Encroachment (1)

 

Foreign audiences swallowed their saliva when they saw Kang Woo-jin or Henry Gordon in ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’.

‘What is that? The expression is creepy.’

‘It’s a surprise, the atmosphere from the beginning was······’

‘Is that how you become the first clown? But – isn’t Kang Woo-jin’s acting okay?’

‘Well, it’s not bad. It’s worthy of winning an Emmy for Best Actor.’

There were various reasons, but the common denominator was admiration. In other words, Kang Woo-jin captivated hundreds of viewers. In just 5 minutes of his appearance. However, there were those who tried hard to deny it. After all, it was only the beginning.

Kang Woo-chul, Seo Hyun-mi, and Kang Hyun-ah can’t take their eyes off the screen.

‘That’s my son? Really?’

‘Wow, Woojin… You’ve had a hard time.’

‘Wow!! Visual shock!!! Crazy!’

Around here.

-♬♪

The loud classical music faded and the screen that was showing Kang Woo-jin went black. Then, the title appeared in the center of the screen.

–< Pierrot: Birth of a Villain>

After a moment, the title disappeared and ‘Henry Gordon’ appeared on the large screen again. This time, it was in color and the grotesque appearance from before was gone. It was ‘Henry Gordon’ with a hunched back and shoulders. He was walking down the street wearing a worn-out hoodie, and Kang Woo-jin’s English narration was playing underneath.

-[“No one is looking at me, and I am not looking at the world either.”]

The angle is his back. Many people pass by him, but not a single one looks at ‘Henry Gordon’. Sometimes, those who catch his eye frown or turn away. It’s as if ‘Henry Gordon’ is a virus.

For about 20 minutes, the life of ‘Henry Gordon’ unfolded.

It was extremely gloomy.

In some ways, it could be said to be an ordinary life, but the atmosphere expressed and Kang Woo-jin’s acting made the audience feel suffocated. Many emotions were captured on screen. Ignorance, contempt, persecution, discrimination, prejudice, contempt, violence. ‘Henry Gordon’, who felt all of this, gradually changed. However, it was not obvious. The first person to feel it was Director Kwon Ki-taek.

‘The character’s tone has changed a bit. The emphasis? The rhythm? It’s hard to tell for sure, but he’s building up anger towards ‘Henry Gordon’. But he’s holding it in. He’s holding it in with all his might.’

Of course, Hong Hye-yeon and Ryu Jeong-min were also vaguely aware of the fact that the words and actions of ‘Henry Gordon’ on the screen, and Kang Woo-jin, were a bit extreme. There was something excessive in the look he gave to those around him.

‘Henry Gordon’ was a weak-willed man with low self-esteem, but he was actually wearing a mask.

Because only then can we belong to the world, only then can we survive.

That is why it can be more prominent. His pent-up frustration and anger. Because he has been silently enduring it, the opposite emotions are expressed slightly and hit the audience with a strong impact. Of course, it is not an easy process of acting. He has to convey it by crossing that mysterious boundary line so that the current audience can feel it.

‘I’m so frustrated, I want it to explode quickly.’

‘That fucking pizza place owner’s son! Who the hell is he ignoring when he’s fat? I think he’d be fine with dying.’

‘Is it going to continue like this? No, the protagonist is getting angrier and angrier. If we wait, something will change.’

It can create an atmosphere where both frustration and anticipation rise at the same time. And no matter what the topic was, hundreds of viewers gradually began to cheer for Kang Woo-jin on the screen.

The time had come.

-Kugugugugugu!

On a night of thunder and heavy rain, a hooded man appeared in a closed pizza place. His face was obscured, but the audience was convinced that it was Kang Woo-jin.

‘Yeah! Blow it up!’

The cheering and anticipation for catharsis were multiplied several times, and the shouts of a heavy-set man who was the owner of a pizza place echoed throughout the theater.

-[“You- Henry? You’re Henry Gordon, right?! Why did you come here, you punk!”]

