Korean dramas love interconnectedness. In fact, it's hard to find a drama that doesn't connect even the smallest, faintest of dots between its characters through their shared histories and experiences....
The next actor in our spotlight series is Jung So-min, who starred in Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, which just finished its run on tvN (and boy was it...
"This stuff doesn't happen in real life! That's why we love it — that's why it's called drama!" Over a decade later I can still hear one of my Literature professors...
KBS's recent drama Your House Helper, based off of a webtoon of the same name, is about a handsome housekeeper for hire who can whip your house into shape. Ha...
It's time for the spotlight to fall on So Ji-sub, whose latest drama My Secret Terrius just finished a successful run on MBC. Born in 1977 in Seoul, South Korea,...
MBC's recent melodrama Time is an interesting drama to examine as it met with one of the worst situations for a live-shoot drama: losing their main actor mid-show. Kim Jung-hyun,...
The next actor in our spotlight series is none other than Park Shin-hye. She's starring in the highly anticipated Memories of the Alhambra, which is about to premiere on tvN,...
The threat of death to a story's hero is a common storytelling device that adds dramatic tension. It exists in everything from Greek myths to Victorian novels to Hollywood...
It's time for our spotlight to fall on the lovely Seo Hyun-jin, who starred in the recent JTBC drama The Beauty Inside. Born in 1985 in Seoul, South Korea, she actually...
We’ve met before… once upon a K-drama
by missvictrix
Korean dramas love interconnectedness. In fact, it's hard to find a drama that doesn't connect even the smallest, faintest of dots between its characters through their shared histories and experiences....
Tags: 20th Century Boy and Girl, Come Here and Hug Me, editorial, Healer, Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, Just Between Lovers, Kill Me Heal Me, Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food, Shark, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
[Actor Spotlight] Jung So-min
by missvictrix
The next actor in our spotlight series is Jung So-min, who starred in Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, which just finished its run on tvN (and boy was it...
Tags: Actor Spotlight, Jung So-min
[2018 Year in Review] Turn up the drama
by missvictrix
"This stuff doesn't happen in real life! That's why we love it — that's why it's called drama!" Over a decade later I can still hear one of my Literature professors...
Tags: Theme of the Month, year in review 2018
Tidying inside and out in KBS’s Your House Helper
by missvictrix
KBS's recent drama Your House Helper, based off of a webtoon of the same name, is about a handsome housekeeper for hire who can whip your house into shape. Ha...
Tags: Ha Suk-jin, Your House Helper
[Actor Spotlight] So Ji-sub
by missvictrix
It's time for the spotlight to fall on So Ji-sub, whose latest drama My Secret Terrius just finished a successful run on MBC. Born in 1977 in Seoul, South Korea,...
Tags: Actor Spotlight, So Ji-sub
The loss of the hero in MBC’s Time
by missvictrix
MBC's recent melodrama Time is an interesting drama to examine as it met with one of the worst situations for a live-shoot drama: losing their main actor mid-show. Kim Jung-hyun,...
Tags: editorial, Kim Jung-hyun, Seohyun, Time
[Actor Spotlight] Park Shin-hye
by missvictrix
The next actor in our spotlight series is none other than Park Shin-hye. She's starring in the highly anticipated Memories of the Alhambra, which is about to premiere on tvN,...
Tags: Actor Spotlight, Park Shin-hye
The “death” of the K-drama hero
by missvictrix
The threat of death to a story's hero is a common storytelling device that adds dramatic tension. It exists in everything from Greek myths to Victorian novels to Hollywood...
Tags: City Hunter, editorial, Nice Guy, That Winter the Wind Blows, W–Two Worlds
[Actor Spotlight] Seo Hyun-jin
by missvictrix
It's time for our spotlight to fall on the lovely Seo Hyun-jin, who starred in the recent JTBC drama The Beauty Inside. Born in 1985 in Seoul, South Korea, she actually...
Tags: Actor Spotlight, Seo Hyun-jin
Suffering and sacrifice with So Ji-sub in I’m Sorry, I Love You
by missvictrix
I don’t think I realized what I signed up for when I decided to watch KBS’s 2004 melodrama I’m Sorry, I Love You. I like to watch my...
Tags: editorial, I'm Sorry I Love You, Im Soo-jung, Jung Kyung-ho, Lee Hye-young, So Ji-sub