Hi guys, I thought I’d make a post summarizing the interesting stuff that was talked about in Brave Writers since under the current circumstances, it’s unlikely it will ever get subbed and i don’t want to make any more gifs of this show
And just in case some people don’t know, Brave Writers is a talk show that Eli and Soohyun went on last winter along with Laboum and some guys from NH media, and they mainly discuss about what happens in the entertainment industry behind the scenes.
Quick disclaimer: my Korean is not that great and they use a lot of high-level words in this show so it’s possible that I might have gotten something wrong—please take my words with a grain of salt (*´A｀*) This is also not a direct transcription of what they said (I just wrote down the essential info and paraphrased stuff), so please don’t take this as exact translations.
People list: U-Kiss: Eli, Soohyun Laboum: Yujeong, ZN MCs: Hyun Moo, Boom NHM: Head Manager Shim Hwa Seok, Representative Kim Myung Hoon (note: he’s a different person than CEO Kim Nam Hee) Scriptwriters: there are a lot so I’m just going to refer to them as Writers 1, 2, 3 etc
———— -This is nothing important but when Hyun Moo asked Soohyun if he was in his twenties yet, he answered, “26, the best age to get married.”
—Q: Do you have any dissatisfactions to tell the writers? Manager: When writers tell me “U-Kiss are the main this time, they have to come out on the show”, but in the end, it’s another idol that gets the spot. I know it’s an inconvenient truth, but I still get hurt by it. But it can’t be helped because the managers are at a lower position. Writer 1: They’re on the guest list/cue sheet up until a few days before the broadcast. But during then, we’re still thinking about who to include or not and we can’t decide the final results. However any way we look at it, we have to prioritize the stars that come from big companies/making their comebacks and then start considering the other companies and rookies afterwards. Boom: Because there are limited spots Writer 1: So because of that, it keeps on changing Writer 2: It’s difficult to get the stars we personally want. We have to consider the requests of all the people we know and also play according to the market.
-Writers talk about their dissatisfactions Writer 2: The worst is when stars delay their decision or their appearance but then reject it in the end. They should just say they won’t do it in the beginning! But even worse is when they say they’ll do it but they don’t come during the broadcast (looks at Manager, who then admits that there was a case like this). Boom: What do you do then? Writer 2: When they come on the show next week, we ask the stars the questions they hate the most/tell them to to the “individual talents” they hate the most…to make them really embarrassed. Basically, we get revenge. Writer 3: Another is when it doesn’t work when writers call to cast the star, but when the PD or director calls, it works.
—Q: When your casting gets rejected? Writer 1: Recently there’s a group like this, we’re just ignoring them for the whole season. Writer 4: When we call the manager and the casting doesn’t work, we call the representative. There are cases when it does work out after that, but it probably makes it awkward for the manager. Manager: There were times when I rejected them respectfully, but then they went to the higher ups and got an okay from them. Actually, I’d feel bad right?
