What If You Held A Demonstration And Nobody Showed Up?
I have used this joke before in my writings. I can’t remember where it was from. I think it was from a very old article by Michael Breen, but I could be wrong. It goes like this:
An Englishman comes home and finds his wife in bed with another man. He apologizes for interrupting and quietly closes the door on his way out.
An American comes home and finds his wife in bed with another man. He pulls out a gun and shoots both his wife and the other man.
A Korean comes home and finds his wife in bed with another man. He goes and protests in front of the US Embassy.
It seems that this has happened again. Here is a picture of a particularly unfunny “gag man” named Kim Yong. By and large, Korean “gag men” (sort of a sketch comic) make me want to do just that…gag!. This is particularly true of Kim Yong. Not only do I find him completely unfunny, but he has demonstrated is own laziness and idiocy on so many levels. The picture, then the story.
THE STORY:
On 6 December 2005 at 1:00 pm, Mr. Kim held a one-man demonstration. Where was it held? Of course! He held his demonstration in front of the US Embassy. Why there?
Mr. Kim is protesting the “fact” that the movie “The 40 Year Old Virgin” was stolen from a book that he wrote. In the picture, he can be seen holding placards and wearing sign boards saying:
“UNIVERSAL, REVEAL THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR!”
“United International Pictures, why don’t you explain this video?”
“I am a citizen of the Republic of Korea!”
I wish I could see the longer one on his back, but it is hidden from view.
I don’t even want to get into the issue of why he thinks the US Embassy is the place to stage this lonely demonstration or why he thinks anyone at the embassy would even care.
A very simple internet search would have revealed to Mr. Kim that the screenplay was written by Steve Carell and Judd Apatow, and that the movie was based on a skit about a closet virgin that Steve Carell wrote “wrote years ago at Second City”, a brilliant Chicago theater troupe. (See also here, here, and here)
Mr. Kim, while you may not be surprised that there are people in the world funnier than you, and smarter than you, and can come up with a witty idea without your help, you may be somewhat shocked and dismayed that there is no chance that Steve Carell even knows who you are or that he has ever read your book. Also, unless your book was written and distributed around the US in the late 1980’s, the skit came out first. Sorry to burst your little comedic bubble, but you just may be wrong here. Regardless of whether or not you are right or wrong, you look like a pathetic fool standing out there all alone hoping someone takes your picture so that you can get in the media and maybe sell one or two copies of your book to curiousity seekers. If you REALLY feel that your idea was stolen, then put your stupid signs down and go retain the services of a law firm that will sue the snot out of everyone involved in the film.
I don’t know whether to feel angry at his arrogance or to feel pity towards him because he may actually believe that.