothouse where it really thrives resulting in the 4th highest suicide rate in the 🌏, w/ students & elderly @ 🔝risk. The rest of the developed 🌎 isn't close. This is, quite simply, a pride problem. "Asian mother" has become a cliche for a toxic parent because of the way kids are pressured to elevate the family and make everyone look good. There's kids that are self-motivated, and kids that need a little help. Our son needed to be pushed every step of the way. The key is that it's always supposed to be about the child, what is good for the child, what will assist that human in developing into the best version of h/hself. The goal is supposed to be helping that person realize h/h potential in order to live the fullest life. It's never supposed to be about making the parents or the family look good. That's a poison that not only rots the family, but also the community, leaving destruction in its wake. Thus the suicide. In 🇺🇸 we have the opposite problem, having become a country of mindless, rutting underachievers. Too many parents are too absorbed with their own lives, leaving the kids floundering and aimless. Thus, the problems we have. Feeling nothing but a bleak emptiness has kids in the USA sacrificing their lives to reckless pursuits in an effort to escape meaninglessness. Balance is hard because humans have a tendency to take things too far. Not being balanced naturally, we must make a constant effort to walk the sunlit path. The first stepping stone on the path has this inscription: "It's not about you and what you can get from this. It's about love." The more love you invest, the more love is returned. While always kind, love isn't always soft, though. Love does the necessary things. It's about shaping this person into a hard working, caring, beneficial member of society. Then love multiplies.
Re-📺?
This one's in the good-to-pass-the-time category, but I may never pass this way again....
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