Oblivious

I decided to give in and check out what this EXO fad was all about (a boy group in Korea/China).  Four months ago when several zit-faced adolescent girls enthusiastically explained some nonsense about EXO-K and EXO-M having superpowers, coming from different planets, losing their memory and living on Earth thinking they were human, that was it for me.  I thought to myself, I would rather read twilight.  Well, not really.  

But I did want to ask how these idiots failed to see the marketing ploy behind having two groups, one singing in Korean (EXO-K) and the other in Mandarin (EXO-M), to the identical tune. I also wanted to ask whether their superpowers included interspecific intercourse (or extraterrestrial intercourse?), but decided in favor of my better judgment.

Mockery demystifies, but also angers.  One ought to use it sparingly.

Anyway, I watched the video and I must admit, embarrassingly, that I was blown away.  Not by their voice (though the song is surprisingly good), nor their dance (fantastic), nor their face (don’t give a fuck, but I really needed a third example), but by the camerawork.  They only use one viewpoint throughout the entire music video.  Maybe the idea was copied but I’ve never seen such camera work before. 

So I proceeded to watch the video about 30 times, completely mesmerized.  And then I realized that I was listening to Chinese. 

I’m really glad that I’m not a pilot.  Ho Lee Fuk.