The Story of Yoduk Story

These free tickets were no ordinary free tickets, I'll start by saying that. There were three different sections of theatre. One was the nose bleeds for 30 bucks (experience the musical entirely through the medium of sound), the middle section for 50 bucks (not bad, but you're still squinting), and VIP for 80 freaking bucks!!!! Well, as you may have guessed, YongHee and I were sitting on 160 dollars worth of chair, right in the sixth row of the whole Olympic Auditorium. YEAH BABY!

I would have taken pictures, but it wasn't allowed, so just try to imagine a stage full of people dressed in North Korean uniforms, dancing and twirling flags/weapons, singing about what a living hell North Korea is, and smiling, all to the backdrop of a Giant hammer and sickle. You got that image? Now throw in some throbbing techno beats. Yeah, that's about right. It was great fun and almost exactly like what an American musical would be, minus the occasional techno song of course. I probably would have had more fun if they weren't projecting the English to one side of the stage. Not knowing would have been so sweet.

Here, if t's any consolation I'll throw in these packaged photos not of my experience but of the same tour with the same people. Maybe this will help spur the visualization.