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Hello Dramabeans series
Video greetings from K-actors to the Dramabeans community
Interview with Lee Chae-young
Lee Chae-young shares what she looks for in a role, non-acting interests, and more
Interview with Baek Bo-ram
Baek Bo-ram shares her fitness and happiness rituals
Interview with Jang Do-yeon
Comedian Jang Do-yeon talks de-stressing and some of her current joys in life
Interview with Ham Eun-jung
Ham Eun-jung talks about what roles she'd like to tackle and her fans
Interview with Oh Chang-seok
Oh Chang-seok talks about role prep and wisdom for budding actors
Drama Reactions & Reviews
From youth romances to mid-life melos: K-drama and storytelling perspectives
by missvictrix
Drama Casting & News
Dimples and smiles with Shin Mina, Kim Sun-ho in new promos for Hometown Cha-cha-cha
by tccolb
Drama Casting & News
Meet the two lost and dejected souls at the center of Human Disqualification
by glasshail
Subtitles: Barrier or gateway?
by missvictrix
Parasite What with Bong Joon-ho's Parasite making Oscar history and all, there's been a lot of talk about subtitles in the press of late. It seems translated words on the...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Crash Landing on You, Legend of the Blue Sea, Man to Man, Parasite, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju
Almost paradise: K-dramas and their OSTs
by missvictrix
A drama's OST, or original soundtrack, is a powerful player in dramaland. It has the ability to single-handedly make or break the show's strongest and most powerful scenes. The soundtrack...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Extraordinary You, Healer, Memories of the Alhambra, Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, The Lonely Shining Goblin
K-drama problems: Tumbling down the rabbit hole
by missvictrix
It's always been interesting to me that K-drama lovers are always very cognizant of their point of entry -- i.e., everyone has asked herself at some point, "How did...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, City Hunter, Sassy Go Go, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju
The emotion of the ocean
by missvictrix
Location and setting are used in powerful ways to help tell stories. Korean dramas in particular often capitalize on foreign settings or location changes to give depth and context. But...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Flower Boy Next Door, Lie To Me, Nice Guy, The K2, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju
To all the Flower Boys I’ve loved before
by javabeans
So, Meteor Garden ended its run a couple weeks ago and I've got flower boys on the brain. More specifically, the many, many flower boys who have populated the Hana...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers
Top 10 most virulent cases of Second Lead Syndrome
by DB Staff
javabeans: Second leaaaaaaads! Where would we be without them? girlfriday: Happier, probably. javabeans: But also maybe more bored? Because c’mon, a well-placed second lead (and his unrequited love for...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1994, Autumn Fairy Tale, Boys Before Flowers, Chuno, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, Heirs, lists, My Girl, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Who Are You–School 2015, You're Beautiful
News bites: January 7, 2017
by awcoconuts
The King Loves The cast of The King Loves held their first script read, and co-stars Hong Jong-hyun, Yoon-ah, and Im Shi-wan posed cutely for the camera. Each cast member...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bad Guys, Boys Before Flowers, Han Sun-hwa, Hong Jong-hyun, Im Shi-wan, Kim Hee-chan, Kim Tae-ri, Moon Sori, musicals, news bites, Ryu Joon-yeol, The King Loves, Yoon-ah
Top 10 gateway dramas to hook your friends on
by DB Staff
javabeans: Happy New Year, happy tenth anniversary, happy 2017, happy everything-that-will-be-better-than-2016! girlfriday: Yay, I’ve never been happier for a new year to start! I still can’t believe Dramabeans is...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Boys Before Flowers, City Hunter, Coffee Prince, Descended From the Sun, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, I Hear Your Voice, lists, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Nice Guy, Nine: Nine Time Travels, Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Dramabeans Top 10: Korean dramas about enemies-to-lovers romances
by javabeans
girlfriday: We promised more Dramabeans Top 10s and now we’re back! Year-end shenanigans kept us busy for a while there, but it’s a brand new year and there...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, All About My Romance, Athena: Goddess of War, Boys Before Flowers, Dramabeans Top 10, Emergency Couple, Fantasy Couple, featured, Gaksital, Golden Cross, Green Rose, King 2 Hearts, Level 7 Civil Servant, lists, Princess's Man, Prosecutor Princess, Secret, Sword and Flower
Our love-hate relationship with drama remakes and adaptations
by javabeans
"They're remaking another drama?" *Boo, hiss, wails.* I'm pretty sure that's a familiar script for most of us who've been following dramaland for a while, and one that's cropped up...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, adaptations, Boys Before Flowers, Cantabile Tomorrow, City Hunter, Coffee Prince, Fated To Love You, Gaksital, Hana Yori Dango, Liar Game, Misaeng, Nodame Cantabile, Pretty Man, remakes, Strike Love, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Surplus Princess, The Moon That Embraces the Sun, Three Musketeers