Beanie level: Errand boy

Melona is now available stateside at your local Costco, and yes, theres coconut!
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Ahn Pan seok’s decision to bookend these last two dramas is brilliant. Something in the Rain focused on the matriarchal side of the coin, where One Spring Night is all about the patriarchal response
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My guess? We are about to see the slow-mo drop of the iron fist of a male-dominated society try to crush our lovebirds. This is very typical of the director; he spends the first half building intimate, emotional connections amongst our protagonists, then he spends the second half throwing them to the wolves by placing them on a broader stage with societal trials and tribulations.

I’m not sure my heart is strong enough to suffer this.
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    Please God no, my heart will break and it cannot take it because I’m so needlessly almost unhealthily invested in their relationship.

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      I sincerely hope they are correcting their mistake in SITR. What’s with the same mother playing this amazing character here. That one scene when she reads the situation and confronts her son in law (e 7) was all I needed.

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        @mayhemf …..but I don’t think it was a mistake. I think a broader audience went into SITR expecting a noona romance, and not the thoughtful (difficult) heft of this director’s work (in all fairness, none of his works were completely recapped by Dramabeans in the past). By using the same cast, he’s showing us the problem is the system, not the individual (swoon!😍😍😍)

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          Nice observations guys! *impressed*

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          I have said this before, I would have liked SITR better had the leads never got together in the end. Thats where it felt abrupt and ‘what was the point of all this’ feeling. I do see what the writer is getting at and thanks for that insight.

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          Sorry beantown, I will disagree, my problem with pretty noona was not the expectation of a fluffy romance, but of character growth of the female lead and the extreme patronizing behavior of the male lead character. (@greenfield comment how the male lead is very communicative in One Spring night). The male lead in pretty noona is exactly what Ki-Seok is in One Spring night. They do what they think is right and donot every ask for the other person’s opinion. So sad.
          Like @mayhemf said, the ending was everything wrong with the show, it showed us problems, of everyone making decisions for the female lead from her office harassers, her abusive ex boyfriend, over the top mother and then even her boyfriend. When would she make decision for herself, when will she tell them to stop and live her life. Which was where they went in the last episode, when she went to live in Jeju, but then the boyfriend appears again and no one address the elephant in the house.
          The show never showed the matriarchal side of disapproval, it was just mother upholding the patriarchal values to the top.

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Why, Yes! All my favorite men happen to be fictional #One Spring Night
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One Spring Night is up and subbed on Kissasi@n…..🎂🥂🍬🍾🍰🍬

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Best “I love you, too” ever! #One Spring Night
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Herein lies the crux of the matter…. #One Spring Night
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    Did you watch the ending? The whole episode was so good! The mom! I was so delighted. The perfect 7th episode ever.

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      @oppafangirl I think so, too!
      I loved every moment…..how happy was Jihos mom when she realized he liked someone?!😍

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        I loved both the mom’s in this episode and also Ki seok’s dad.

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          I think the families are well-suited…….and I think Jung ins dad will improve once he’s retired and out from under the chairman.

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      And the rating went from 6.8 to 8.4%.

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….and she nails him with one, pithy question #onespringnight
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https://youtu.be/baAUSKuQP7M
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What a gorgeous beach @ally-le! And all our vacations are beach vacations😍
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    Where is this???

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      @ally-le Ha! It is Maine!
      It is Long Island in Casco Bay, an hours boat ride out of Portland.
      New England beaches are glorious, (and underrated…..though it might have something to do with the chilly waters😀)

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        Whoa!!! I didn’t know Maine looked like that!

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          @ally-le Maine’s well-deserved nickname is Vacationland, USA, but most of the beaches out New England way are worth the visit- Cape Cod, the Vinyard, Newport, the list goes on…If you end up traveling out this way, absolutely try to squeeze in beach time!!

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What a sweet couple! Very real feels #put your head on my shoulder #cdrama
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Beautiful world indeed…
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gorgeous view behind handsome guy….
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Very handsome guy on a roof.
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I have fallen upon this wonderful ‘wise woman’? herbalist? living this gorgeous life in the foothills, somewhere in China. #lifegoals
#lambies

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    This has so much of an ASMR feel to it and it is beautifully shot.

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I am committing to Kill It just for the pretty!



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    I want to watch this an Confession, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to find subs.

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      @ndlessjoie I have discovered DramaC**L and they typically have subs for most- as well as a lot of older dramas. I pay for all the others (including DF, may it rest in peace) so I am completely guiltfree if I have to go off the grid. I use an ad blocker app which helps

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        Sometimes the subs are terrible though. It’s making me think more seriously about learning more Korean (I only understand enough to know when subs are really missing the mark). It’s also making me hope for a new start up to take over where DF left off.

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          @ndlessjoie Yes, the caliber of subs is a real issue. For example, I tried to watch Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food early on, but the subs were such google gibberish that I gave up.
          I wonder how Netflix is doing it, so far I find their subs to be accurate, adequate and timely.

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      @ndlessjoie Subs are out for Confession Episode#1

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    yup, me too!
    *winks*

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Also buried in the article is the reason for all the soundtrack substitutions.
Or, as I like to call it, ” Why they pulled the plug in Dramafever!”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/ex-dramafever-exec-sues-warner-bros-alleging-anti-asian-bias-n980691
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    Wow. This is so sad. They have no idea how much the fans relied on DF.

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      They really didn’t seem to care, it was strictly a moneymaking venture. I hope the fired execs win their discrimination suit.

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This should come with a warning label.



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\”I don\’t know when I started to like you. From spring to summer, from summer to fall, and from fall to winter..Do you know when the season changes?\”

Eun-ho to Dan-yi #RIABB

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    This felt so warm on a cold winter day!
    am glad am enjoying this show this much. Am usually not into romance. I think its the constant visuals of books being shown ; ))

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A Pilgrim Valentine
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