Catholic Parody of Gangnam Style

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I can't imagine the Orthodox doing something like this. Killjoys or do they have a proper sense of gravitas? Maybe neither (though I am inclined to believe that they do have a better sense of gravitas than industrial-world Catholics who are trying to stay "fresh."

Turning it into a video about 예수 - Yesu style would probably have been worse but shouldn't that be a hint that maybe we shouldn't be going down this path? Christianity is not primarily about the "institutional" Church but about union with the Most Holy Trinity through Christ. Why not Jesus-style? I suppose one could argue that it's ok to poke fun at ourselves but not at our Lord, but is this a proper representation of ourselves as the likeness of God? At least they didn't attempt a depiction of the liturgy within the context of the MV. (Though there is a procession shown.)

A problem of the medium being the message?

At the very least, there may be too much of an accomodationist spirit in the industrial world with respect to pop and mass culture. Yes, Catholics should accept whatever is true, regardless of the source, but that does not mean that we should always adopt the source as our own as well.

"Lighten up."

Catholics [in the state of grace] do experience true joy but this MV is an example of inappropriate levity, especially since parts of the MV are shot within the church/temple, apparently with the Blessed Sacrament present in the tabernacle. (To those with traditional[-ist] sensibilities, this may even be scandalously irreverent. They might even ask whether that sort of atmosphere is that much different from what is present at a youth mass with Christian rock and the like. Do we not believe that in the Christian temple the Holy of Holies is present? Does this sort of outward behavior comport with that belief?) Why do Catholics want to put ourselves in a ridiculous light? The MV itself is embarrassingly bad. "Cringeworthy."

To use the language of game - why should we accept the frame of those who would push mass culture in a direction to which we are opposed, accepting their implicit criticism that Christians backwards and have to imitate what is in pop culture in order to appeal to the world? Should we not reframe instead? Even the various videos (like for Catholics Come Home) and shows on EWTN (which involve passively watching others) cannot capture what it is like to live the Christian life. (The use of metaphors might be more effective?)

Will there be any references to the original "Gangnam Style" song/MV at the local ethnic parishes? It probably has come up in casual conversations. We are too tied to pop culture.