The Cute, Generous One herself (source)
So Moon Geun-Yeong, the Korean pop-star whom I have lampooned before (I even feel a bit bad about that now), just went from “really, really annoying” (she featured in literally every single commercial break I saw in the summer of 2006) to “over-exposed, but kinda cool” when news came out that she was the donor sending large amounts of money to Community Chest Korea, a charitable organization. . . anonymously. Not with a shining light on her back saying, “Look! I’m a good person! Buy my merchandise! Pay no attention to the rumors that I throw furniture if restaurants don’t serve me quickly enough!” A. No. Ny. Mous. Ly. God bless her bright, squirrelly eyes, even as they stare at me from the side of every fifth bus in Seoul.
Hopefully, this kind of celebrity leadership leads to copycatting behaviour from Korea’s youth, rather than some other recent celebrity trends.
A mini-retrospective on her cutest/most annoying TV spots:
selling pizza with crab on it…
my personal favorite…
And finally, encouraging soccer fans to move around a bit during the 2006 World Cup…
Respect, Ms. Moon.
(crossposted at Roboseyo)
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