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PRIME-TIME DRAMAS THIS WEEK
Monday-Tuesday (May 20-21)
Monday-Tuesday (May 20-21)
- Crash 3-4 (ENA)
- Dare to Love Me 3-4 (KBS)
- Lovely Runner 13-14 (tvN)
- Frankly Speaking 7-8 (JTBC) Weekend (May 24-26)
- The Atypical Family 7-8 (JTBC)
- Beauty and Mr. Romantic 19-20 (KBS)
- Bittersweet Hell 1-2 (MBC)
- Missing Crown Prince 13-14 (MBN)
- Connection 1-2 (SBS)
- The Midnight Romance in Hagwon 5-6 (tvN)
- Uncle Samsik 6-7 (Disney+)
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Foreign beginnings, familiar faces
by missvictrix
Though most Korean dramas are set in Seoul and its environs, there are some dramas that take place in a foreign setting. Often these foreign locations start the drama, sometimes...
Tags: Boyfriend, City Hunter, editorial, Flower Boy Next Door, Heirs, I Remember You, I'm Sorry I Love You, Memories of the Alhambra, Shopping King Louis
[Actor Spotlight] Nam Joo-hyuk
by missvictrix
Nam Joo-hyuk, the star of JTBC's drama The Light in Your Eyes, is the subject of this week's spotlight. The fantasy/time travel drama also stars Han Ji-min, and has...
Tags: Actor Spotlight, Nam Joo-hyuk
When opposites attract
by missvictrix
The concept of "opposites attract" might be a proven scientific phenomenon, but it often seems like an unwritten law of Korean dramas as well. K-dramas are famous for their romances —...
Tags: Answer Me 1988, Clean With Passion for Now, editorial, On the Way to the Airport, Reach of Sincerity, Romance Is a Bonus Book, Secret Garden, She Was Pretty
[Actor Spotlight] Han Ye-seul
by missvictrix
This week our spotlight is on Han Ye-seul, whose newest drama Big Issue just premiered on SBS. In the drama, she stars opposite Joo Jin-mo, playing the editor-in-chief of a...
Tags: Actor Spotlight, Han Ye-seul
Siblings of dramaland
by missvictrix
The most important relationships featured in K-dramas are arguably the romances. In fact, I think I could count on one hand the dramas that have not been romances, or featured...
Tags: 20th Century Boy and Girl, Answer Me 1988, Autumn Fairy Tale, Come Here and Hug Me, editorial, Heirs, Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, Kill Me Heal Me, Memories of the Alhambra, That Winter the Wind Blows, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
[Actor Spotlight] Jung Il-woo
by missvictrix
Jung Il-woo is back from military duty, and he's the subject of our latest spotlight article. Jung Il-woo wasted no time finding a project to mark his return to acting,...
Tags: Actor Spotlight, Jung Il-woo
The magical world of meta
by missvictrix
Of the many things that Korean dramas do well, one of my favorites is meta. Half fan service, half navel-gazing statement on the act of creation, meta is an undeniable...
Tags: editorial, I'm Not a Robot, Let's Eat, Memories of the Alhambra, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Oh My Ghostess, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, W–Two Worlds, You're Beautiful
An Empress’s Dignity: an unexpected journey into makjang
by missvictrix
SBS's Wednesday-Thursday drama An Empress's Dignity recently aired its final episodes, and it's time for us to weigh in on this drama. We did an Episode 1-2 recap back in...
Tags: An Empress's Dignity, Choi Jin-hyuk, Jang Nara, Shin Eun-kyung, Shin Sung-rok
[Actor Spotlight] Lee Shi-young
by missvictrix
This week the spotlight falls on Lee Shi-young, who is currently starring in the KBS drama What's Wrong, Poong-sang, where she plays one of the siblings in this ensemble primetime...
Tags: Actor Spotlight, Lee Shi-young
Are K-dramas creative?
by missvictrix
Creativity is one of those magical things that evades description. We can sense when something is creative, but it's not as easy to quantify or explain. Is it a skill,...
Tags: drama production, editorial