I’m listening to a new to me podcast called Daebak! A Kdrama podcast. Basically each ep seems to be a round table discussion and breakdown of a drama. I’ve listened to and liked the My Ahjussi and Coffee Prince eps and now listening to the My Lovely Sam Soon ep.
They are talking about about the separation and time skip at the end and how it is such a common trope in K dramas.
One of the hosts brought up a point that they saw online about this trope. That, “Korea suffers from a cultural trauma around separation.”
I’ll admit I never thought about that and now has me thinking about this trope more.
Somewhere I read that even childhood connection is linked to this trauma. It’s a way to say: “We were together, then we were separated, but in the future we will be together again.”
That is interesting and heartbreaking.
It’s making me think of Her Private Life and the childhood connection and separation that was so convoluted in the drama.
Beverly
December 18, 2021 at 7:02 PM
I’m listening to a new to me podcast called Daebak! A Kdrama podcast. Basically each ep seems to be a round table discussion and breakdown of a drama. I’ve listened to and liked the My Ahjussi and Coffee Prince eps and now listening to the My Lovely Sam Soon ep.
They are talking about about the separation and time skip at the end and how it is such a common trope in K dramas.
One of the hosts brought up a point that they saw online about this trope. That, “Korea suffers from a cultural trauma around separation.”
I’ll admit I never thought about that and now has me thinking about this trope more.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
December 19, 2021 at 2:57 AM
Somewhere I read that even childhood connection is linked to this trauma. It’s a way to say: “We were together, then we were separated, but in the future we will be together again.”
Beverly
December 19, 2021 at 9:48 AM
That is interesting and heartbreaking.
It’s making me think of Her Private Life and the childhood connection and separation that was so convoluted in the drama.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
December 25, 2021 at 12:53 PM
It’s heartbreaking, indeed. Now I am no more so disapproving of the childhood connection cliché…