To be, or not to be: that is the question.
Now, I don’t know about slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, but it often makes you wonder: if you were about to hang yourself, would such determination surpass every other sudden physical and/or spiritual concern? Like, for instance, if some rather pressing bowel movements assaulted this final little mission of yours, how would you react? Such momentous dilemma is what afflicts Jung Jae-Young’s “Mister Kim” in ?? ??? (Castaway on the Moon), the latest work from ???? ??? (Like a Virgin)‘s Lee Hae-Joon. It’s the ultimate irony: a man finds the cojones to say goodbye to all the nefarious occurrences which had so far been plaguing his existence, but that blind and elusive goddess known as providence ends up turning every attempt into a disaster.
Kim first chooses the most conventional of suicide techniques, jumping off a bridge into the Han River, like one of the poor bastards who became the little monster’s hors d’œuvre in ?? (The Host). Result? He ends on Bamseom, one of Seoul’s most peculiar sights: a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of one of the world’s most populated metropolitan areas, overlooking the mecca of Korean TV, Yeouido. You’d think people would find out about such peculiar castaway, particularly considering that the islet has been off-limits to the populace ever since 1999, for the sake of natural preservation. But no, he’s completely, utterly ignored. And then his second suicide attempt is blessed with the impending and uncompromising gravitas of stomach convulsions. Which brings back the question. To be, or not to be.
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