Category: Soju DramaQueen
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Friday Drama Review: “I Hear Your Voice”
(Even the one in your head!) I had to remind myself a number of times that this was, in fact, a fantasy drama (as a genre, I mean!) I think that as an audience we are so used to ‘reading the character’s mind’ that Soo-ha’s ability did not always appear very…
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Updated: An Exclusive Interview with Kim Soo-hyun: Secretly, Greatly (with Podcast)
I felt bad for the theatre staff. AMC Fashion Valley employees were not aware of the enormous popularity of Kim Soo-hyun. <중앙일보 샌디에이고 특별기자 셰릴 달리의 김수현 인터뷰> They had no idea that to Korean movie and drama buffs, having Kim Soo-hyun show up was like having Leonardo Dicaprio or Robert Pattinson walk into the…
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Friday Drama Review: “Dating Agency: Cyrano” Another fabulous installment in the Flower Boy Series
Will Cyrano, Playing Cupid in the Theatre, Overcome his Sense of Inadequacy or Will Roxanne Perish Rejected? Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 8/10 Based very loosely on the famous Cyrano de Bergerac, Dating Agency: Cyrano introduces a modern and uniquely Korean flavor to a classic tale. Once a financially struggling theatre, The Theatre Cyrano has become…
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Friday Drama Review: “Gu Family Book” a.k.a. “Kang Chi – The Beginning”
“If I had to choose between living 100 years alone or 100 days with someone I loved, I’d choose the 100 days.” The strikingly beautiful cinematography first thing you sense: a dark, dreamy mountain-scape colored in violet and cobalt blue juxtaposed with scenes of delicately, but brightly lit traditional drummers against backdrop of amber…
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Friday Drama Review: “Nail Shop Paris”
A strange case of masochistic voyeurism? Hm. I’m so confused. On one hand, there was much I really disliked about this drama. On the other hand, I found myself wanting to see each new episode. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 5/10 The story began as a somewhat interesting story about a writer, intrigued by a man…
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Friday Drama Review: “Jang Ok Jung”
The Famous Villainess is Given a New Personna Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 Jang Ok Jung is a famous concubine of King Suk Jong of the Joseon Dynasty. Infamous for her role in the deposition of Queen In Hyun, she has been villainized throughout history. An interesting take on a oft-told tale, this version…
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Friday Drama Review – “When A Man Loves”
Gangsta Love (No, it’s sweet, really.) I fell in love with this drama when Han Tae Sang hit the internet for serious dating help. With no experience of his own, he was seeking advice the best way he knew. With the naiveté of a young teen he takes advice from all sources and self-consciously…
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Friday Drama Review – “Baker King Kim Tak Goo”
Bread is served! (But with a box of tissues, please…) Somehow I had expected this 2009-2010 drama to be much more lighthearted than it was, partly because of the misleading posters, showing an impish grin on Yoon Shi Yoon’s face, but also because of the casting of Yoon Shi Yoon himself. The young man is…
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Friday Drama Review – “I Need Romance”
Filled with fun, penetratingly honest girlfriend-time conversations, “I Need Romance 2012” hits the spot for those looking for a drama with romance, humor, and yes, I’ll say it, a bit of steamy sexiness. The scenarios strike pretty to close to home with the abrupt, honest portrayal of human romantic relationships. No perfect, sweet, innocent…
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Friday Drama Review – “Nine: Nine Time Travels”
It’s a Fantasy. It’s a Melodrama. It’s Science Fiction. It’s Romance. Director Kim Byung Soo and Screenwriters Song Jae Jung and Kim Yoon Joo, the time-travel dream team that created “Queen Inhyun’s Man” teamed up again to create another stunning drama. It’s like “The Monkey’s Paw” in drama form – a tale in which…
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