Tag: drama review
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Friday Drama Review: “Jung-yi: Goddess of Fire”
A beautiful historical drama filled with the majesty and drama we have come to expect from this genre, Jung-yi was an epic tale worth the re-telling. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 8/10 Set in the Joseon Dynasty, Jung-yi is based on the story of a real historical figure: Baek Pah-sun, the first woman to become a…
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Friday Drama Review: “The Master’s Sun”
The Hong Sisters strike again with a quirky fantasy-style romantic comedy. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 The Master’s Sun was one of the new ‘Ghost Dramas’ of the season. Tae Gong-sil suffers an accident and is left with the unwanted ability to see ghosts. Alone, and suffering from insomnia (those pesky specters…
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Friday Drama Review: “Sword and Flower” 칼과 꽃
Beautifully scripted and delightfully enacted, Sword and Flower was a moving melodrama placed in a historical setting. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 Also known as “Blade and Petal”, this drama recounts a story of two major political dynamos at odds with each other at the end of the Goguryo* period in Korean…
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Friday Drama Review: “Who Are You?” (후아유)
Crime, romance, fantasy and action combine to create an absorbing drama with appealing characters. So what if some of them are not quite alive?… Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 Detective Yang Shi-on awakens from a six-year coma to find her memory gone and the ability to see ghosts as an unusual replacement. Her coma…
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Friday Drama Review: “Shark”
Hae-woo: What do you like most in the world? Yi-soo: Sharks. Sharks don’t have swim bladders. Hae-woo: Then how do they live? Yi-soo: To live, they must swim endlessly since if they stop swimming, they die. Even when they sleep, they must keep moving. Hae-woo: They lead very tiresome lives. Yi-soo: Still, sharks are the…
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Friday Drama Review: “Monstar”
A little music… A little drama… A lotta fun! Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 6/10 Min Se-yi is a transfer student from New Zealand, of all places. There she herded sheep and recuperated from the trauma of losing her father. Back in Korea once again, she cheerfully attends school and quickly makes a name for…
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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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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: “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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