Posts Tagged ‘Drama Special’
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Nam Ji-hyun turns into a Girl Detective
I loved Nancy Drew as a kid, so I am way onboard the concept of Girl Detective Park Hae-sol, which is an upcoming Drama Special mini-drama starring the wonderful child actress (er, teenaged now) Nam Ji-hyun in the title role. Nam (who was so good playing childhood roles in dramas like Giant, Queen Seon-deok, and... More »
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Drama Special kicks off the new year with Amore Mio
Heads up for a 4-episoder coming our way, part of KBS’s Drama Special anthology series, called Amore Mio and starring Park Gun-il. He’s an idol — member of the boy band Supernova — but I’m more familiar with him as the mysteriously creepy high school student he played in Hon. He’s also got a few... More »
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Somewhere Over the K-Drama Rainbow [Year In Review, Part 3]
The other day, I sat down and thought long and hard about all of the various dramas that I’ve seen over the course of my life. I remembered secretly turning on the T.V. as a small child and pressing my nose against the glass, fascinated with the powerful, forbidden emotions at play somewhere inside that... More »
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Drama Special under fire for lesbian content
KBS’s Drama Special, an anthology series of one-act (aka single-episode) dramas, is into its second season now, and its latest installment has become a target of netizen controversy. Today’s (August 7) episode is titled Daughters of Bilitis Club and is peopled entirely with lesbian characters, its title borrowing from the American lesbian rights group Daughters... More »
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Drama special Hair Show premieres Sunday
Tomorrow marks the premiere episode of a new Drama Special from KBS, a four-part miniseries about the ins and outs of a high-end salon, called Hair Show. Somehow I kept getting stuck on the title because I just expected it to be like a hair-rock musical or something, but it’s just a drama set in... More »
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Baek Sung-hyun leads the boys in Monster
This sounds pretty interesting: Baek Sung-hyun (Accidental Couple, Like the Moon Escaping From Clouds) is taking on a leading role in a Drama Special miniseries called Monster. Most Drama Special installments have been one-offs, but this one (like Rock Rock Rock) will have more episodes; it’s scheduled for eight total. The plot of Monster involves... More »
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Finding the gems among the stones [Year In Review, Part 2]
[Now that you've read what I've had to say about the past year of dramas, please join me in welcoming a couple familiar guest bloggers, who have graciously written up their reviews as well. Here is Dahee_Fanel's year-end write-up; you may recall her as one of my guests from last year. Enjoy! –javabeans] What a... More »
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A year of surprises and disappointments [Year In Review, Part 1]
It’s that time of year again, when we look back and size up the past twelve months of dramas. This is my fourth year (this is my fourth year?!) doing this, and it’s always one of my favorite posts to write, because while I love to analyze and parse dramas to within an inch of... More »
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Bae Soo-bin is the loser’s hope in KBS’s Drama Special
Dong Yi and Brilliant Legacy actor Bae Soo-bin stars in a new installment of KBS’s Drama Special series of one-act dramas, which just aired this weekend. I haven’t had a chance to catch the episode, but the following stills from the set caught my eye — plus it’s Bae Soo-bin in a lead role! Can’t... More »
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