they simply gave them slightly better benefits than they had before and still expected to be able to treat them like crap.
Or as the movie puts it: "Eventually you'll have the same rights women do in the real world"
Did you actually watch the movie? Returning to oppressing the Kens was literally the point to mirror the equal rights movement irl.
That's a perfectly reasonable thing to learn whilst still technically at war with a tyrannical socialist neighbour.
Meanwhile, a fucking ripped and constantly flexing Ryan Gosling spends 90% of the movie shirtless.
The movie isn't being hypocritical, Ken is supposed to reflect the negative stereotypes and expectations put upon men by patriarchy, and the double-sided sword male stereotypes are. Ken both desires the respect and recognition they give, whilst breaking down over the emotional suppresion and hardy appearances they force upon guys.
Ken's Lines from the penultimate musical number: "I have feelings that i can't explain, driving me insane" "Am i not hot when I'm in my feelings?" "Is it my destiny to live and die a life of blond fragility?"
South Korea is capitalist, North Korea is socialist. People often refer to SK as just Korea either as a statement on the legitimacy of the DPRK or simply because South Korea is far more globally relevant.
Because omnivores make up 99% of their costumerbase?