Real Life Jef

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For much of my life, my only exposure to Korea came from the long running U.S. Sit-Com M*A*S*H. And then I went to high school with a couple Koreans, the affable, beefy Hung; and Peter, who was snide, witty, coolly intelligent, with a bully streak. I really had not put any effort into knowing more about the Koreans and about the guys I went to high school with. Considering that I think myself somewhat intelligent, that saddened me, but it also piqued my curiosity about "There She Is".

At first glance, as an westerner-foreigner-Australian, I jumped at the conclusion that the division shown in the series was the barrier between North and South Korea, but that did not sit right with the way that Rabbits and Cats seemed to intermingle freely in the series. This difference was primarily within South Korea.

Having eliminated that concept, I then presumed that it might have been a social boundary between ethnic Japanese and Koreans, since Japan had ruled Korea for almost 70 years. This again was incorrect.

I had to go searching for the real answer, the real inspiration behind "No love between Cats and Rabbits". After searching through wikipedia I found it. I was right to assume that it was history and culture behind this perceived "difference" - I was amazed at how far back this difference was.

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