the king and the clown. 왕의 남자
Thursday, June 8, 2006 by yish
Two clowns living in the Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution, but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.
opening in spore on 22june2006. and i think it was shown in korea like last yr end? wah. anw, this movie is good!! as in i tot the plot is very clever and the actors are good too. it touches on gays and quite a lot of sexual stuff so it's an NC16 show. but that's not the point. it can be seen as an artistic movie more than a commercial one. many hidden meanings here and there. only that i dunno whether it's worth like 9bucks for it.
and by the way, the king in the show is king Yeonsangun , the same king as the one in dae jang geum who had his mother killed in the first episode. not the one that like chang jin but the one they overthrown on episode 4 i think. yup.