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''Pyongyang: A Journey In North Korea'' is a graphic novel based on Guy Delisle's time as an expatriate in North Korea. He describes the absurdities and oddities he found in the Hermit Kingdom while working as an animator for a foreign-owned animation studio.
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''Pyongyang: A Journey In North Korea'' is a graphic novel based on Guy Delisle's time as an expatriate in North Korea.UsefulNotes/NorthKorea. He describes the absurdities and oddities he found in the Hermit Kingdom while working as an animator for a foreign-owned animation studio.
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* BlackComedy: Guy notes he is in a totalitarian that punishes dissent brutally...but this creates numerous absurd situations he's happy to share.
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* BlackComedy: Guy notes he is in a totalitarian state that punishes dissent brutally...but this creates numerous absurd situations he's happy to share.
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* RayOfHopeEnding: Guy leaves a still totalitarian North Korea...but his act is giving his hosts the present of cognac, to which they show him genuine gratitude. Guy is at happy to see even in this totalitarian society, kindness and empathy are still present.
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* RayOfHopeEnding: Guy leaves a still totalitarian North Korea...but his final act is giving his hosts guides the present of cognac, to which they show him genuine gratitude. Guy is at least happy to see even in this totalitarian society, kindness and empathy are still present.
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* ShoutOut: Guy dryly notes "the only thing missing (from his hotel) [[Series/ThePrisoner1967 are the howling balls that shoot out of the water when you try and escape]]."
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* RayOfHopeEnding: Guy leaves a still totalitarian North Korea...but his act is giving his hosts the present of cognac, to which they show him genuine gratitude. Guy is at happy to see even in this totalitarian society, kindness and empathy are still present.
* ShoutOut: Guy dryly notes "the only thing missing (from his hotel) [[Series/ThePrisoner1967 are the howling balls that shoot out of the water when you try and escape]].""
* StepfordSmiler: Being in a totalitarian society, this is a given, but the standout example are the child musicians who are forced to play music like robots while wearing strained smiles. Guy especially feels pity for them.
* ShoutOut: Guy dryly notes "the only thing missing (from his hotel) [[Series/ThePrisoner1967 are the howling balls that shoot out of the water when you try and escape]].
* StepfordSmiler: Being in a totalitarian society, this is a given, but the standout example are the child musicians who are forced to play music like robots while wearing strained smiles. Guy especially feels pity for them.
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* CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker: Guy hears North Korean propaganda being blasted over loudspeakers, much to his own annoyance.
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* AuthorAvatar: Guy talks about his own experiences in North Korea, and is thus the protagonist.
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* ForcedIntoEvil: Guy (privately, mind you) reflects on whether the North Korean officials genuinely believe the nonsense they spout...or if they are just scared of being [[FateWorseThanDeath sent to a labor camp]] along with most of their families.
* HellHotel: Guy's hotel is a crappy place with poor service and possible surveillance.
* HellHotel: Guy's hotel is a crappy place with poor service and possible surveillance.
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* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: North Korea is one the most infamous examples, complete with monuments, portraits, and citizens that glorify and celebrate the accomplishments of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
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* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: North Korea is one the most infamous examples, complete with monuments, portraits, and citizens that glorify and celebrate the accomplishments of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.Il.
* ShoutOut: Guy dryly notes "the only thing missing (from his hotel) [[Series/ThePrisoner1967 are the howling balls that shoot out of the water when you try and escape]]."
* ShoutOut: Guy dryly notes "the only thing missing (from his hotel) [[Series/ThePrisoner1967 are the howling balls that shoot out of the water when you try and escape]]."
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* LethalChef: The food Guy gets is garbage. Among the many "delicacies" is a "french toast"...made by dipping bread into some milk and heating it up.
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* LawfulStupid: Guy is annoyed by a woman who ruins his sleep to deliver him his ration of water, even when he puts up a "Do Not Disturb" sign.
