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How dramas use nostalgia
by missvictrix
Korean dramas, like all good stories, are designed to take us on a journey. We experience the highs and lows with the story's characters, and often, we feel their feelings...
Tags: Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1994, Answer Me 1997, Boyfriend, City Hunter, Go Back Spouses, Heirs, I'm Sorry I Love You, Valid Love
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, Flower Boy Next Door, Heirs, I Remember You, I'm Sorry I Love You, Memories of the Alhambra, Shopping King Louis
Race against time: how K-dramas use health crises as storytelling devices
by missvictrix
Of the many tropes employed by K-dramas, there's a significant number that relate to disease and health crises. From life-shattering diagnoses, to injuries sustained during the drama's rising action, to...
Tags: An Empress's Dignity, I'm Sorry I Love You, Padam Padam, Scent of a Woman, Time
Transplant tropes: How K-dramas use health crises as storytelling devices
by missvictrix
Korean dramas are brimming with tropes and plot devices, and they often revolve around illnesses or injuries sustained by leading characters. From the skinned knee or sprained ankle that necessitates...
Tags: Cross, Falling for Innocence, I'm Sorry I Love You, Just Between Lovers, Shark, Summer Scent
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: I'm Sorry I Love You, Im Soo-jung, Jung Kyung-ho, Lee Hye-young, So Ji-sub
I’m Sorry, I Love You gets a Japanese makeover
by tipsymocha
Ahhh, I'm completely torn about this news. I'm Sorry, I Love You, which aired back in 2004 on KBS and starred So Ji-sub and Im Soo-jung, is getting a remake in...
Tags: I'm Sorry I Love You, Im Soo-jung, remakes, So Ji-sub