This is part of our cover series on Asian American YouTube stars. Check out our recent profiles on Wong Fu Productions, Dumbfoundead, Megan Lee, David Choi and Ryan Higa
Joe Jo and Bart Kwan / justkiddingfilms
writers, directors, comedians
It’s hard to get past the laugh-out-loud, sometimes crass and generally facetious humor, but once you do, it’s almost heartwarming to see what the boys behind Just Kidding Films are trying to do. By producing comedic videos about long-standing stereotypes, Joe Jo, 26, and Bart Kwan, 25, end up throwing up a big middle finger to everyone who thinks archaic conventions should still stand. In their Korean History videos, Jo and Kwan transform into Korean ajeoshis, complete with pama-ed wigs and golf hats, and break down why Koreans will win the World Cup (because they invented the ball), or how to get a date for Valentine’s Day (buy a Mercedes, get her drunk and then beat her). But for all their joking, this duo is just trying to keep it real. “For the majority of our videos, we try to teach some moral or lesson. [The skits] focus mostly on pursuing your dreams, to not be a female dog, and to go after what you want,” says Kwan.
By Elizabeth Eun
Photographed by Nathaniel Fu in Los Angeles.
Check out a video of JK repping Korea with Dumbfoundead and PK after the jump!
And bonus: Bart Kwan takes you behind the scenes of our cover shoot!
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“Expat Social Fallacy #2: He/She Isn’t the Problem, Korea Is…
… and that’s why, for example, he/she bitches all the time.
This second Expat Social Fallacy isn’t restricted to bitching and complaining, of course. The “difficulty” of living in Korea becomes an excuse for all kinds of behaviours: illegal, stupid, antisocial, boring, and otherwise.”
http://www.gordsellar.com/2010/04/06/expat-social-fallacies-part-2/
“why so many North Americans feel the need to come to another nation and denigrade it. Where do these instincts come from? Why would you feel that you have the right to criticize at all? Why does anyone have to defend anything to YOU? Where does your arrogance come from?”
http://roboseyo.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-do-expats-hate-korea-complain-so.html
“it takes a troll to catch a troll”
aka mudaphuka
aka “Hang GOOK person”
aka “welcome to the 21st century”,
I thought you had a life. It seems all you do is come to these forums and troll as seen through your previous comments here:
http://iamkoream.com/dog-meat-festival-cancelled-due-to-public-backlash/
At least post under your username. Coward, you can’t even do that.
dum dum troll, why don’t you watch their video “korean history?”
#1 research things before you open your mouth
#2 don’t take things out of context
#3 don’t take things so seriously
#4 learn what “inside jokes” are
#5 u a dumb nationalistic korean!
“mudaphuka” below is one angry Asian impersonating an imaginary Korean. Very bad at that.
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You 2 stupid mudaphukas not wisecrackers, you two stupid are durdy bietnameezuh, and odher guy durdy Asian. how can you being wise-CRACkERs when you are one guk and durdy asian. not korean. korea #1!!!!, how can you make fun of korea, mudaphukas? korea build samsung, better than sony; korea build hyundai cars, better than honda.
you 2 mudaphukas better say KOREA is #1!!!!!