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''Pyongyang: A Journey In North Korea'' is a graphic novel based on Guy Delisle's time as an expatriate in North Korea. In it, he He describes the absurdities and oddities he found in the Hermit Kingdom while working as an animator for a foreign-owned animation studio.
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* BlatantLies: Since it is a totalitarian state, this is a given. When visiting the International Friendship Museum, Guy views a picture of Kim Il Sung (supposedly) receiving a pickaxe as a gift from a miner, and the pickaxe in the museum...but then notices that the pickaxe in the museum is not the same pickaxe as the one in the picture.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Pyongyang presents itself as a shining paradise of the working class, but Guy Delisle finds many cracks in this facade, from bad food to the substandard services of his his hotel.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Pyongyang presents itself as a shining paradise of the working class, but Guy Delisle finds many cracks in this facade, from bad food to the substandard services of his his hotel.
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* BlatantLies: Since This is a given since it is a totalitarian state, this is a given. state that lies to itself and the rest of the world. When visiting the International Friendship Museum, Guy views a picture of Kim Il Sung (supposedly) receiving a pickaxe as a gift from a miner, and the pickaxe in the museum...but then miner. Then he notices that the pickaxe is the pickaxe in the museum is not the same pickaxe as the one in the picture.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Pyongyang presents itself as a shining paradise of the working class, but Guy Delisle finds many cracks in this facade, from bad food to the substandard services of hishis hotel.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Pyongyang presents itself as a shining paradise of the working class, but Guy Delisle finds many cracks in this facade, from bad food to the substandard services of his
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: Pyongyang presents itself as a shining paradise of the working class, but Guy Delisle finds many cracks in this facade, from bad food to the substandard services of his his hotel.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: Pyongyang presents itself as a shining paradise of the working class, but Guy Delisle finds many cracks in this facade, from bad food to the substandard services of his his hotel.hotel.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: North Korea is one the most infamous examples, complete with monuments, portraits, and citizens that glorify and celebrate the accomplishments of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: North Korea is one the most infamous examples, complete with monuments, portraits, and citizens that glorify and celebrate the accomplishments of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
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* BlackComedy: Guy notes he is in a totalitarian that punishes dissent brutally...but this creates numerous absurd situations he's happy to share.
* BlatantLies: Since it is a totalitarian state, this is a given. When visiting the International Friendship Museum, Guy views a picture of Kim Il Sung (supposedly) receiving a pickaxe as a gift from a miner, and the pickaxe in the museum...but then notices that the pickaxe in the museum is not the same pickaxe as the one in the picture.
* BlatantLies: Since it is a totalitarian state, this is a given. When visiting the International Friendship Museum, Guy views a picture of Kim Il Sung (supposedly) receiving a pickaxe as a gift from a miner, and the pickaxe in the museum...but then notices that the pickaxe in the museum is not the same pickaxe as the one in the picture.
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->''"Tramways, cars, buses, trucks...it turns out the streets aren't deserted after all."''
->''"Everything is very clean. Too clean, in fact."''
''Pyongyang: A Journey In North Korea'' is a graphic novel based on Guy Delisle's time as an expatriate in North Korea. In it, he describes the absurdities and oddities he found in the Hermit Kingdom while working as an animator for a foreign-owned animation studio.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: Pyongyang presents itself as a shining paradise of the working class, but Guy Delisle finds many cracks in this facade, from bad food to the substandard services of his his hotel.
->''"Everything is very clean. Too clean, in fact."''
''Pyongyang: A Journey In North Korea'' is a graphic novel based on Guy Delisle's time as an expatriate in North Korea. In it, he describes the absurdities and oddities he found in the Hermit Kingdom while working as an animator for a foreign-owned animation studio.
!!Tropes Are:
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Pyongyang presents itself as a shining paradise of the working class, but Guy Delisle finds many cracks in this facade, from bad food to the substandard services of his his hotel.
