South Korean Comedy's Misogyny Machine

“Ugly and fat” is one of her most marketable characteristics. She talks openly about her weight and invites guffaws for saying that even her tongue is fat. She makes passes at sexy male celebrities, which people think is funny, because — duh — it’s a fat and ugly woman flirting with handsome men. Lee Guk-joo is one of the most popular comedians in South Korea. She makes a lucrative living by selling her appearance. Unlike many other female stars, who vie for the seat of Aphrodite by enhancing t