What is “부장님 개그”?

In Korea, office is subdivided by many department. There are many workers working in the department, there is also manager who takes charge of the leading. In Korea, the leader in the department is so-called “부장님” which is literally department leader.

In drama, “부장님” is often depicted as mid aged, silly man who throws out silly joke to his workers, and workers had to laugh out loud by pushing them to be survived in the company. The sense of survival is humorous sense, it is often appearing in television drama or manhwa (Korean term similar to Japanese manga) it is denoted “부장님 개그”.

In talk show, when some man throws out silly joke, people received it and responded “아이 참, 부장님 개그 뭐에요~” (lol, what is so silly joke you did, sir!”) and mood becomes empathic and laughing out loud time.

The entertainment professional term removes meaning of survival and made it more sensical to entertainment purpose.

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