The concept of justice is one of the backbones of K-drama storytelling. We've looked at some ways dramas deploy justice — through compensating their heroes/heroines with a gift, and delivering...
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...
The Korean drama industry, despite being very much a modern entertainment behemoth, has a lot in common with an old way of telling and delivering stories: through installments. Back in...
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,...
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Dramaland justice: The vigilante edition
by missvictrix
The concept of justice is one of the backbones of K-drama storytelling. We've looked at some ways dramas deploy justice — through compensating their heroes/heroines with a gift, and delivering...
Tags: City Hunter, Healer, Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul-ho, The Secret Life of My Secretary, Time
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
Serialized stories and the viewer voice
by missvictrix
The Korean drama industry, despite being very much a modern entertainment behemoth, has a lot in common with an old way of telling and delivering stories: through installments. Back in...
Tags: Introverted Boss, My Ajusshi, Myung-wol the Spy, Return, Time
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: Kim Jung-hyun, Seohyun, Time
[Time: Episode 32] A person who is loved will be remembered
Tags: Time
[Time: Episode 31] It’s raining sentences
Tags: Time
[Time: Episode 31] Thank you for revealing the truth
Tags: Time
[Time: Episode 30] I reject society’s indifference!
Tags: Time
[Time: Episode 29] Who doesn’t want to be a chaebol CEO?
Tags: Time
[Time: Episode 29] Trust issues and then some
Tags: Time