Murder-Suicide Friday over on Poptimists: Brown Eyed Girls ABRACADABRA

[koganbot]

Nothing problematic about this one, at least for me, except to wonder why sullen passion is captivating in this video when I wouldn't find it sexy in real life. Ga-In is gorgeous, of course, with her chiseled, chilled prettiness. Narsha's made up as her twin, and the fierceness between them is stronger than anything they might feel for the guy.

Even though I've watched the thing about twenty times, the ending still holds me: Ga-In with her smirking malevolence, her look saying, "Oh, you're going to kiss me too? Yes. My animal power." And then the focus on Narsha, smooth and blank, way more deadly. I assume Ga-In doesn't realize it's a kiss of death.

"Brown Eyed Girls 'Abracadabra'" (Watch on YouTube)

Any thoughts regarding:

--The picture on the wall (seems to depict the 18th century, a hat, a parlor? a sitting room? a boudoir?)
--The shiny modern apartment in muted tones (as a place to have sex?)
--The dog? Someone walks a dog down the hallway.

The director, Hwang Su-a, fades her shots in and out at the start, giving us a lot of information but making the scene feel indolent and ominous, despite the fast cuts. Then, as the electrocution device is prepared, the cuts get sharper, and we click into the song.

Rihanna, call your manager.

Comments

[koganbot]

Ga-In comes across totally different in "Irreversible," so either she can actually act, or she has the sort of appearance that takes on whatever meaning a director surrounds her with. "After the success of the album, two members were selected for popular variety shows in Korea. Ga-in has appeared on We Got Married with 2AM's Jo Kwon since September 2009." Seems to be an utterly ridiculous reality show, from the Wikip description:

The show pairs up Korean celebrities to show what life would be like if they were married. Each week, couples are assigned missions to complete, with candid interviews of the participants to reveal their thoughts and feelings.

Sample episode:

After a Brown Eyed Girls performance, Ga-In is taken to Gumi and finds her husband to be 2AM's Jo Kwon disguised in a mongoose costume. After revealing his identity through his infamous rendition of the Abracadabra dance, they set off to find their new home, which to their horror is revealed to be a container box.

[askbask.livejournal.com]

A ridic concept that's hard to categorize. Celebs doing flirty things that have very little to do with a marriage. Some of the fake couples just play for laughs, like Ga-In and hubby. With others it seems like a regular dating show. This is what I wrote at the ILX thread when talking about the spin-off song JK and Ga-In did:

The audience gets a romance that feels half way between make-believe and reality, where you're not really sure what's what, some couples getting closer to each other than others and one previous actor couple ending up as real-life partners afterwards. [For idols] some speculate that this is an excuse to date - they can set up a wish list to the producers of people they want to be coupled with. I concluded that it's entertaining because it's awkward.

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[koganbot]

They actually seem very natural, and safe.

[askbask.livejournal.com]

Yes, the awkwardness has come from others.

[koganbot]

Here's the video askbask had embedded (Adam Couple Irreversible Dance):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQESwuIj-3s