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The Best Korean Dramas: as Voted by You!
It’s such a big question. What are the best Korean dramas? And how do you answer the question without letting your own personal quirks and biases get in the way?
Well, after three surveys and many months I get to present the best of the best of the best – as voted by you!
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Korea’s Worst of the Worst
With all this talk about the Best of the Best I decided to take a minute to reflect on their dark mirror: the Worst of the Worst. … More Korea’s Worst of the Worst
Equality and Equity in Squid Game
Korea’s new death game drama delivers a profound if somewhat muted critique of capitalism … More Equality and Equity in Squid Game
A Hundred Million Stars Falling from the Sky
With Seo In-guk back from military service, it seemed an appropriate time to pen some Back finally from his military service, the extraordinary actor took his first part since the 2018 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes. With his newer fans diving back into his filmography, it seemed an appropriate time to pen some thoughts on a drama that may have contained his finest performance but was also a huge disappointment. … More A Hundred Million Stars Falling from the Sky
If Pushing Daisies was a kdrama
The 2007 drama, Pushing Daisies, is beautiful and delightful but upon rewatch a perfect kdrama. … More If Pushing Daisies was a kdrama
Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 13-16 (End)
I finish up my reviews of 2021s best show, Beyond Evil, a piece of wonderfully produced television with fantastic performances. … More Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 13-16 (End)
Problematic Plotlines: Sexualising children
I take a short, possibly controversial, dive into Korea’s problematic plotlines, in particular its tendency to casual paedophilia. … More Problematic Plotlines: Sexualising children
Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 11-12
Joo-won feels responsible for yet another death and is determined that his pursuit of the case will not risk any more lives. But with Dong-shik back in the game, the two can now try to find out what happened 20 years ago and how it resulted in what’s happening now. … More Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 11-12
The Demographics of Loving DAYS
Since the premiere of the new Korean drama, Doom At Your Service, responses to the drama have been extremely polarising. So I started wondering if there were some common elements around who liked or hated it, some element of demographics that could shed some light on dramatic preferences. So I did what I like to do now and then and ran a poll. … More The Demographics of Loving DAYS
Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 9-10
As the second half of Beyond Evil opens, it emphasises this repetition of purgatory. Despite Kang Jin-mook’s arrest, the residents of this small town are no closer to knowing what happened to their loved ones. Despite all the frantic action, nothing has really changed and these episodes embody that: almost like the opening of a season 2. … More Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 9-10
Ten times the Navillera finale broke us…
The beautiful drama Navillera was not just about how it’s never too late to pursue your dreams. It was an emotional catharsis that made us sob in only the best way.
So get your tissues ready for the ten times the Navillera finale broke our hearts and then stitched them back together again. … More Ten times the Navillera finale broke us…
If You Go to Busan: Beyond Evil’s OST
One of the most powerful things about the writing in Beyond Evil is the way in which it weaves imagery to produce a consistent emotional impact. The song If You Go To Busan croons beneath the surface; a subtle note underneath everything that happens. … More If You Go to Busan: Beyond Evil’s OST
Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 8
To call this a mid-season finale is an understatement. Beyond Evil wraps up its (apparent) main plotline, leaving us and our main characters confused and lost as to what comes after. But as Han Joo-won and Lee Dong-shik finally get their man, they discover that the hard work of getting closure for his crimes might just be starting. … More Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 8
Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 7
This week’s episodes start with an intensely layered flashback to 2017 when the crazier of our protagonists was in the Regional Investigation Unit. Seeing how the events of 2017 unfolded gives us significant insight into Dong-shik’s character and how he has responded to the death of Min-jung. … More Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 7
Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 5-6
For the first time I grabbed a notebook and took notes while watching Beyond Evil. And when episode 6 started I had to throw them all out because that was when the whole thing flipped over. … More Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 5-6
Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 3-4
As the community tries to comes to terms with the airing of dirty laundry it had long wanted to keep hidden, we start to see that under every village and every person there is a thing that lies hidden and is rarely bared – their teeth. … More Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 3-4
Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 1-2
I’ve picked up the new psychological crime thriller Beyond Evil, with industry veterans Shin Ha-kyun and Yeo Jin-goo. As I breezed through the first two gripping but almost unsettling two episodes, I looked for somewhere to discuss the show and found little. And so here we are – my first open thread! … More Open Thread: Beyond Evil Episode 1-2
Comfort Couch: The Dramas You Turn To
We all have dramas where the act of watching becomes larger than the drama itself. These are dramas that are like comfortable old friends; being with them becomes about more than just watching them. What do you press play on? What gives you comfort when you need it? … More Comfort Couch: The Dramas You Turn To
Colour Rush Review: An overwhelming wave of emotions
Set in an alt-Korea where there is widespread prevalence of a neurological form of Monochromacy, Colour Rush is a BL about finding someone who makes your world brighter. … More Colour Rush Review: An overwhelming wave of emotions
Favourite Korean Dramas – as voted by you!
It’s finally here. The list of the Favourite dramas – as voted by you! … More Favourite Korean Dramas – as voted by you!
No Pot Plants Allowed: The Lead in Her Own Story
2020 had enough blazingly original female characters that even mentioning pot plants seems… well… just so last year. You know? … More No Pot Plants Allowed: The Lead in Her Own Story
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