Following a long tradition of military folks getting involved in musical YouTube shenanigans, the (South) Korean Air Force has released a hilarious parody of Les Miserables they call “Les Militaribles.” After only a week, the video has picked up an amazing 3 million views as it makes the rounds on Facebook. For Koreans to put out a viral video is not such an amazing feat – Korea is one of the most connected, social-media crazy countries on Earth. But in this video they pull out all the stops, using the military choir for voice-overs, the military band for the score, and changing the lyrics into something that is a plausible story in the life of the average (conscript) Korean airman.
Just like in most military organizations, the credits reveal that this was the brainchild of a couple of lieutenants. I wish I could have been there to see the lieutenants pitch the idea to all of the various players in this film! Be sure and stick around for the final scenes, when they show “making of” scenes while the credits roll.
And below is a short newsclip talking about the video.
