 does netflix's new physical 100 finally change the perception of asian men in media i don't know we got to talk about if physical 100 is a netflix show that is going viral right now i believe it is number six ranked globally it's got a buff uh got a bunch of buff chisel korean dudes doing challenges mixed with buff korean women there's a lot of drama there's a lot of talk about will the cyclist beat the wrestler will the wrestler beat the bodyguard so we got to talk about it make sure you like subscribe turn your notifications and let's get into the reactions and some people were like oh my gosh even in battle these korean warriors are so respectful to each other we're not like that to you each other in the western world i'm amazed guys asian people in asia of course there's gonna be asian values i remember when people first started talking about terrace house and they were like oh it's just like real world it has all the drama except it's not like raunchy like an mtv show they're not all just trying to sleep with each other and i was like yeah now andrew there is a few characters on physical 100 that do not show the same level of extreme respect to each other that the others do however andrew people contrasted that by saying well you know real western warriors they do show respect to each other but it's just this whole media thing where you make more money if you're disrespectful that's why somebody like connor McGregor even if he wants to show you respect he's going to be disrespectful to you to sell more tickets yeah it seems like the west and the east are definitely flipped in this situation i know one championship you know which is like the asian ufc they show respect all the way through maybe deep down they don't respect each other but they have to show respect while in the west you make more money by drumming up this whole beef that you have even though at the end of the day you guys are both going to get paid a bunch of money to fight each other somebody said man is this the show that stocky asian guys finally needed if kpop and kdramas are for the skinny lover boys with super sharp razor sharp faces is this the show for the thick boys i mean i think i you know i always look at western culture and all the action stars that that we have like the rock chris hemsworth ono swartz nager channing tanum jarard butler even michael b jordan's you know beefed up now and i think that yeah i mean this is a good archetype to put out there maybe who knows after the show there's a little bit more roles for buff asian guys now are they all stocky i mean some of them are really stocky in that show but maybe there's more like i don't know maybe it just kind of puts them more on the map and more into people's minds so that there's more like roles for them or something like that i actually think this weightlifter asian guy archetype has been around even in asia but as well as in america bark wan was one of the first guys to do it for about 10 years now but it has yet to sort of breach mainstream so this is the first time that a mainstream show with a high budget is being structured around these ultra ripped beefcake asian dudes and girls um david we had fred this other comment actually comes from fred our camera guy he's a gen z and uh he doesn't watch that much sports but he said oh man after watching this show me and my friends had to go wrestle each other hey man representation is important i think a lot of times you know you need to see somebody that you feel like you grew up like or that maybe you uh aspirationally want to look like or does look like you and then it's going to just motivate you differently i think this show is super impactful for a lot of the korea boos or the people who don't usually watch sport shows and then this is like the most physical sport style show that they're watching so it kind of does inspire that crowd a lot more yeah and what guy would not want to relate to sexy yama dude he's hot yeah somebody said dude why are korean shows so good koreans are like the perfect people man they act like animes they're so respectful they're so good looking in their face they're so good looking in their body oh my gosh they're awesome and somebody else said dude you're disgusting quit fetishizing them everybody's got good or bad and they're just showing you the good part and then you're just like buying into it all right uh first of all i think koreans do a really good job and i think these the producers of these shows whether it's squid game or physical 100 or any of those other singles inferno they're they're getting paid a lot like these are great producers um but also i do think as much as koreans are you know very good looking and very talented the korean industry is also highly selective so are koreans more perfect or are they more selective and here's the thing i do think that they're like close to perfect people at least on the outside or more willing to engage in media because some other countries they might have like these people but they're like no no no no no no cameras no cameras wait wait are you talking about maybe china yeah i mean to be honest i think china has a lower proportion of these people possibly on a population distribution basis but they might not want be willing to engage in media anyway or might not be like media savvy or media trained i do feel like anybody who's considered good looking or talented in korea is definitely looking for their shot to get put on right now because oh i have something to offer maybe i can also offer it on a show hey you look like pretty good so like you could probably do one of the 50 netflix shows that like korea is going to produce this year girls said this did make me more attracted to this male archetype because i'm affected by media some girls have their self-awareness i mean do you think that it's possible that other people are going to be going after you know the beefcake dudes uh i mean i think strong men always had their appeal uh whether no matter how gym girls always like gym guys yeah yeah so obviously