Here, the movements of the heavy man who was suddenly shouting became dull. Slow motion was applied. The angle displayed Woojin’s expressionless face inside the hood that was turned over. His narration was laid down again underneath.

-[“Ah- I don’t know, I don’t know, just eat some shit.”]

As the conversation between the two began, the slow motion was released, and Kang Woo-jin took something out of his pocket with a strange smile. It was a silver gun. The screen changed for a moment. Outside, it was pouring rain. There was a loud crashing noise, and then a gunshot rang out in the lit pizza place. However, no one noticed because it was buried in the thunder.

Again the angle is inward.

The meat chunks were scattered on the floor, and Woojin’s face, looking down at them, was covered in white flour. Woojin Kang fired a few more bullets into the meat chunks. A faint smile spread across his face. Here, hundreds of spectators shouted. Of course, inwardly.

‘at las!!’

‘Yeah! It’s too late! Take a few more shots!’

‘Oh, that’s cool. But what happens now?’

The audience, immersed in the heightened pleasure, forgot that they were completely absorbed in the screen. They were just watching Kang Woo-jin run wild like crazy. Even when the classical music resonating in the pizza place got louder, even when Kang Woo-jin slipped because of the blood, even when he buried his face in the butt of the meat lump, even when he danced while laughing.

The audience can’t take their eyes off Kang Woo-jin.

No, it can’t be done. Hundreds of foreigners have already fallen into the swamp of Kang Woo-jin or ‘Joker’.

-[“Kekekeke! Hahahahaha!”]

His face was pale, but Kang Woo-jin on the screen was already awake. He picked up a card from the objects scattered on the floor. The angle was focused on the card he picked up, and Kang Woo-jin’s lines resonated.

-[“‘JOKER’, is it good?”]

Here, the image of ‘Joker’ was strongly engraved in the minds of all the audience members, and Kang Woo-jin on the screen was standing in front of a mirror. Oh, I see. This scene was from the beginning. As the audience members were getting excited, the original cut of the black and white screen was being vividly displayed.

When he turns into ‘Joker’.

Kang Woo-jin, covered in flour, drew his eyebrows with blood. He drew the tip of his nose and his torn lips. The same goes for his eyes. Woo-jin swept his head with both hands covered in blood. His dark brown hair was stained with blood. It was the same. It was the ‘Joker’ on the card. He raised the corners of his mouth with both index fingers.

At the same time, a teardrop flowed down my cheek.

What is sadness for?

The audience was shocked or had their mouths wide open at the impact of the appearance of ‘Joker’.

‘Why are you crying?’

‘You were just moving cool and turned into the ‘Joker’, are you crying?’

‘Tears at a strange time. But for some reason, he feels compassionate towards me.’

‘I don’t know what it is, but those tears seem like the only sincerity in the midst of the grotesqueness.’

Seo Hyun-mi’s eyes actually became moist as she watched her son on the screen.

‘Don’t cry, son.’

It was because there was a strange resonance. Kang Woo-jin. The single tear that ‘Joker’ shed was the last remaining reason and time. Everything that he had endured and endured until now.

‘And maybe it’s the fear of all the terrible things that will happen in the future.’

As Shim Ha-neung was mumbling to himself, it was also the last emotion of ‘Henry Gordon’ who was destined to disappear. That is why the theater was filled with an atmosphere of calmness for a moment.

It’s like something.

”Henry Gordon’ looks at me, he’s had enough.”

It felt like the audience was patting Henry Gordon on the back.

But it didn’t last long.

As soon as the screen changes.

-♬♪

It was because the quiet theater was filled with cheerful music. Soon, the large screen showed a scene of the ‘Joker’ walking down the street, completely different from the stuffy appearance he had had throughout the beginning, in an outrageous appearance and costume.

A majestic scene of Kang Woo-jin, with red hair and a pale face, just like the ‘Joker’.

