South Korean Air Force Parodies 'Les Miserables' To Motivate Its Servicemen (Video)

The South Korean Air Force took a creative way to motivate their servicemen this week. The country's air force created a 14-minute musical parody of the hit blockbuster "Les Miserables" and called it Les Militaribles.

The video, which has garnered close to two million views on YouTube since being published earlier this week, adapts the Broadway musical turned international box office hit into a love story between an air force conscript and his girlfriend. Les Militaribles alters the plot of "Les Miserables" and replaces the English lyrics with Korean-language alternatives, the Verge reported.

Despite straying from the film's plot, the video does feature altered versions of Jean Valjean (now a Korean airman), Javert (his overbearing lieutenant) and Cosette (Valjean's girlfriend). In the video, Jean Valjean is seen shoveling snow along his fellow conscripts. When he receives word that his girlfriend has come to visit, his boss Javert gives him one hour to go spend with her. The hilarious parody also uses several of the musical's key songs, including "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Do You Hear The People Sing."

The Verge reported that ROKAF (Republic of Korea Air Force) officials said the video was made to motivate conscripted servicemen during the harsh winter. Major Cheon Myeong-nyeong told the South China Morning Post, "We made the video to lift the spirits of servicemen who had to work so hard to clear snow during the unusually heavy winter this year."

The imaginative parody even earned a retweet from "Les Miserables" film star Russell Crowe, who played Javert, in the Oscar-nominated film adaptation by Tom Hooper.