[BRIEF NOTE] Does pop culture translate well? How can it?

[rfmcdonald]

One interesting thing about the Sunny Dragon is that its walls house flatscreen televisions which show Korea Broadcasting System television shows. Last night, some sort of New Year's show was on, apparently a combination of reality television and a talent show. At 8 o'clock, it was followed by a show in sitcom format that combined light comedy, romance, and a murder mystery. The shows were interesting to watch, but I completely lacked any cultural reference points that would have made the popular culture--the music, the jokes, the clothing--intelligible. Hopefully my fellow diners had a better sense than me of what was going on; I just looked at the colourful pictures on the nice flatscreens