Red jacket and pants, blue shirt, yellow vest, worn-out brown shoes, red and blue mismatched socks. Angle had the same gaze as ‘Henry Gordon’ who was ignored by the world, but everyone who passed by him looked at him. Surprised, shocked, laughing, etc. Regardless, ‘Joker’s’ footsteps were filled with excitement.

To the point where I even tap danced here and there.

The audience’s hearts were also moved by this. They were shaking off their gloom and were now looking forward to seeing what Joker would do next.

That anticipation was quickly fulfilled.

-[“Hehehe!”]

-Tang tang tang!!

Again, gunshots rang out, explosions occurred, assaults were committed, and the killings were repeated. It was a joke to the Joker, but it was a huge problem for society. But the audience enjoyed it. From the moment reporter Robert Franklin, played by Chris, appeared.

-[“Uh- what’s your name?”]

-[“I, I am Robert. Robert Franklin.”]

Everyone was truly with the ‘Joker’ and rooting for him.

‘Trampl them harder! Ruin this fucking society!’

It was a strange phenomenon.

Clearly, ‘Joker’ was loved by hundreds of foreign viewers despite being a villain. Moreover, even the viewers who criticized Kang Woo-jin or had negative feelings about him forgot their original intentions and were purely enjoying the movie.

-[“Hehehehe, hahahaha.”]

In the latter half of ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’, by this time, none of the audience members in their seats were there.

-[“I thought of another prank.”]

No one doubted Kang Woo-jin.

About an hour later.

The screen that was showing the first screening of ‘Pierrot’ was already showing the ending credits. The music with the strong beat was a bonus. What’s special about this is…

“······”

“······”

“······”

The fact that none of the hundreds of audience members who filled the seats moved. Some people were seen talking after the movie ended, but no one got up and left the theater. Of course, neither Kang Woo-jin’s family, nor Hong Hye-yeon or Ryu Jeong-min’s group, nor Han Ha-ho’s side.

The reason was spat out from the audience’s mouths.

“Whoa- what is this, this is fun!”

“It’s the best movie I’ve seen in the last 10 years.”

It was because it was full of thrills and the aftertaste of ‘Joker’. Even the last scene ended with anticipation for the next episode, so there was a lot to talk about. The audience didn’t move for a few minutes. It felt like the pleasure they felt watching the movie would end if they left the theater.

It was at this time.

-Ugh.

Suddenly, the door to the large screen opened and two theater staff members entered. I thought they were guiding the audience to leave, but they weren’t. The two staff members set up hand microphones in front of the screen and nodded toward the door they had entered through.

soon.

“uh??”

“wow.”

The murmur among the foreign audience grew louder. It was understandable. Familiar actors began to enter through the door that the staff had passed through. It started with the supporting actors. 100% Hollywood actors seen in ‘Clown: Birth of a Villain’. After about three people entered, a man with a wrinkled face appeared.

The audience’s Sim Ha-ho and the ‘Leech’ team laughed.

“You came out.”

The reason was simple. It was Director Ahn Ga-bok. Hollywood supporting actors and Director Ahn Ga-bok. Their appearance meant that this was the theater where the surprise stage greeting would take place, as announced by Columbia Studios.

Thanks to this, the excitement of hundreds of audiences increased.

As if to repay that excitement.

“Hahaha, it’s been a while since I’ve done something like this.”

Chris Hartnett, one of the top Hollywood stars, smiling and showing his face behind director Ahn Ga-bok. He leisurely waved to people.

And lastly.

-Ugh.

A man in a colorful costume caught the eyes of hundreds of spectators. He appeared in the exact same outfit as the Joker, with a red jacket and pants, worn-out brown shoes, and red and blue socks as seen in the movie.

The male protagonist of ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’ was Kang Woo-jin.

“······”

The moment Kang Woo-jin, who appeared with an indifferent face, turned his gaze to the audience.

-Clap clap clap clap clap!

Without exception, everyone in the audience stood up and gave Kang Woo-jin a standing ovation like crazy.

-Clap clap clap clap clap clap!

It was the moment when Kang Woo-jin took control of everyone.