The Progress on Current Status of Korea Musical : Through Musical “The Laundry” to Make Korean Social Problems Stand Out

• Main Authors: Yang, Wan-Lin, 楊琬琳
• Other Authors: Tung, Tar
• Format: Others
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10013856432800266004

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 韓國語文學系 === 101 === Due to Korea's economy has taken off, the quality of life has been enhanced. People were able to afford much more on doing cultural behaviors which helped the creative industries developed; one of them is “the musical theater industry”. Korean musical includes two parts：the Licensing Musical and the Creative Musical. The objective of this thesis is doing research on the musical theatre industry in Korea, and furthermore, analyzing through Musical “The Laundry” to find Korean social problems and talk about it. The primary frame of this thesis comprising two parts: in part one, we are going to explore the musical theatre industry in Korea in-cluding its scale and development by analyzing the data; in part two, we will look through the Musical, “The Laundry” to find the social problems in Korea, analyze the questions and get examples to prove the study. Through this study, the musical theatre industry will getting expanded increasingly since the production companies, products, theaters and audience are getting more and more. A well-development musical would get a chance to become a licensing musical sold to the other countries. One of the example is Musical “The Laundry”. Through Musical “The Laundry”, we can realize Korean social questions behind the love story : the illegal dismissal and foreign workers. The research of this study would share the findings of the musical theatre industries in Korea, with a hope that the information would be of help.