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Korean Dramas...
Dec. 15th, 2019 10:08 pmI was in the mood for a fun romantic comedy -- and stumbled onto Boys Over Flowers -- a highly popular Korean television series that aired in 2009 in Korea, and went on to international acclaim in Asia. It's based on the popular Japaneses shogu magna of the same name. "shogu" is romantic magna, magna is a Japanese comic book. [This is after skim-watching the atrocious "A Cinderella Christmas" and attempting to watch "JJ Sneed" on Heartstrings. Both of which make the Korean drama look really frigging accomplished in comparison. I've read that Korean Dramas are bad, but seriously -- have these people tried watching the movies on Hallmark and Lifetime and Heartstrings? I thought Korean one was actually really good -- and it gives the women agency. The US is horrid at romantic dramas. I've been finding the US contemporary romantic dramas unwatchable hence the reason I've been watching the Korean ones.]
It's basically a contemporary teen high school Korean take on Pride and Prejudice. (My favorite romantic tropes are Pride & Prejudice, Beauty & the Beast, and the Snow Queen (not the Disney version), also Mulan. My least favorite are Cinderella (I hate Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty.)
My niece and I have bonded over our shared love of Korean dramas. She rec'd Accidentally in Love and Abyss -- also on Netflix.
Made it through nine episodes or nine hours worth of the drama. There are 25 episodes in all. No way, I'll make it through all of them before I leave on Friday. However, my parents do have Netflix, so I might be able to watch down there -- not clear yet. [I've forced myself to stop at 9 episodes -- which ended with a kiss between the romantic leads.]
It's in Korean with subtitles, but after a while I don't notice. The social commentary is interesting, and familiar. Korea isn't all that different than the US culturally, except there's not as much racial diversity, and it's mostly divided along class lines. Or so it appears.
One of the reasons I adore my niece is she gets me and I get or understand her. ( Read more... )
It's basically a contemporary teen high school Korean take on Pride and Prejudice. (My favorite romantic tropes are Pride & Prejudice, Beauty & the Beast, and the Snow Queen (not the Disney version), also Mulan. My least favorite are Cinderella (I hate Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty.)
My niece and I have bonded over our shared love of Korean dramas. She rec'd Accidentally in Love and Abyss -- also on Netflix.
Made it through nine episodes or nine hours worth of the drama. There are 25 episodes in all. No way, I'll make it through all of them before I leave on Friday. However, my parents do have Netflix, so I might be able to watch down there -- not clear yet. [I've forced myself to stop at 9 episodes -- which ended with a kiss between the romantic leads.]
It's in Korean with subtitles, but after a while I don't notice. The social commentary is interesting, and familiar. Korea isn't all that different than the US culturally, except there's not as much racial diversity, and it's mostly divided along class lines. Or so it appears.
One of the reasons I adore my niece is she gets me and I get or understand her. ( Read more... )