The Jeongisu, professional storytellers of the late Joseon Dynasty
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  • 212 points Lost-Klaus

    Is it possible to learn this power?

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    149 points arcanehistorian

    Not from confucian scholars.

    Funny thing is that scholars themselves also wrote novels. Such as 'Mrs. Xie's journey in South' and 'Dream of Cloud Nine' from Kim Man Joong, 'Biography of Hong Gil Dong' from Heo Kyun, 'Record about Castle of Sorrow' from Im Je and so on.

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    12 points VinChaJon

    Hello fellow OSP pfp haver

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  • 294 points DefiantPosition

    Oh man I can only imagine thw frustration at that last part.

    Not gonna lie though, attending a public storytelling sessions actually sounds like it could be a lot of fun. And even be worth paying for.

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    25 points SeaAimBoo

    Podcasts got you covered tbh.

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    13 points DefiantPosition

    Yeah true. But it would be nice to physically attend such an event as well.

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    3 points JadEarth

    There are quite a lot of those around, try searching ‘storytelling events’ and see if any pop up for your area!

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    1 points DefiantPosition

    Will do. Thanks!

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    1 points Nigilij

    Theater got you covered (both indoor and outdoor ones)

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  • 127 points arcanehistorian

    In late 18th century, one of those storyteller was murdered, for the culprit, an audience was so immersed in story...

    https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kva_11408010_003

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    35 points Tactical_Moonstone

    Not sure how murdering the storyteller just before they reveal the continuation of the plot is going to help things.

    That being said, great story, though it was pretty funny having to read the hanja side to maybe kind of understand it since I can't read Korean.

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  • 72 points Recidivous

    It happens sometimes. I know there are many original stories or fanfics published online that will not release the next chapter until someone pays for it through the author's Patreon or a similar platform.

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    33 points hagamablabla

    The funniest one I've ever seen was a furry porn reposter on Newgrounds who threatened to stop unless they were paid on every post they made.

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    13 points Recidivous

    Honestly, I really dislike it when those kinds of artists become greedy.

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    26 points hagamablabla

    That's the funny thing, he wasn't even an artist. He just reposted other people's art and wanted money for it.

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    26 points Recidivous

    Wow, that is exponentially worse. Fuck that guy.

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    3 points reading-2-much_456

    The fucking audacity of that man 

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  • 19 points ImaTauri500kC

    ....What a way to get mobbed within reason.

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  • 8 points Parker813

    So that scene at the beginning of The Red Sleeves has basis after all

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  • 8 points Pichuunnn

    Nowadays we call this technique demo version, free trial, see more on patreon, battlepass, subcription,....

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    1 points Necroknife2

    Except the storyteller it's not within physical reach nowadays.

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  • 6 points LordHengar

    Not too different from other sorts of street performers. Depends on the performer obviously, but occasionally if they draw a crowd but aren't getting donations they'll stall their performance until the money starts moving.

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  • 5 points robotguy4

    You could probably do this on Twitch with HFY stories.

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  • 3 points Level_Low6101

    You can see remnants of this the way they publish manwhas.

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  • 1 points i_love_lolis_so_much

    Shamans used to sing songs and dance and most the songs had a story so this isn't a new practice for the most part. Except more profitable 

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  • 1 points AvantSolace

    This is still done today. Now it’s just in the form of audio books and fan reading videos.

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  • 1 points Broad_Project_87

    I see nothing has changed in Korea whatsoever on this front.

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  • 1 points Necroknife2

    This is so funny.

    But why would a fan attack the storyteller while he was still talking?

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