The top 10 kdrama occupations of the past year
And the most common occupation was… the average rank-and-file employee! So was it the year of the regular joe after all?
Well, not quite. A survey of the past year in dramas (starting in September 2006) took into count the main characters (i.e., the characters portrayed on promo materials and posters, not the supporting cast), and right below the regular employee on the list were a bevy of “successful” occupations like presidents, department chairs, managers, directors and the like.
And, with the number of historical dramas being shown, there were a fair number of princes and kings to take into account as well.
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The list:
1. Regular (rank-and-file) worker (43 instances)
2. Doctor (32)
3. & 4. Chaebol, second- or third-generation (28); Housewife (28)
5. Shopowner (27)
6. Unemployed (26)
7. Director, team manager, section chief (21)
8. Celebrity entertainer (17)
9. President, businessman (15)
10. King, prince (14)
Let’s take a look at some of the employed lead characters of the past year. Do you recognize all the dramas? (I know, the pics skew mostly toward the dramas I watched.)
CHAEBOLS (all third-generation except for Yoon Ji Hye of Que Sera Sera, who’s second-gen)
BOSSES and SECTION CHIEFS
NORMAL RANK-AND-FILE EMPLOYEES
Two HOUSEWIVES with a DIRECTOR/CHIEF
The ever-popular DOCTORS
A (minor) CELEBRITY
And the ROYALS
Wow..interesting to topic to delve on..
I remember the doctors..there were soooooo freakin’ many of them =.=
i love the pictures. ah i think i’ve seen all of those doctors also… is it just me or are medical dramas becoming more and more common or popular! Not that it’s a bad thing…It’ll just get very boring after awhile… now i’m going completely off topic… sorry
thank you for the list though.
lol all sorts of doctors from every field keep poppin up. but this is interesting. i havent really thought about it. but yeah the occupations can fit the drama and make the story. i think. an intergral part of the drama.
Ah, the chaebols. It’s almost always there. K drama seems incomplete without one or two chaebol characters. Despite it getting too cliche, the chaebols are part of the charm.
I’m surprised to find doctors 2nd on the list…
yai coffee prince! haa hilarious becaue that list is like so true! all of those occupations are used in every single drama.
korea is very good…………………….
i love korean specially oh dalja she my favourite
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