Tag: drama
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Friday Drama Review: “May Queen” – A Dramatic Voyage
Kim Jae Won, who earned my respect in the 2011 drama “Can You Hear My Heart”, drew my attention to this drama. The excellent performances put in by top youth actors and a top shelf cast of characters kept me hooked. Unpredictable twists and turns continued throughout keeping the viewers guessing throughout the entire drama.…
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Friday Drama Review: Rooftop Prince – A Winner in any Time Period
Garnering a respectable share of the booty at the 2012 Korean Drama Awards, “Rooftop Prince” is a worthy prizewinner. With a remarkable capacity to successfully combine quirky comedy with gut-wrenching dramatic scenes, this drama is definitely worth watching. Released early in 2012, I’ve already watched it three (yup, three!) times through and will undoubtedly watch…
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Cheongdamdong Alice – A Mad Trip Through The Rabbit Hole! Wheeeee!
With Park Shi Hoo and Moon Geun Young cast as the main characters, this drama was already destined for my Watch List. The synopsis, however, led me to believe it might just be a recap of the “The Devil Wears Prada”. Broadcasting Saturdays and Sundays on SBS, the series is only 8 episodes along, but…
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Korean Drama Review – What to watch (or not?)
I was just your average, recently unemployed American woman, wandering into the family room when daughter #2 (age 14) asked me watch a Korean drama with her: “Boys Over Flowers”. Really? A Korean drama? I’ve never been into soap operas, and to watch one with subtitles just did not appeal. But, having nothing better to…
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MadTV’s Guide to Korean Dramas
Starring San Diego’s own Bobby Lee, actress Cathy Shim and actor Sung Kang (Fast and Furious). Please enjoy the melodramatic romantic sequences, intense subtitles and fierce fight scenes from the Korean Drama “Tae Do”. If you understand Korean, you will find this twice as funny. If not, enjoy it for its artistic merit. -Fateh K.
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