The KBS Comedy Concert 22nd-cohort comedians gathered in one place to remember their late colleague Park Ji-sun.
Park Seong-gwang said that after Park Ji-sun passed away, it was difficult both for the cohort members to meet together and to bring up her name.
This conversation drew attention because it showed both the time and changes in relationships that remained behind the laughter of a gathering of former colleagues.
3-line summary
1. The Comedy Concert 22nd cohort remembered Park Ji-sun
2. The cohort members found gatherings difficult for some time
3. The way memories are spoken of is also part of a relationship
A Time When Even “Let’s Just Hang Out Among Ourselves” Was Difficult to Say
The video released on 28일 (the 28th) on the YouTube channel ‘Salty Brother Shin Dong-yup’ featured KBS Comedy Concert’s 22nd-cohort members, including Park Seong-gwang, Heo Kyung-hwan, Yang Sang-guk, Kim Won-hyo, Song Jun-geun, and Jang Hyo-in. They gathered in an MT-style outing, looked back on the past, and naturally began talking about Park Ji-sun.
Park Seong-gwang said that after Park Ji-sun passed away, the cohort members actually could not gather together. The proposal itself—“Let’s hang out among ourselves sometime”—felt delicate, and they also avoided her name out of concern that they might hurt one another. It sounded like a confession that grief did not remain with just one person, but continued to affect the meetings and conversations of those who had worked together for a long time.
This was not because they had forgotten the deceased, but because silence lengthened when they did not know how to speak. That is why the heart of this scene does not lie in recreating the emotions of that time in a more dramatic way. It lies in the cohort members having moved through that period and confirmed one another’s feelings.
The Conversation Changed After Yang Sang-guk’s Remark
Park Seong-gwang said that Yang Sang-guk first asked, “Why aren’t we talking about Ji-sun?” and suggested that they remember her joyfully. He explained that this led the cohort members to gradually feel more comfortable talking about Park Ji-sun.
Shin Dong-yup also expressed empathy for the cohort members’ feelings, saying that it might be better to talk about the deceased naturally and laugh more. Rather than a statement that organized someone’s grief as though there were a single correct answer, it can be viewed as a careful conversation in which people shared the time each had endured within a long-standing relationship.
In the same video, when Jang Hyo-in’s past unrequited love was brought up, there was also a scene in which Park Seong-gwang thought of Park Ji-sun. In the cohort members’ memories, Park Ji-sun was not someone confined to one particular moment, but a colleague who remains in the everyday life they shared performing and laughing together.
The Cohort Members’ Meetings Continuing on 11월 2일
Jo Yoon-ho said that the cohort members visit Park Ji-sun every year on her death anniversary, 11월 2일 (November 2). Park Ji-sun passed away on 2020년 11월 2일 (November 2, 2020).
This gathering did not treat the pain of the past simply as a topic for consumption. At its center was the change that allowed the cohort members to bring up again the name they had avoided for some time and talk about the memories they had shared with her. For the Comedy Concert 22nd cohort, remembering Park Ji-sun remains not a matter of erasing grief, but a process of continuing to speak of her within their relationships with one another.
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