there's a bunch of gym girls and gym guys in this show i mean dude i don't know i mean i'd yeah i guess do you think it will improve the archetype of the female bodybuilder um i think if more guys get buff they will appreciate buff women more but if you're not a buff guy highly unlikely that you like a buff woman um andre there was some criticisms of the show people said some of the challenges were a little bit obtuse and difficult to understand how to win and uh some of them said that we're just based off brute strength so the man is going to win like eight out of ten times versus the woman and somebody also said i don't know the translations and the captions of the dialogue kind of make korean sound stupid all right so i had to obviously watch an episode of the show to understand what everybody's talking about um i mean it might be a translation thing or it might also be a fact that you're talking to a bunch of beef cakes you know i'm not saying that these people are stupid by any means i think the translation kind of makes them sound a little bit more simple like right like somebody's running faster like wow he is running fast faster than the wind but all right on the flip side if you did just do this show in america even with just a bunch of beef cake like jim dudes you're not going to hear like most likely you're not going to hear the highest volume of like super intelligent things anyways dude why are you serious stereotyping beef cakes as like non poetic and non hipsters bro that is such like societal like boxes bro um last comment was someone was like yeah i think if china did this show everybody would call it propaganda but i guess you know some people think that the whole k wave and how you is like part of korean propaganda to prop up the image of koreans around the world first of all listen man if they got the people and they got the shows they're making great entertainment so shout out i mean all media is propaganda hip hop is propaganda everything is propaganda buys but it just depends on what level and also sometimes people embrace the propaganda otherwise otherwise people go against it let's get into our takeaways man david i'm actually happy about the show man i know a lot of people have been asking us to talk about this for a few weeks and uh i finally got my chance to like sink my teeth into it between shout out to sexy yama shout out to sung bin the um olympic you know downhills ice gear i mean like it's just cool to see people with bigger beefier bodies obviously i am not on that level of ripness or body fat percentage that they have but it was just cool to see them and have them almost have an arc and drama and people were like oh my gosh is the cyclist going to lose to the wrestler even though we thought in this challenge of pushing the boulder up the hill the cyclist quads will like help him win more like that's a more interesting type of drama right you know what i love i love that if it kind of increases the iq and the knowledge base of a lot of fitness like in america or like to anybody watching the show like if it is informative you know and i think there is a little bit of talk although i wouldn't say they dive into the science of why someone won right because maybe that's very assumptive but like you know there is more talk about stability core strength oh what the really bug guy with all the bulky muscles lost to a guy that was slimmer right something that he looked like he should have won exactly like what's rock climbing strength versus just brute strength and the guy who wrapped the boat around his waist that's a different strength you know so i guess that's cool so that people understand like fitness and muscles more yeah do you think ultimately the main question is does this increase sort of like male representation in terms of different archetypes for sure for sure for sure i mean i would like to i have a question if like we think other asian countries are gonna try to make shows with their buff men right you know like asians globally they kind of understand that they're seen as like you know smaller guys and everything like that but what if like maybe not china but maybe china could do it but maybe like indonesia japan could do one you're seeing sort of like how they copied show me the money which was the korean rap show and turned that into a rap of china right and everybody copied that show format uh the voice or american idol whatever the show format is they all copied that to like put on a bunch of rappers and singers right so maybe maybe maybe this is a new new format of a show i will say this man korea soul korea is absolutely the cultural leader in asia bro they're killing it man i'm i'm dude they're giving us so much to talk about and so many new pieces of media that kind of just make you think like oh shoot i didn't expect asians to make this type of show this is cool so gotta give it up to them man so i'm excited this is kind of all interesting like we just issued our 492nd wuxiapian dynastic piece and their physical 100 maybe i don't know somebody needs to take some inspiration yeah so well you know like korea is not a big place but like we just try to utilize like every citizen we have like every citizen is going to be in a a a reality show if you are fat you're going to be on lookism irl real life version you're going to be the fat guy if you are like the buff guy you get on the buff guy and if you're like ugly then you go into like a makeover contest and then if you're poor you're going to be put in squid game and then if you're buffing good-looking and you can sing that you'll be kpop star so man shout out though honestly uh they're just producing so much good content you guys let us know in the comments down below what you think about physical 100 do you watch it do you think it's a big inspiration for a lot of people did it make you want to work out more hey guys let us know what you think of physical 100 in the comment section below props well-deserved shout out south korea let us know and until next time we out peace