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Focus on: Baek Mi-kyung
Want to know whether you should watch Strong Girl Nam-soon? I focus in on writer Baek Mi-kyung; her history and idiosyncracies in a new series showcasing Korean drama writers.
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Exploring systemic violence: D.P. Season 2
D.P.’s second season continues Korea’s discussion about institutionalised violence in hierarchical systems
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Infectious Violence: All of Us Are Dead Review
A slick little drama that uses zombism as a metaphor for the epidemic of school violence, All of Us Are Dead has now been confirmed for a second season on Netflix.
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Between Chaos and Inertia: The Physics of Call It Love
Why is Call it Love so pink? I ask a question that may or may not have a concrete answer
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Not like other girls: the skin-deep feminism of Love to Hate You
The blog post on Love to Hate You’s skin-deep feminism that nobody wanted to write. I did it anyway. Have at it!
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Intermission: Drama’s Best Scenes
We talk a lot about the best dramas but sometimes what stands out about a show is one particular scene. One small segment that is so perfect it sticks in your mind even if the drama itself falls away. These scenes may be intensely funny or intensely profound or not even intense at all but…
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I Am Things: Crash Course in Romance
A quick look at the currently-airing Crash Course in Romance and its characters who have left things behind on the road of life.
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2022 in Kdrama: Dramaland nostalgia tour
The pandemic may not be on our TV screens but it is in our desire for nostalgia. And nothing demonstrates that more than this drama year 2022
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2022 in Kdrama: The Poll Results
The people have spoken! And what they’ve said is, “I’m not sure”. I give you the wrap on the drama year that was 2022. And it’s the Year You Couldn’t Decide.
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2022 in Kdrama: The End of Year Poll
2022 is somehow nearly over and it’s time to vote in our annual end of year poll.