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I love K Drama here's my picks
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My K Drama Picks
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Cosmos K Drama List
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Since 2015, when I moved to Korea I have become a big fan of K Drama. Ã? They are perhaps the best in the world at romantic comedies. ("Crash Course in Romance" and "Crash Landing on You" a good examples). Ã? They also excel in movies about "Rich People Behaving Badly "( Mine is the best one) Ã? and dark social commentary like "Parasite" (Oscar Best Picture), revenge dramas (Glory is the best example), and epic historical dramas set in Korea and China. ("Mr. Sunshine" is a good example) Ã?Â
Another staple is high school coming-of-age films. (Millionaires First Love is a good one) .
They also do political intrigue films pretty well ) Last Man Standing is good, and" Designated Survivor"), and decent SCIFi too. � ("Silent Sea", and Space Sweepers" are good).
The crime and political dramas are quite intense and a bit too violent in my opinion, although they are not "slasher" films per se. And of course, the Squid Game was a worldwide phenomenon.
Up until the early 80's K dramas were not that good, Japanese (J Drama) were better. But since then K Dramas have taken over. For some reason, K dramas are more approachable to outsiders than J Dramas or C Dramas. An interesting factoid is that the writers are almost all women. � and about 60 percent of the viewers are women, Korean men, in general, prefer sports or news programs.
More LGBTQ Characters
In recent years, many dramas have started featuring LGBTQ characters and non-Korean characters (called multi-cultural in Korean). The LGBTQ characters tend to be either female or transgendered, not too many male male gay characters. Itaewon Class had a good Trans character â?" a male transitioning to female, and "Mine" had both a lesbian couple and a bisexual male lead. This reflects the fact that LGTBQ status is still not as tolerated in Korea as it is in the US and Europe.� Five years ago there were no LGBTQ characters, now there are quite a few.� In Korea there are now gay nightclubs in Itaewon's "homo hill" (that's how locals call it) and the Hongdae student district, and there is an annual gay pride day which while not officially legal, is not illegal as it was few years ago. Many K novels and stories also have LGBTQ characters these days.
Gay marriage is still not legal, but gay sex is no longer illegal or grounds for a divorce as adultery is also no longer illegal or grounds for a divorce.� Younger Koreans are much more tolerant than older Koreans. The Christian Churches tend to be conservative and heavily influenced by American evangelical churches and are mostly anti-LGBTQ.� About ten percent of adults have engaged in gay or lesbian relationships and perhaps 5 percent of the population are LGBTQ, with 2 percent transgendered. Transgendered people have to go to Thailand for surgery as the surgeries are illegal in Korea and Korean health insurance does not cover such treatments.
Rom-Com Slow Burn Dramas
The rom-com tends to be slow-burning dramas with few explicit sex scenes, almost all of them male -female although there are a few lesbian-themed ones now and then. Many of them follow the meme hate turning to love, although love at first sight K dramas is common, and many feature doomed romances between characters of different social classes.
Korean Badass Female Leads
Final point, I have always considered Korean women to be the most beautiful and sexiest women on the planet and I love watching them in K Dramas, particularly I like watching real "badass" lead characters, and I married my Korean dream girl Ã?Â
"Mr. Sunshine," and "Gyesang Creatures have such lead characters.
I have finally gotten enough Korean to mostly follow the dialogue without subtitles, but most of the K Dramas on Amazon, Disney, and Netflix have subtitles. I hope by the end of the year to be able to watch a K drama without subtitles. Nice language learning goal to have.
Here then is my list of K Dramas I have seen over the years.
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and 2 member cents. Cosmos K Drama List
Themes
Since 2015, when I moved to Korea I have become a big fan of K Drama. Ã? They are perhaps the best in the world at romantic comedies. ("Crash Course in Romance" and "Crash Landing on You" a good examples). Ã? They also excel in movies about "Rich People Behaving Badly "( Mine is the best one) Ã? and dark social commentary like "Parasite" (Oscar Best Picture), revenge dramas (Glory is the best example), and epic historical dramas set in Korea and China. ("Mr. Sunshine" is a good example) Ã?Â
Another staple is high school coming-of-age films. (Millionaires First Love is a good one) .
They also do political intrigue films pretty well ) Last Man Standing is good, and" Designated Survivor"), and decent SCIFi too. � ("Silent Sea", and Space Sweepers" are good).
The crime and political dramas are quite intense and a bit too violent in my opinion, although they are not "slasher" films per se. And of course, the Squid Game was a worldwide phenomenon.
Up until the early 80's K dramas were not that good, Japanese (J Drama) were better. But since then K Dramas have taken over. For some reason, K dramas are more approachable to outsiders than J Dramas or C Dramas. An interesting factoid is that the writers are almost all women. � and about 60 percent of the viewers are women, Korean men, in general, prefer sports or news programs.
More LGBTQ Characters
In recent years, many dramas have started featuring LGBTQ characters and non-Korean characters (called multi-cultural in Korean). The LGBTQ characters tend to be either female or transgendered, not too many male male gay characters. Itaewon Class had a good Trans character â?" a male transitioning to female, and "Mine" had both a lesbian couple and a bisexual male lead. This reflects the fact that LGTBQ status is still not as tolerated in Korea as it is in the US and Europe.� Five years ago there were no LGBTQ characters, now there are quite a few.� In Korea there are now gay nightclubs in Itaewon's "homo hill" (that's how locals call it) and the Hongdae student district, and there is an annual gay pride day which while not officially legal, is not illegal as it was few years ago. Many K novels and stories also have LGBTQ characters these days.
Gay marriage is still not legal, but gay sex is no longer illegal or grounds for a divorce as adultery is also no longer illegal or grounds for a divorce.� Younger Koreans are much more tolerant than older Koreans. The Christian Churches tend to be conservative and heavily influenced by American evangelical churches and are mostly anti-LGBTQ.� About ten percent of adults have engaged in gay or lesbian relationships and perhaps 5 percent of the population are LGBTQ, with 2 percent transgendered. Transgendered people have to go to Thailand for surgery as the surgeries are illegal in Korea and Korean health insurance does not cover such treatments.
Rom-Com Slow Burn Dramas
The rom-com tends to be slow-burning dramas with few explicit sex scenes, almost all of them male -female although there are a few lesbian-themed ones now and then. Many of them follow the meme hate turning to love, although love at first sight K dramas is common, and many feature doomed romances between characters of different social classes.
Korean Badass Female Leads
Final point, I have always considered Korean women to be the most beautiful and sexiest women on the planet and I love watching them in K Dramas, particularly I like watching real "badass" lead characters, and I married my Korean dream girl Ã?Â
"Mr. Sunshine," and "Gyesang Creatures have such lead characters.
I have finally gotten enough Korean to mostly follow the dialogue without subtitles, but most of the K Dramas on Amazon, Disney, and Netflix have subtitles. I hope by the end of the year to be able to watch a K drama without subtitles. Nice language learning goal to have.
Here then is my list of K Dramas I have seen over the years.
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