It’s the Americans fault with their stupid beef and desire to put Korea under their thumb! oh, I hate you sillies!

Rain has been victimized twice in this case – first by unscrupulous management and production companies who abused Rain’s reputation to make money, and a second time by the American court system.

He wasn’t victimized by a court in America. His management screwed up and that led to a court case where the court fairly ruled that Rain breached a contract. That’s not victimization – it’s simple justice.

Yes in Korea a contract with an American is meaningliess unless it favors the Korean. Silly Americans just don’t understand the Korean way.

But I admit, Rain is one of the most talented gay singers in Korea.

Rain has been victimized twice in this case – first by unscrupulous management and production companies who abused Rain’s reputation to make money, and a second time by the American court system.

Rain’s management company, JYP Entertainment, sold the production rights for Rain’s North American tour to Star M Entertainment for $10 million. Star M’s CEO in turn sold rights to some of the concerts to a friend’s company, Revolution Entertainment. Those two companies, both of which are now defunct, made the decisions to cancel. Rain had no control over those decisions and I have read accounts of eyewitnesses who said he tearfully begged to perform before the LA concert, but was not allowed to do so.

I think Americans lack an understanding of the differences between the Korean and American entertainment industry and that may have factored into the decision of the judge and jurors. In the US, artists hire their agents. In Korea, entertainment companies hire artists and make decisions over which artists have very little control. The role of the artist is to practice hard, put on the best performance he or she can, and avoid scandal. Rain has performed this role responsibly and is respected as working harder than anyone else in the industry.

It is a shame that the greed of others have caused so much damage to the reputation and career of this talented artist.

I’d also say failing to make a big splash in Hawaii would be embarrassing. The Korean Wave is pretty pronounced there even beyond the sizable Korean community. Korean soap operas and other TV shows are fairly popular. I knew middle aged women who took a vacation to Korea just because of how much they liked the TV…

The seven-person jury deliberated for just a day before handing out its verdict.

I could have sworn juries in America consisted of twelve people??