<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">There is/was of course the big musical <I>The Last Empress.</I><BR>
Big in Korea, anyway. And in the US, I think?<BR>
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In London it got some snide reviews, upsetting Koreans.<BR>
To a non-specialist the plot was unfamiliar and complex,<BR>
but I thought it was a terrific production.<BR>
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Others on this list will know far more about this.<BR>
Perhaps it was just too early (late 90s) for the <I>hallyu</I>?<BR>
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Aidan FC<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER<BR>
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In a message dated 20/01/2006 00:09:08 GMT Standard Time, eun@sfsu.edu writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>[KS] Queen Min (Myong Hwanghu) </B><BR>
Date:20/01/2006 00:09:08 GMT Standard Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:eun@sfsu.edu">eun@sfsu.edu</A><BR>
Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A><BR>
To:<A HREF="mailto:Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A><BR>
<I>Sent from the Internet </I><BR>
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I am writing a thesis which include artwork by contemporary Korean American <BR>
artists that utilize images and references to Queen Min. As a cross-<BR>
reference to popular culture, I wanted to know if there are Korean movies or <BR>
mini-series featuring the life and stories about Queen Min. I would like to <BR>
know if such examples from popular Korean culture exists.<BR>
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Eun Jung Smith<BR>
Graduate Student<BR>
Art History Department<BR>
San Francisco State University<BR>
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