Requiem for North Korea's Dear Leader ("Another Day in the D.P.R.K." by MPO)

Experience North Korea MPO style! In this audiovisual whirlwind, we get a taste of daily life in the D.P.R.K. and follow a young People's Army defector on his perilous flight to freedom. DISCLAIMER: I have never actually been to the D.P.R.K.; it is possible that life in the D.P.R.K. is actually wonderful and that with this video, I'm just spouting pro-imperialist propaganda. Download the track "Another Day in the D.P.R.K." here: http://themikepennyorchestra.bandcamp.com/track/another-day-in-the-d-p-r-k

Starring Adam Stacey (who performed all of his own stunts). Edited by Mike Penny. Additional editing by Mark "Arkmay" Thornton. Epilogue filmed by Doug Bierend.

Lyrics:

Look at all these happy mes
Lucky to be
The citizenry of
My heavenly kingdom
None of them brainwashed by
Filthy outsiders' abominable lies
That I'm some kind of evil guy
Why would I subject my subjects to such dreck?
Hence, there's no World Wide Web
Nobody minds
They're all too busy just trying to
Cope with famine and disease
No anesthesia
In my North Korea
Where I'll never feed ya
Lovin' the juche way
(Arirang!)
Pour me some Henne
Before I go on tele
Hey
Today is my birthday so
Hey
Though you're all thirsty
Say
Just how much you love D.P.R.K.

Hey
It's always my birthday so
Hey
Though you're all thirsty
Stay
You know you can't leave anyway
My fellow comrades
Say
Just how much you love D.P.R.K.

Cast:

Adam Stacey - Defector
Tabitha Winifred Ross - Surgeon
Mike Penny - All other "North Koreans"
Wayne Campbell - Martyred saint (in our book, anyway)

A HUGE thanks to all of the people who helped me with this video: Adam Stacey, Mark Thornton, Jennifer Moulton, Doug Bierend, and Allison Smith.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• North
• Korea
• Kim
• Jong-il
• DPRK
• music
• video
• shamisen
• bed
• intruder
• cover
• 30
• rock
• tribute

[scyldschefing]

I love the double Penny lady guards at 0:38! So hot!

Also is that tourism ad at the end real? Where did you get the video???

[mikepenny01]

@scyldschefing Much appreciated, scyldschefing! I shaved for the part and everything! No, it must be noted that the tourism ad at the end of the video is fake. The voice you hear is that of a real North Korean propaganda film narrator's, but (in the spirit of propaganda movie-making) I spliced his words together to make him say what I wanted. Thanks for watching/listening!

[mikepenny01]

Thanks for watching, all of you imperialist aggressors out there! In all seriousness, I respect and admire the North Korean people for their spirit and discipline. Their desire to crush their southern neighbors along with the West doesn't exactly endear them to me, their undying devotion to a dynasty of megalomaniacal isolationist dictators is tragic, and I think the Juche idea is a terrible idea, but their Mass Games is the most mind-blowing spectacle I've ever seen!

[mikepenny01]

Also, they have written some incredibly catchy communist music over the years! Gotta give credit where credit's due. It seems like a strange, mostly scary, sometimes beautiful place to me. There are some great, objective documentaries about North Korea and its people that I recommend watching including State of Mind, Seoul Train, Crossing the Line, and National Geographic: Inside North Korea.

[thegregorybrothers]

a fitting tribute. 

[MaoistLeninistMarx]

a silly perversion of reality payed for by the most efficient killing machine, the CIA.

Yet another anti-communist fail.

[danielson742]

This is great Mike! I love all of your originals as well as your shamisen covers! Keep it up man! 

[DrJosephiroth]

this is by far my favourite video on all of the youtube, I love it, great Job!!! Thank you Mike for making my day so great everyday, I listen to your music everyday without fail and it helps me feel great, thank you

[samarabob]

kim il sung looks oddly like a fat leonardo dicaprio

[genkouhande]

This is too high quality to be a North Korean production.

[Ditrix88]

So addictive!

[gbacani]

Bro, you're my idol!  Keep up the creativity.

[skriber]

Very catchy and highly addictive stuff, watch with extreme caution!