THE KWANG SOO QUESTION

Although we will see him until June, the time of his departure on the show is nigh. His final recording is just days ahead. May 24. I assume that because we will see him until June, because of that live show on Youtube, which was only broadcast last week. And that live show, happened a long time ago. Maybe they had a buffer of episodes to show, and that means, we will still see Kwang Soo for a few last episodes, after May. Maybe we will stop seeing him in Running Man on late June, or early July.

Now there is talks, that his slot will be filled by a new member. I somehow agree with it, and it doesn't mean replacing Lee Kwang Soo. He will be forever a family for the production, for the members, and for us viewers. He will be on the pantheon, of Running Man members, former and active. He will not be forgotten.

If they will not fill Lee Kwang Soo's slot. The inevitable thing is, the show will end. And that will have a bad psychological effect on Lee Kwang Soo. He may thought of it like, I left the show and the show ends. And I don't want the show to end. And I believe, SBS doesn't want the show to end. Philippines recently bought the rights of the format to show Running Man, through GMA. What does that mean? If the show ends, they can't sell Running Man anymore. It's both profitable in Korea still, and internationally.

Although there is denial, that they will fill Lee Kwang Soo's slot. Because of the two factors, that I laid. I think they will do. And again, I am in agreement. And now names have popped up.

I have just read the article, that Kang Hanna, and Kim Ji Suk, are rumored to fill the slot. Both have been a guest in the past. But Hanna have more appearances than him. And among the two, because of her former appearances, I like Hanna to have the slot.

Many fans though preferred Lee Sang Yeob, because of his being like Lee Kwang Soo, character wise in Running Man. He is funny too, and somewhat gullible, as a character though in TV, not in person.

But I have two candidates, that are not very popular, and maybe not practical nor conventional. Here they are:

Kang Ho Dong. His somewhat introduction to the show, almost ended it years ago. But when he knew, that Song Ji Hyo and Kim Jong Kook was unfairly being kicked out, he backed out of it. But what if not of that deal happened? Would he have been accepted back then? No one would know. And people in Korea, had been longing for a Yoo Jae Suk and a Kang Ho Dong show, that they are together. The thing is there is a chance today, for that to happen.

The second is. Lee Sun Bin. She have also appeared on the show in the past. And she is also a strong woman, that can go toe to toe with Song Ji Hyo in strength. But she is also the girlfriend of Lee Kwang Soo. If she joins the show. somewhat, somehow, it's like that Lee Kwang Soo never left at all. Do you agree with me?

Although their are many names. One will only fill the void. And it might also be, not in the names in this article of mine.

STAYING NEUTRAL

 

All of you may have known what have happened already on Israel and Gaza. It has start on an altercation on Jerusalem, that has blown out of proportion. That both sides has fire shots against each other.

The root of this conflict was from both World Wars. British and France, claimed the territories of the fallen Ottoman Empire. Palestine, was given to the British. In which they declared through the Balfour Declaration, that Palestine was to be the home for the Jewish people. Then Hitler rise to power in the 1930's, making some Jewish communities to go out of Germany. You all know what happened to those who didn't and can't escape. Some of them lived, suffered, and survived, but around 6 million of them didn't survive, from all over Nazi controlled territories.

The issue for me is this. Their are trending hashtags in social media, like #IStandWithIsrael, and #IStandWithPalestine. And some of it are from people, who are not even Israelite, nor Palestinian. Or even a Jewish and Muslim. Their are trends that you should not bandwagon. If you don't have a stake on this issue, don't join. If you're neither Israelite, nor Palestinian, don't go with the bandwagon. You will put yourself into trouble. 

I am saying this, because I am seeing some kababayans, especially on Tiktok. posting #IStandWithIsrael, but the person is in a Middle East Country.  It's not wise to do that. You might put yourself into trouble. You might say you're not in the Middle East, but still you're in a Muslim majority country, you might put yourself into trouble still.

And what is the vice versa. Their are two ethnicity who owned a lot of businesses in the world today. Its either a Chinese, or a Jew. Again you might put yourself into trouble.

Another thing is, both sides are hard to get behind. Let's say one provoke the other. It's still not right to fire those who aren't involved. And both sides did that. You see it on the news. Children are dying on both sides.

Let's hope that the hostilities cease as soon as possible. The pandemic is not yet over. And when we are destroying homes of our enemies. They can't stay home, and it will prolong this pandemic. We don't need this at the moment, or ever for that matter.