A scene of eating “K-food” raw octopus appeared in an American drama.
Korean fans are expressing a “tragicomic” response that they may have paid homage to the raw octopus eating scene in director Park Chan-wook‘s movie “Oldboy”.
Recently, the scene of eating octopus in the American drama “The Boys” has become a hot topic on various online communities. “The Boys” is a black comedy-drama that has been airing on Amazon Prime Video since July 2019.
It is about trying to punish corruption among superheroes who enjoy the dark side of fame. The actor who performed the raw octopus eating scene is Nate Archibald. Nate Archibald has the ability to communicate with marine creatures in the drama.
Instead of rejoining as a teammate, Nate Archibald is threatened to eat octopus, his best friend who saved his life. The octopus in the drama begs Nate Archibald “Please save me”, but Nate Archibald chews it.
Korean netizens focused on the “mukbang” rather than the brutal drama content. Actor Choi Min-sik’s raw octopus mukbang in the movie “Oldboy” was also selected as the cruelest scene by foreigners.
Korean netizens are showing tragicomic reactions, such as “We don’t eat like that either. We only eat sliced raw octopus”, “Isn’t that kind of expression because there’s no oil?”, “We don’t eat octopus alive either”…
Source: Insight
